Recipes Using Thanksgiving Leftovers

The best recipes using Thanksgiving Leftovers for the day after Thanksgiving and beyond.

Happy Wednesday! I’ve been convalescing from the cold I picked up weeks ago, so we haven’t chatted since last Monday. How was your Halloween? How was your weekend? Did you enjoy your extra hour of sleep this Sunday? (My answers to those questions are: great, fabulous, and YES!)

Now that October is in the rear-view mirror, we start saying goodbye to pumpkin and pumpkin spice everything ( 🙁 ) and looking forward to Thanksgiving (yay!).

Today though, we’re looking one day past that to the day after Thanksgiving–maybe the day after the day after. Whenever it is that your refrigerator is still stuffed with turkey day leftovers, but fixing yourself another plate of turkey, mashed potatoes, and green bean casserole starts feeling like less of a feast and more of an obligation.

When you get to that point, this post will be here for you, full of ideas to take your boring old Thanksgiving leftovers and turn them into something tasty and new.

I asked a bunch of fellow food bloggers for their best recipes using Thanksgiving leftovers, and oh man, did they deliver. Here we go:

Recipes Using Leftover Turkey

Easy Leftover Turkey Tetrazzini from Platings & Pairings

Creamed Turkey for Two

Wild Rice and Leftover Turkey Soup from The Seasoned Mom

Turkey Pot Pie from Living Lou

Turkey Chowder from Sugar Spun Run

Thanksgiving Leftovers Hand Pies from Hungry Enough To Eat Six

Savory Cornbread with Turkey and Cheese from The Worktop

Thanksgiving Leftovers Risotto from Three Olives Branch

Cheesy Turkey Enchiladas from What A Girl Eats

Easy Leftover Turkey Casserole Recipe With Mayonnaise from Wholesome Yum

Recipes Using Leftover Sides

Kale and Stuffing Strata from My Kitchen Love 

Cranberry and Cream Cheese Monkey Bread from Meg is Well

Leftover Turkey and Stuffing Croquettes from Just a Little Bit of Bacon

Leftover Mashed Potato Rolls from NumsTheWord

Leftover Cranberry and Turkey Quesadillas with Asiago and White Cheddar Cheese from Coffee & Crayons 

Eggs Baked in Mashed Potatoes from The Kittchen

Cranberry Sauce Oatmeal Bars from Savory Tooth 

Next Day Stuffing Waffles from Pack Momma

Leftover Mashed Potato Cheesy Vegetarian Hash from The Live-In Kitchen