Thanksgiving leftovers

Dip them in cranberry sauce until moist then use them on sandwiches, its the best

I love taking parts of the leftovers and making hash.
You can use the stuffing, cranberries, and turkey to make an exceptional, crunching hash.

Make "turkey meatloaf" with 3 cups of turkey, a cup of breadcrumbs, a cup of gravy, and two eggs. (Add leftover vegetables if you want.) Just combine everything in a food processor and bake it for about an hour in a loaf pan.

I *think* I got this from The Turkey Cookbook by Rick Rodgers -- the whole recipe should be in there. It's called something like All-in-One Gravy Loaf.

How about turkey and sweet potatoes (leftover, if you have them) hash?

My favorite thing to do with leftover turkey is make soup. First, you pull all of meat you can get off the carcass easily. Second, Push the carcass down into a pot then barely cover with water. Bring the water to a boil, turn it off and let it steep for 45 minutes. The water then has become a nice turkey stock. This will also allow you to get all the rest of the meat off of the carcasses really easily. Add your leftover vegetables to the stock, even mashed potatoes. With any luck, the vegetables will take up about a quarter of the room in the pot. Pull out the turkey that you want to use for sandwiches etc. then dice up the rest for the soup. At this point you should have about 2 gallons of soup. Cook a pound of rice and add it to the mix. I recommend brown rice but any will do. Once you've done all this, bring it to all boil, reduce the heat, and let simmer for 20 to 30 minutes. Freeze it up in half gallon containers and you'll have quick & easy meals on cold nights. You will also have some of the most delicious turkey soup you've ever tasted!!

Do you have dogs? Nothing meat-related lasts in my house. (Boil the meat off the bones when you're ready to give it to the dogs; they can't safely eat cooked poultry bones.)

Hand out dogie bags when your guests leave. But turkey is always good in sandwiches

Use the extra meat for tacos. Add guacamole, salad, etc. Use the carcass to make stock and a nice soup.

Try making Mini Turkey Pot Pies from the savory leftovers...You'll need to have some puff pastry crust on hand (can be found in the freezer section of market).

Let dough stand to thaw. Combine mashed potatoes, green beans, crispy onions, yams, gravy, and most importantly...chopped turkey (and anything else from you leftover stash you think would taste good). Set aside. Cut circles out of the pastry dough large enough to fit inside a muffin tin (you'll need two circles per muffin well). Press one circle of dough into each tin forming a 'pie crust'. Spoon in enough filling to fill 3/4 or more full. Take second circle of dough and lay on top, pinching the edges of the top and bottom together. Bake at 375 degrees until golden.

A nice way to reuse your Cranberry Sauce (without having to doctor it a bit)...reheat and pour over two scoops of vanilla ice cream or gellato.

Enjoy!