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These Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes will reinvent your holiday meal favorites into exciting new dishes you’ll love! Maybe even more than the original meal (shhhh).

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Updated November 2018

If you are in the United States you most likely are celebrating Thanksgiving this week. Regardless of how you mark the holiday, it’s often the leftovers that we all look forward to; the reincarnation of the Thanksgiving meal to enjoy over again.

Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes can be as good (some think even BETTER) than the original holiday meal!

That second plate of dinner leftovers late on Thanksgiving Day, after the initial over stuffed sensation has subsided, kicks off the following days of enjoying all the holiday favorites in one form or another.

Each family enjoys similar dishes for Thanksgiving (or now Friendsgiving). Usually turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing/dressing, cranberry sauce and pie. Over the years we’ve created some after holiday recipes using the delicious leftovers, that admittedly, I look forward to almost more than the original feast (shhhh).

I’m sharing some of our family favorites with you today. I’ve also rounded up some Thanksgiving leftovers recipes from some talented bloggers to give you a collection of great choices to keep your next post feast days as delicious as today!

GLUTEN-FREE NOTE: All these recipes are either naturally gluten-free or can be adapted by using gluten-free stuffing, etc.

Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes You Need:

Turkey Holiday Hash (link)

This easy one skillet recipe is a long time favorite of my family. In fact when I purchased the few ingredients that aren’t leftovers from Thanksgiving dinner, my kids clapped.

Leftover turkey, stuffing, and gravy are combined with slivered almonds, red pepper and other ingredients to create a morning after breakfast skillet that will make it hard for diners to sleep in anticipation.

What Leftovers Are Used: Turkey, Dressing/Stuffing, Gravy (serve it over mashed potatoes to use those leftovers too!)

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Italian Turkey Mashed Potato Frittata (link)

Frittatas are an easy, filling recipe option perfect for any meal of the day. This version uses up some of the star Thanksgiving leftovers added with fresh ingredients and Italian seasonings for a satisfying easy recipe.

What Leftovers Are Used: Turkey, Mashed Potatoes

A great sandwich is a Thanksgiving leftovers recipe classic! A couple slices of great bread, turkey, maybe some dressing/stuffing, cranberry sauce, some salt and pepper; heaven!

But you can change it up a bit too.

Italian Turkey Mashed Potato Frittata BoulderLocavore.com. Quick to make, naturally gluten-free and a great way to use up holiday leftovers!

Bacon Provolone Pita Pockets (link)

This recipe was born out of sheer excitement upon finding gluten-free pita pockets. Traditional pita pocket bread can be used for those not gluten-free.

Turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving are stuffed with bacon, cheese and lettuce for a fresh spin on leftovers.

What Leftovers Are Used: Turkey, Dressing/Stuffing, Cranberry Sauce

Thanksgiving Leftovers Bacon Provolone Pita Pockets. A fun way to use turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and more in a pita sandwich (gluten-free or regular) BoulderLocavore.com

Southwestern Turkey Shepherd’s Pie (link)

Classic Shepherd’s Pie is reinvented with a Southwestern twist and Thanksgiving leftovers! A mix of southwestern vegetables mixed with leftover turkey and topped with mashed potatoes and cheese make a hearty, easy comfort food recipe to feed a crowd.

What Leftovers Are Used: Turkey, Mashed Potatoes

Helping of Southwestern Turkey Shepherd's Pie - BoulderLocavore.comTurkey Tacos with Chipotle Salsa {Nosh and Nourish}

These colorful Turkey Tacos with Chipotle Salsa are as beautiful as they are delicious. Leftover turkey is great for all sorts of Mexican food recipes such as these Turkey Cranberry-Chipotle Quesadillas (uses turkey and cranberry sauce).

What Leftovers Are Used: Turkey

Turkey Tacos Nosh and NourishLow Carb Leftover Turkey Jalapeno Popper Casserole {An Edible Mosiac}

A good casserole is easy to make and this one screams flavor. A great option to keep leftover turkey moist and exciting with the accompanying flavors.

What Leftovers Are Used: Turkey

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Soup Recipes

Soup is always a winner to use up leftovers. There are many soups using turkey and being a more neutral-flavor, it goes well in all sorts of soups from ethnic to classic comfort food.

Also don’t miss the chance to make homemade turkey stock!

What Leftovers Are Used: Turkey (and more depending on the soup recipe)

 

Turkey Corn Chowder Diethood

30-Minute Leftover Sweet Potato & Turkey Enchilada Skillet {Ambitious Kitchen}

I love a good skillet meal and this 30-Minute Leftover Sweet Potato & Turkey Enchilada Skillet has my mouth salivating. Great to use up those sweet potatoes and turkey as well as dazzle with the spicy new flavors.

What Leftovers Are Used: Turkey, Sweet Potatoes

Turkey Enchilada Skillet Ambitious KitchenThanksgiving Stuffed Acorn Squash {Lexie’s Clean Kitchen}

This recipe looks so pretty and also uses turkey, dressing/stuffing and leftover vegetables!

What a delicious reincarnation! Balsamic Roasted Fall Vegetables with Sumac would be GREAT in this Thanksgiving leftovers recipe.

What Leftovers Are Used: Turkey, Dressing/Stuffing, Leftover Vegetables

Stuffed Acorn Squash Lexies Clean Kitchen

Originally published: November 23, 2017

Easy Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes You Need! Turn those leftovers into something you may even love more than the holiday meal. Leftovers used noted for each recipe. #Thanksgiving #leftovers #easyrecipe #turkey
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  3. Thanks for a very generous giveaway! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. I love these awesome thanksgiving leftover ideas.

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  9. These dishes all look amazing and mouthwatering – and I’m writing this while SUPER full from Thanksgiving dinner!

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  14. I will be using a few of these leftover thanksgiving recipes. Leftovers are one of the best parts of the holiday for me.

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  16. What to do with leftover Sweet potato casserole? I make delicious pancakes with them! Scrape off the marshmallows, then take out your favorite baking mix, use 2 cups mix per one cup of mashed yam or sweet potato, then continue with rest of ingredients. I like adding a healthy teaspoon of pumpkin spice, but that’s entirely optional.

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  20. Happy Thanksgiving to all! Appreciate the ideas for leftovers, I am always looking for good ways to repurpose them. Recipes look interesting and fun to try.

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  22. We just did dinner for two for Thanksgiving, so all we have left over is some butternut squash and gravy, and 1 small serving of turkey (we kept it very simple this year, which was very nice). I like that you’ve come up with good recipes for leftovers, because the same thing over and over does get boring.

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  34. Love your leftover recipe ideas! Definitely trying the turkey corn chowder. This will be out first year doing ‘Thankful Tacos’ (turkey, corn, greens, stuffing, sweet potato and cranberry sauce) and I honestly can’t wait for the first meal of leftovers 😀 Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays!!!

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  41. Hopefully everyone had a fantastic and relaxing holiday! Crossing my fingers on this giveaway. I will have to try some of these out.

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  46. Just love all you ideas for leftovers.Thank You for all you do for us year round blogs like your have taught me to cook and not be afraid of the kitchen!!!

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  49. All of these recipes sound amazing! My hubby was just asking me to find a good turkey soup recipe and the Turkey Corn Chowder {Diethood} is exactly what we are looking for, thanks!

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  56. Yummy ideas for left over Turkey.
    Our favorite way is cold sandwich on white, Dukes mayo salt and pepper..the best.
    And, turkey rice soup is another favorite..
    I cooking dip own my carcass
    now.

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  62. We usually eat turkey leftovers for a few days really helps out too because we go black Friday shopping were trying to get some good deals on clothes a 2 tvs one for my daughter and one for my sons bedroom

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  63. Oh those look like such great ideas! I have leftover turkey to use…I am going to try the Turkey Corn Chowder and the Turkey Shepherds Pie! YUM

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  64. Thank you so much for the opportunity to win and I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season. Can’t wait to see all my extended family.

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  69. These look like some delicious recipe ideas. I can’t wait to try the Turkey Corn Chowder or even the Skillet Enchiladas. I’d use leftover chicken so I could make these even after the holidays are over.

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  73. This all looks so delicious! Im really excited about the enchilada casserole and the jalapeño popper casserole. I can’t wait to give these a try!

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  76. Wow, these are some amazing recipe suggestions for Thanksgiving leftovers!! Thank you so much for sharing, so many of them sound delicious. 🙂

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  77. OK, the 30-Minute Leftover Sweet Potato & Turkey Enchilada Skillet looks so good, and something I could totally make. My husband would LOVE this, and I’m sure my kids would both actually eat this too!

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  120. We never have Thanksgiving leftovers! I always want to try new recipes like these, but there’s never enough turkey left over

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  123. mmm these all look so good! I think my favorite would be the Bacon Provolone Pita Pockets! They seriously look so good!

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  124. I’ve seen stuff acorn squash all over the internet here lately, and it’s making me want to give it a try! It’d be my first time and I just hope it ends well. HAHAH

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  134. We love leftover turkey ,hot turkey sandwiches ,soup,you can use it in almost anything. Your recipe for the Sheperds pie looks good, Im going to try that one!

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  135. wow, they ALL look delicious, and since I’m the adventurous kind of cook, I’d say I’d be up to trying the 30-Minute Leftover Sweet Potato & Turkey Enchilada Skillet. Add a little spiced up cranberries to the side and it would be amazing I bet!

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  136. All of these leftovers ideas look so good.I hope my son cooks our turkey soon so I can try some of them. I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving.

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  141. All of these recipes look and sound so delicious! Thank you for sharing them and for this awesome giveaway opportunity. Happy Thanksgiving!

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  151. The acorns look gorgeous and look just as delicious, must try these as they are my husband’s favorite vegetable.

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  154. I know I have so very much that I’m thankful for. I know this fact everyday however there are days I do not feel the gratitude. I’m thankful today and the last several days I do feel much gratitude. Thank you for this generous opportunity.

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  157. I am looking forward to trying new recipes for our leftovers. I am particularly loving the Low-Carb Cheesy Leftover Turkey Jalapeno Popper Casserole. I’d love to try the turkey and jalapeno combo!

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  159. Those sweet potato and turkey enchiladas look so good. I wish we actually had leftovers to bring home with us. We had a big group at Thanksgiving this year so there were very few leftovers. 🙁

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  160. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Thanks for all the great recipes for holiday leftovers and for the chance at this generous prize. 🙂

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  180. Ironically, we didn’t have a lot of leftovers even though it was a 23 pound turkey. We eat with another family and split the leftovers. Typically, we try to save 2 cups of turkey for turkey tetrazini but didn’t even have that.

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  182. These recipes would be great to use if I ever had any Thanksgiving meal left. No matter how large or small our group is there are never any leftovers!

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  185. Thanksgiving leftovers about my favorite part of the holiday. Shamelessly eating the remnants of the feast from the day before while watching A Christmas Story and occasionally sipping on a hot cup of apple cider.

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  191. The Turkey Tacos with Chipotle Salsa look scrumptious. Plus, I love the textured plate the tacos are displayed on.

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  195. I’m always looking for recipes that are flexible enough to make with leftovers! and Thanksgiving is definitely one of those times when you can almost guarantee there will be lots of food left so this is great 🙂

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  199. Happy Thanksgiving! My computer froze when I submitted this so I want to make sure it worked. I love the leftovers from thanksgiving almost more than the main meal!

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  200. These Thanksgiving leftovers recipes are next level, especially compared to my turkey sandwiches. I would love to try the Thanksgiving Stuffed Acorn Squash recipe with my Christmas dinner leftovers!

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  201. I love the stuffed acorn squash! SO unique and looks so good. I’ll share with my mom too as I think she’d love this!

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  202. Word to the wise and also to me, don’t look at a recipe blog post while you’re hungry! Seriously though – these recipes look amazing and I cannot wait to try them! 🙂 Yay for Thanksgiving leftovers!

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  204. Turkey Corn Chowder sounds amazing, I am going to make it with the rest of the leftover turkey. Thanks for sharing so many great recipes.

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  214. So many great ides! I would love to try the 30-Minute Leftover Sweet Potato & Turkey Enchilada Skillet. Looks delicious!

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  223. Thanks for sharing all of these wonderful recipes. I am a terrible cook, but I have printed out these recipes so that I can try them all before next Thanksgiving

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  224. Those recipes look great! Especially the southwestern turkey shepherds pie! I will definitely have to try that one.

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  231. We ate turkey 4 days in a row and loved it! We also shared some with friends who couldn’t cook for themselves this year, and the rest is in the freezer waiting to become a turkey pot pie.

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  235. These are great left over ideas! I really like the Sweet Potato & Turkey Enchilada Skillet idea, looks and sounds delicious!

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  236. Very nice way to use leftovers. Sadly we don’t have many leftovers to use. Everyone likes to dig in again a few hours later, so by the next morning there’s not much.

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  240. I wouldn’t mind trying the delicious Southwestern Turkey Sheperd’s Pie. It looks really good. I don’t remember the last time I had a good looking Shepherd’s Pie.

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  249. Love these! I actually turned most of our leftover turkey into either a turkey-cranberry wrap for lunches or a sort of pot pie with turkey, buffalo sauce, and provolone cheese.

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  251. I might be in the small group that does not like leftovers from Thanksgiving. With that said, your leftovers look good, not a cook so mine might look like something that came out of a can. 🙂

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  255. Thank you so much for sharing these! We always have a ton of leftovers after Thanksgiving, and one of my favorite things to do is make other dishes with them. These look great!

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  257. Wow, everything looks so scrumptious here! I love the soup idea and will probably be recreating that since I have a 20lb turkey!!

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  259. I am loving these leftover ideas of what to make up with items left from Thanksgiving. I’ll be using some since I’m cooking a feast for just three of us tomorrow.

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  260. All of your turkey leftover recipes look absolutely delicious. I can’t wait to try them all, starting with your Potato Frittata recipe which looks mouthwatering.

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  262. These are some wonderful ideas for using left overs for Thanksgiving. So many great ideas that I would almost make a Thanksgiving dinner after the fact to try more than one of them out. Thanksgiving will always be Thanksgiving to me because we always tell what we are thankful for, where friendsgiving just wouldn’t feel the same. 🙂

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  263. Wow, so many great looking recipes for leftovers! That holiday turkey hash with the egg on it looks amazing to me.Yum!

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  264. I am craving turkey leftovers now. We won’t be having another until Christmas though since we celebrate our Thanksgiving in October. Everything looks so delicious.

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  267. Thanks for all these ideas. We don’t have much leftovers but I think it would be enough to make a meal or two. I will share this post with my sister. I believe she has a lot of leftovers because her husband’s cousin and family were not able to make it to make it to their Thanksgiving party.

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