Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes: 9 Easy & Delicious Ways to Reuse Your Holiday Meal

I love making these Eggwich Breakfast Sandwiches, then wrapping in foil and freezing for breakfast when you're in a hurry. (These egg rings or this egg pan are both my go-tos for making the "bread" that holds it all together!)

So, make your egg rounds, add a slice of turkey, a slice of cheese if it suits you, and whatever else you'd like to see on there. You can also wrap the turkey/egg/cheese sandwich combo for later. Then when you're ready, heat it, and add fresh vegetables before serving. I love to add a slice of tomato and some sprouts or microgreens.

I love the simplicity of this Thanksgiving leftovers burrito and making it for breakfast. it's not overly complicated, it contains sweet potatoes (my favorite!) and it adds a soft scrambled egg to keep it from feeling like lunch or dinner.

A spread of sweet mashed potatoes, then stuffed with turkey and eggs, this one is bound to be a hit. Freeze and wrap in foil for easy morning breakfasts.

You can make these sweet or savory. If you're headed for sweet, make with leftover sweet potatoes, or top these regular ones with maple syrup and cranberry sauce. If you want savory, make them plain, or add any number of ingredients. You could mix in crumbled bacon (or turkey!), or chop up some leftover vegetables and add them to the mix before frying.

This one checks all the boxes. A lighter meal after the heavy feast, cutting mayo with greek yogurt (my favorite protein hack!), lean turkey, and adding cranberries and pecans to keep that Thanksgiving vibe without the weight of the full meal. Put a scoop of this one on top of some salad greens and you've got a lunchtime win.

Sub in your turkey for the chicken, and add dried cranberries instead of raisins if you like! The curry mixes up the flavors and makes your brain forget that you're eating turkey - yet again.

Just like chicken pot pie, but - with turkey. Sub chopped turkey for the chicken.

Or, get creative: use the turkey, and mix it with some leftover veg - maybe some sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts, carrots, green beans, or whatever you have leftovers of. Add in a little gravy, or make your own sauce with a little milk and flour and thicken it up.

Then top it with some leftover rolls, cornbread, biscuits, or whatever you had for thanksgiving. Maybe tear them up into pieces, cover the top, and pop the whole thing in the oven to warm and toast the bread topping.

If you're less of a "make it up as you go" cook, here's a written out recipe for how to make a turkey pot pie with those Thanksgiving leftovers.

Use turkey for the meat - stir it up with some gravy and chicken broth to thin it out. Add a layer of leftover Thanksgiving veggies, whatever you have on hand. Coat it with a layer of mashed potatoes - sweet or regular. Pop the whole thing in the oven to heat it up and dinner is done!

Again, if you're not the creative cook, and you need an exact recipe to follow, here's a straightforward option for that Turkey Shepherd's Pie!

The key to leftovers soup is to use the turkey carcass to make the stock for maximum flavor. This part couldn't be easier. I've included a recipe for it below, if you need it. Then use that stock to make your leftover soup!

This is a great informational post on stock, and how to make a simple one from your turkey carcass.

My personal hack is to save the veggie trimmings when cooking - onion ends and outer layers, carrot peelings and ends, etc. Throw in a few celery stalks and make a no-waste stock!