Recipes for Using Up Thanksgiving Leftovers

OK. The big meal is over. Everyone has gone home. The kitchen is cleaned and the house is back in order...except for the refrigerator. How are you going to use those leftovers? It would be a shame to waste all that food. Instead, check out the recipe links below to help put it all to tasty use.

Thanksgiving Turkey Leftover Recipes

• Turkey Barley Soup (pictured right) -- Pair turkey with healthy veggies and barley for this quick and easy soup.
• Turkey Carcass Soup -- Even the turkey bones get into the leftovers act in this comforting soup.
• Heart Healthy Turkey and Potato Stew -- This hearty soup goes together in a flash.
  
• Chunky Turkey Salad with Cranberries and Walnuts -- This recipe uses traditional Thanksgiving flavors in a new way.
  
• Waldorf Salad with Smoked Turkey -- Smoked turkey adds a new dimension to this classic salad.
  
• Lemon Blueberry Turkey Salad -- Here's a creative take or turkey salad.
• Honey Almond Turkey Salad -- Another creative take on turkey salad.
  
• St. Stephen's Day Pie -- This traditional Irish recipe turns leftovers into a spectacular savory pie.
• Spicy Turkey and Spaghetti Squash Skillet -- A satisfying quick and easy skillet meal.
  
• Turkey and Vegetable Frittata -- This makes a great breakfast, lunch or light supper.
• Turkey Egg Foo Yung -- Turkey leftovers get an Asian twist in this recipe.
• Leftover Turkey Curry -- Exotic spices and yogurt completely transform the Thanksgiving flavor profile of turkey and cranberry sauce.
  
• Turkey Florentine -- Turkey combines with spinach in this tasty casserole.
  
• Pasties -- Savory Pies from holiday meal leftovers
• Leftovers Hash -- This recipe is a quick, frugal, and tasty way to use up leftovers.

Get Rid of Extra Mashed Potatoes

• Mollie Katzen's American Potato Cutlets -- For an unusual skillet breakfast, serve these mashed potato cakes with Fried Green Tomatoes.
• Potato Cheese Casserole -- This comfort food dish is a favorite at Jamaica's Superclubs Resorts.
• Potato Wet Chocolate L'Orange Cake -- Mashed potatoes keep this chocolate cake incredibly moist.
• Irish Potato Bread -- This traditional Irish recipe makes a great way to use those mashed potato leftovers.
• Bread Machine Irish Potato Bread -- A bread machine version of the above recipe.
• Papas Rellenas -- This dish is a unique twist on the Mexican classic Chile Rellenos. Here mashed potatoes are wrapped around the savory ingredients.

Use Up Cranberries and Cranberry Sauce

• Cranberry Peach Cobbler -- Buy too many cans of cranberries for the holidays? Make this scrumptious cobbler with your leftovers and serve with vanilla ice cream for a special treat.
• Apple and Cranberry Acadian -- Phyllo wrapped baked apples with cranberry and vanilla sauces.
• Orange Cranberry Swirl Cookies -- Use leftover cranberry sauce to get a jump start on holiday cookie baking.
• Cranberry Glazed Cornish Game Hens -- Leftover cranberry sauce makes a great glaze for poultry of all kinds.