With Thanksgiving right around the corner, it wasn't difficult to come up with a theme for our recent cooking show.
Instead of preparing traditional recipes, however, I decided to focus on leftovers.
I need to confess that I actually roast a pre-Thanksgiving turkey, and perhaps make an extra batch of mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce as well, ensuring that there will be post-Thanksgiving leftovers...can you relate?
I find it helpful to have a fridge full of leftovers because it makes meal-planning a cinch when I'm in the midst of my decorating frenzy during the days after Thanksgiving...
I was assisted by my friend, Maureen. We made batches of No-Stress Cranberry Sauce and Make-Ahead Gravy. This is a cooking show after all. We felt the need to actually cook something before we started assembling our leftovers!
If you've never made homemade cranberry sauce, please give it a try! I would usually strongly suggest making gravy using pan drippings, but a recipe like this one that you can make ahead before you even put the bird into the oven can certainly come in handy!
(Click on the highlighted titles to be taken to the recipes.)
One more phyllo tart recipe to add to the repertoire. FOUR ingredients!!!
Great way to use your leftover cranberry sauce! And so easy to whip up a batch to fortify yourself during your post-Thanksgiving decorating frenzy (hint-hint).
If you're wondering what to do with leftover mashed potatoes, look no further! Soooo good.
Simply reheat your mashed potatoes and add your favorite toppings!
Fill them up, give them a quick sear, dip them into gravy. A one-stop-shopping recipe for Thanksgiving leftovers!
Thank you for following along. I hope that you have a very Happy Thanksgiving...
