Ahhhh, the thrill of the Thanksgiving feast…that quickly turns into the meal no one wants.
Isn’t it amazing how just a few hours post-Thanksgiving feast (the one that everyone oooed and awed over), the meal quickly turns into a “leftover” that family members turn their noses at?
Not this year, folks. Take those leftovers and turn them into the second phase of the Thanksgiving smorgasbord that everybody wants a bite of.
Bacon and Cornbread Dressing Skillet
Sweet Potato Pomegranate Crostini
Turkey Manchego Sliders
Apple Cider Popsicles
So while you’re doing your Thanksgiving grocery shopping add these few additional items to your list to be ready to serve up a second feast.
bacon
parmesan cheese
pomegranates
french baguette
manchego cheese
Sir Kensington’s Special Sauce (or your favorite sandwich condiment)
popsicle sticks
small plastic cups
What is so great about these four recipes is that little brain power is needed to execute them. Which, let’s face it, is a mandatory post-Thanksgiving requirement.
Bacon and Cornbread Dressing Skillet
Ingredients
- leftover cornbread dressing, see notes for recipe, diced
- bacon
- eggs
- parmesan cheese, freshly grated
Instructions
- In a cast iron skillet fry the bacon until crispy and cooked.
- Remove the bacon from the skillet and place on a paper towel to dry.
- Leave about 2-3 tablespoons of bacon fat in the skillet and drain the rest.
- Add the cornbread into the skillet and stir to coat the dressing with the bacon fat. Cook over medium heat until the dressing is lightly toasted. Turn off the heat.
- Chop the bacon into bite sized pieces. Set aside.
- Meanwhile cook the eggs to your preference. Top the eggs with a sprinkling of parmesan at the end of the cooking process.
- Add the bacon to the dressing and stir well.
- Top with runny eggs or stir in the scrambled eggs.
- Top with hot sauce and serve warm.
Notes
Sweet Potato Pomegranate Crostini
Ingredients
- french baguette, sliced thin
- leftover sweet potato casserole, or roasted sweet potatoes
- pomegranates
- fresh thyme leaves
Instructions
- Toast the slices of baguette.
- Spoon dollops of sweet potato casserole onto the baguettes. Top with pomegranates and fresh thyme.
Turkey Manchego Sliders
Ingredients
- leftover turkey meat, chopped or sliced
- leftover dinner rolls, sliced in half
- Sir Kensington’s Special Sauce, or your favorite sandwich condiment
- manchego cheese, sliced
- cooking spray
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees
- Spray the interior of a baking dish or rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.
- Spread a thick layer of special sauce onto the bottom half of the dinner roll.
- Line the baking dish with the dinner roll bottoms.
- Add the turkey to the dinner roll halves, then top the turkey with manchego cheese slices.
- Place the tops of the rolls onto each bottom half.
- Place in the oven and bake until the rolls are golden and the cheese melted. Serve warm.
Apple Cider Popsicles
Ingredients
- apple cider, room temperature or chilled
- small plastic, or paper cups
- popsicle sticks
Instructions
- Place the small cups onto a rimmed baking sheet. Pour the apple cider into the plastic cups 3/4ths of the way full. Place the baking sheet into the freezer.
- Once the cider is a slushy thick consistency (about 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours later), place the popsicle sticks into the middle of each cup. Continue to freeze until solid.
- Gently remove the popsicle from the cup.