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Creative Ways to Use Leftovers

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We don’t like to clean out the fridge because sometimes we find things that have been forgotten about. I’ve tried to leave a few ‘FREE CHOICE’ and ‘PANTRY CHALLENGE‘ days on our Menu so that we waste less… actually nothing truly gets wasted as any old food will go ot the chickens or the compost pile.

Most of the time, our ‘leftovers’ become lunch for the next day. We will often portion them out in individual containers so people can choose their meal.

If we have some veggies that look a little sad, I will often chop them and put them in the freezer. We will freeze extra meats as well, for later use.

November 15th is National Clean Out Your Fridge Day … probably so you can make room for all of those Thanksgiving goodies! Some of these recipes can help you use up some of those Turkey Day Leftovers as well.

Here are some of the ways that we like to use up some of those leftovers:

Main Dishes & Casserole Dishes:

Chicken Pot Pie

Daddy Can’t-Wait Casserole

Easy Bean Tostadas

Chicken Salad Tostadas

Chicken and Dumplin’ Casserole

Chicken and Rice Casserole

Chicken Bacon Avocado Wraps

Chicken in a Biscuit

Chicken Pillows

Easy Chicken Casserole

Poppy Seed Chicken

Super Easy Rotisserie Chicken Salad

Soups and Stews

Goulash

Mom’s Oven Stew

Chicken and Dumplings

Sides:

Easy Chili Mac N Cheese

Potato Cakes

Refried Beans

Desserts:

Rice Pudding

What are soem creative ways that you use up your leftovers?

Chicken Salad Tostadas

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This recipe came about during a pantry challenge night… we were using up some leftovers and things that needed to be eaten from the pantry. I have incorporated several of these pantry challenges into our Perpetual Meal Plans to help us use up things in the fridge so they don’t go to waste!

We had made some chicken salad from some leftover baked chicken for lunch and still had plenty left over. There were also some soft avocados, refried beans, and some old corn tortillas that needed to be used up. (I had bought them for a different recipe and never made it.)

Mr. Awesome just kept layering things on his tostada and it was so GOOD that we will definitely be repeating these! Tostadas can be made with so many different things so don’t be afraid to get creative and make your own version!

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Twice Baked Potatoes

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Twice Baked Potatoes

These might seem like a lot of extra work, but they are so worth it and they can make any meal feel a little more special. They can also be good topped with some leftover shredded meat or just about anything you want to put on them!

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Susie Q’s Top Ten Ways to Use Up Turkey Leftovers

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If you are like millions of other Americans you are probably looking for ideas to use up those turkey leftovers. Here are a few recipes that are perfect… just substitute the chicken with turkey! Continue reading “Susie Q’s Top Ten Ways to Use Up Turkey Leftovers” →

Potato Cakes

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Need an idea to use up some of the leftovers after Thanksgiving? Have you ever tried potato cakes? These are a favorite in our house and we have them whenever we have a pile of leftover Mashed Potatoes. These can be adapted to incorporated a variety of leftovers so clean out that fridge and see what you can find to make up a batch of these.

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