Got Leftovers? Try These Creative Day-After-Thanksgiving Recipes

 

There always seems to be a random selection of leftovers the day after the big feast. Use your Thanksgiving leftovers to create scrumptious new dishes that will wow family and friends.

Even the turkey carcass can be repurposed! Plus, the turkey bones contain good-for-you minerals like magnesium, calcium and zinc that become part of your yummy soup.

The quintessential day-after-Thanksgiving meal is a sandwich. Food Network Kitchen steps up the classic Thanksgiving-leftover sandwich by adding a touch of bacon, cheese and tomato.

Every day this week we're giving you a recipe that reinvents your Thanksgiving leftovers in an easy, tasty and creative way. After all, those leftovers deserve a second chance, especially if they weren't the star dish of the table to begin with (the turkey gets all the attention!).

This recipe reinvents one of the holiday's most popular dishes, mashed potatoes, to create something entirely innovative. Giada turns leftover mashed potatoes into pancakes. Each one is served over marinara sauce and topped with a fried egg.

There are two absolutes at the end of Thanksgiving Day: a food coma that has you so stuffed you might not want to see a turkey again, and a seemingly endless array of leftovers that you have no idea what to do with. Luckily, Food Network can help you out with ideas for that last part. Every day this week we're giving you a recipe that reinvents your turkey day leftovers in an easy, tasty and creative way that will actually have you excited about eating again.