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Holiday Recipe: Leftover Turkey Casserole

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There’s really no meal quite like the Thanksgiving meal. Not only because there is a huge abundance of food {and overeating is practically encouraged} but because many of the foods included are so special to us.

I don’t know many people who roast an entire turkey for a random Tuesday dinner, and while I occasionally make stuffing & often make mashed potatoes, it’s the tastes when combined that make it so magical. Memories of Thanksgivings past come flashing back with each bite- and okay, it’s pretty darn tasty.

One of the best parts about Thanksgiving dinner is having days & days of leftovers! In years past, we’ve made turkey sandwiches or just eaten smaller helpings of our original feast. This year though, I made this recipe from Hellmann’s &it was ridiculously good!

Leftover Turkey Casserole

Ingredients

-4 cups leftover prepared stuffing
-4 cups coarsely chopped leftover cooked boneless, skinless turkey breast, (about 1 lb./500 g)
-3/4 cup mayonnaise, divided
-1/4 cup whole berry cranberry sauce
-2 cups leftover mashed potatoes
-1 1/2 cups shredded low-fat mozzarella cheese

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°. Spray 8-inch baking dish with no-stick cooking spray. Spoon in 2 cups stuffing, then top with turkey.
2. Combine 1/4 cup mayonnaise with cranberry sauce; evenly spread over turkey.
3. Combine remaining 1/2 cup mayonnaise, potatoes and cheese in large bowl. Evenly spread on turkey, then top with remaining 2 cups stuffing.
4. Bake 40 minutes or until heated through. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Garnish, if desired, with dried cranberries.

{Tip: If you’re making this recipe for a future dinner, you can pre-assemble the casserole while you’re putting away leftovers! Just follow the assembly directions as normal, then cover with foil & place in fridge until you’re ready to make the casserole!}

As much as I love Thanksgiving dinner, I actually enjoyed this casserole even more. Seriously. We ate some of it just as a casserole but then also ate some of it sandwiched into Hawaiian sweet rolls & it was ridiculously good.

Thanksgiving foods just go together so well, and the addition of the mayo gave it just the right amount of moisture and kept the leftovers from drying out in the fridge or while being baked.

Comments

  6. we only eat the turkey for two days but I don’t buy a really big turkey so it pretty much lasts only the two days

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  7. There is nothing in this recipe I don’t love. I swear, all these leftover turkey recipes are just making me want to go buy another turkey so I can make them!

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  8. We’ll usually make a casserole with a lot of the leftovers or repurpose them for new dishes, like cranberry crisp!

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  10. Make a number of extra meals from the leftovers. Turkey salad, turkey pot pies, sliced turkey & gravy. Turkey, swiss, lettuce, tomatoe, Hellmans mayo sandwiches.

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  44. we will eat them for a few days, and then feed scraps to our dogs 🙂

    this year, we ate hambugers and hotdogs because my Mammy is in the hospital, so our family cooked them and then took them to the hospital for everyone to be able to eat

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  47. I don’t cook Thanksgiving dinner at my house, so I take some leftovers home from my family’s, and we eat them.

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  49. I don’t host dinner so there aren’t any except a plate we may take from the ones we attend. Those are gone in a day.

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  69. I usually save some to make turkey pot pies and the rest we use for sandwiches and look forward to them both every year! 🙂

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  80. We always divide them up and each family takes home some of whatever they want. That way it will always get eaten and not wasted. We LOVE turkey sandwiches the next day! YUM

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  81. We really enjoyed our leftovers this year b/c I made a HUGE spread on Turkey Day lol

    we make sandwiches, and also just eat them the way they originally were cooked. I LOVE Thanksgiving leftovers! I also love to make a sandwich with stuffing, turkey breast, cranberry relish..YUM!

    Thanks for the chance to win!

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  105. We make turkey bowls -bowl of mashed potatoes with turkey and peas mixed in, topped with gravy! My husband looks forward to the turkey bowls more than the actual Thanksgiving dinner.

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  109. If I have a lot of leftover turkey, I freeze baggies of 3 C. portions for future recipes. The other leftovers, I munch on through the week. Love cold stuffing with cranberries!

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  112. I make Turkey Noodle soup with my leftovers and the family loves it. I want to thank you for this awesome sweep 🙂

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  114. We LOVE our leftovers from the big feast days! YES either a casserole or sandwiches.. what is better than a turkey sandwich? with mayo and lettuce?

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  115. I usually have several small Thanksgiving meals for a few days, although this year there was a lot of my gluten-free stuffing left so I put it in the freezer to use later.

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  119. I reheat the leftovers for seconds, thirds, etc. I keep the turkey carcass and some meat left on it to cook off in a stock pot for turkey noodle soup.

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  121. Definitely LOVE Thanksgiving leftovers. Sometimes the turkey sandwiches are better than the turkey was on Thanksgiving! Lol.

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  135. With our leftovers, we usually have Thanksgiving sandwiches 🙂 Stuff all the leftovers onto some bread and eat it all together 🙂

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  145. I mostly make up turkey dinner plates, freeze them in gallon freezer bags and eat them like tv dinners at a later date.

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  151. We always have sandwiches with the leftover. I plan on trying your casserole recipe this year. Sounds and looks yummy!

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  156. My leftovers lead many lives. On the second day, its a duplicate thanksgiving dinner just for me at home. Day three, the mega sandwich (turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and lots of mayo all mushed into a lovely sandwich). After that there is the midnight-pick-pick at the turkey. Then, who knows. . . .

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  166. Could really use this after being laid off three weeks ago.so wonderful to offer this around this time of year. Love your blog

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  181. We buy a large turkey, so the first day after Thanksgiving it’s sandwiches, and if there’s still quite a bit left over, then turkey noodle soup.

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  191. I love leftovers. We make sandwiches, soup and casseroles with the turkey. If there is a lot then I shred it and freeze some for later.

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  193. We eat them for a few days, just as they are. If there is turkey left, I make a dish called a Hot Brown that is delicious!

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  196. Our leftovers usually go for turkey pot pie, turkey soup, and turkey sandwiches (with Hellmann’s of course!). Thanks.

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  209. this year i made turkey empanadas with the leftover turkey and the leftover ham! came out great and i dont really care for turkey!

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  210. this was our first year of leftovers! i hate turkey! but i made turkey empanadas with the left overs and it tasted great! now i put all the left over meat into empanadas!

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  223. We keep all the leftovers, and make turkey sandwiches throughout the week. The side stuff is usually gone the very next day.

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  225. I usually make a turkey/dressing casserole and then the next day boil the turkey bones and carcass and make turkey noodle soup.

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  234. This year I made ham sandwiches, alfredo pasta with ham and peas, fried chicken stuffed with ham and mozzarella and ham and navy bean soup.

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