We enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner yesterday and I’ve been busy today being creative with using up the leftovers. Since we have quite a bit of mashed potatoes left over, I’ve been researching some delicious ways to use them up and thought I would share a few of my finds:
1. Tonight for dinner I will be making Shepherd’s Pie. I am going to be using ground turkey for the meat portion but really any meat combo will do. Rachael Ray has a fairly easy and quick Shepherd’s Pie Recipe you may want to try out. Bottom line - make some type of meat and vegetable combo, and top it with mashed potatoes and cheese. Yum!
2. Leftover Thanksgiving Casserole is another way to use up those mashed potatoes and any other Thanksgiving related items. I like the fact that this recipe also uses up the green bean casserole dish that so many like to enjoy on Thanksgiving Day.
3. If you are looking for a lighter dish then mashed potato soup might be a nice recipe to try. This is a quick recipe too, taking about 25 minutes from start to finish.
4. Mashed Potato Dumplings would be a nice treat too, especially if you have leftover gravy you can use as a dipping sauce.
5. Leftover mashed potatoes can be used in several breakfast dishes as well. Here is a nifty little recipe for a mashed potato omelet.
6. Mashed Potato Patties would be great for dinner or breakfast. I watched Michael Chiarello make these today on the Food Network Channel. They didn’t look too difficult to make and looked delicious. He served them along side some turkey/cranberry/stuffing panini sandwiches which looked so good I wished I had enough leftovers to make them!
7. If you’re tired of anything turkey related, then maybe Beef Rolls Italiano might sound appealing.
8. Here is another creative mashed potato recipe using eggs. This one looks good enough for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
9. If you are in the mood for fish, then perhaps salmon croquettes might be a good way to use up those leftover mashed potatoes. This recipe looks easy and quick.
10. Finally, mashed potato rolls can be made and they only require 1 cup of leftover mashed potatoes.
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1 The Simple Dollar » The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: New Thing Edition // Nov 28, 2007 at 9:12 am
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3 Elisa // Nov 29, 2007 at 6:56 am
I like fish very much and have already taken the recipe of salmon croquettes. Looking at the picture my stomach cries. Thanks for your ideas. I will try them all.
4 leosatter // Dec 6, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Maybe you can help me out with something…? I want to order all of my food online from now on because of various reasons, but I don’t know where to go for quality food. I have tried 2 companies so far, Fresh Dining, and and Celebrity Foods, but I wanna get others I can try out. Do you know of any? The main thing I’ve ordered so far is steak. I guess you can say, I’m a steak junkie. LOL!!! From what I have found out (from what I have ordered so far) I think I am able to regulate the quality of beef I buy. I hate going to a store and getting that crappy slab of beef that I have to cut down until there is like nothing left. Hahaha!!!! (its so true though) Anyhow, sorry that I made this comment so long. If you can help me out or point me in a direction where I might find more quality foods online, I would greatly appreciate it. Have a good day or night! (depending on when you read this) LOL!!!!
5 Mama T // Mar 17, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Hey, Thanks! When I googled “using up mashed potatoes” yours was the only site that actually had recipes for using up mashed potatoes. And some of them look really good.
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