Christmas leftovers

Penelope_Penguin

I love Christmas leftovers :j We eat turkey cold, make Jamie's leek and turkey pie (as long as I can pull my leeks from this frozen ground :eek: ), amke sanwiches and generally graze. I then freeze all the bits of meat for later in the spring, and the carcase is frozen until I have time to make stock and soup. I alos freeze the turkey fat for roast potatoes.

Vegetables are used up in pies, soup or bubble and squeak.

There's never leftover pudding

valk_scot

Turkey leftovers = chicken leftovers, for all intents and purposes. Sandwiches, curry, cold cuts, stir fry, pie etc etc. Carcase will make at least two big pans of stock. Any Christmas veg such as carrots, parsnips, sprouts, potatoes etc can be turned into a nice soup by blitzing them up, possibly with some cream. I dice any gammon scraps up and freeze them in portions to use in pies, fried rice etc. Seafood + turkey + diced gammon makes a fabulous paella.

We don't have pudding leftovers though.....;)

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Eat them.

lisa26_2

Christmas just isn't christmas unless you have enough turkey leftovers to feed a small army!!! We're having lunch at OH's parents this year so I've bought a small turkey crown to cook for sandwiches, pies, casseroles etc as I would normally use the leftovers!!

Lucie_2

Bronnie wrote: »

The BIG Christmas Buttie:
2 thick slices of buttered bloomer bread, spread with some pate if you have it, top one slice with mayo and the other with cranberry sauce and fill with hot ( nuke in microwave) sliced turkey, bacon and sausage, stuffing and lettuce.

This reminds me of my favourite Christmas dinner sarnie: Turkey, sausage, bacon, potato salad & cranberry sauce. sprouts optional!!!

The Hellmans website has loads of recipes for using up leftovers

Paulie'sGirl

Depends what it is really. Leftover veg will be bubble & squeak or soup made with the chicken carcass (we don't like turkey).

Leftover meat will live in the fridge for several days (the point for me ) and provide sandwiches, more roast dinners, cold cuts with salad and pickles...

When we really get fed up, the gammon ends will make either more soup or a quiche. The chicken will be a risotto and the beef probably wont last that long but if necessary will be chopped and then warmed in its gravy, topped with mash and voila - cottage pie.

Xmas pud never makes it as far as being regarded as leftovers here!

What else? Cheese freezes well if you get fed up of your leftover cheeseboard. Trim it up nicely before you freeze it and it'll be fine to whip out again as a cheese board.

PGxx

meritaten

Its just me and OH now after christmas dinner is over - and I always make sure there are lots of leftover meats.
boxing day is cold cuts of meat, chips and pickles. whatever is left I then slice using the meat slicer but I leave some meat chunked up for curry the next day. the sliced meat is put into the freezer and OH can use it for sarnies or we sometimes have some defrosted with salad when we want a light meal. or you can chunk it if you know you will use it for curry or pie.
leftover veg - thats bubble and squeek with any leftover gravy and goes into bags in the freezer too! a nice quick meal when I cant be bothered to cook!

Little_Vics

I'm going to try something new this year with left over veg - mash it all up, and wrap spoonfuls in bacon to make little parcels and fry. We'll see if they work!

Meadows

Don't have left overs I stopped buying too much food a long while ago and cooking too big a piece of meat on Christmas day, we have enough to eat and any small pieces left over can be nibbled in the evening as I never do any other food so any one that gets the munchies can nibble what's in the fridge.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

well, I live alone, so what can I do with any left over veggie lasagne, single portion, home made about June, retrieved from the freezer on Christmas morn, about 5ish, to defrost, then zapped in the microwave about 5pm, after home from pub.

To be enjoyed with a tennis ball sized baked potato, and various pickles.

Wonder why I live alone?

Edit: No Christmas wishes, I don't do Christmas.