Don’t know what to do with turkey leftovers? The best thing about Thanksgiving is the leftovers! If you are creative in the kitchen the turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, and other leftover holiday delights can turn into several yummy dinners with little preparation. Typically, I am able to use the food remnants for three days’ worth of meals that take under twenty minutes each to create.
The Silicone Dripless Baster with Brush made it easy to baste the turkey without spilling the hot juices and saved my oven from a greasy mess. And the Turkey Pop-Up Timer took the guesswork out roasting our large bird, letting me know it was completely done as soon as the bright red indicator popped up. I give the pan and the gadgets five out of five stars for performance and simplicity!
What to do with turkey leftovers
With the leftovers I decided to make these scrumptious Turkey Muffin Stuffins. The recipe embodies an entire Thanksgiving plate packed with turkey and sides into a scrumptious muffin. It helps use up the holiday extras in the fridge and creates a fabulous snack or light dinner in minutes! All you need besides the leftovers are two eggs to help mold and hold the stuffing into a cup. I used a Good Cook 12 Cup Nonstick Muffin Pan to bake the muffins in, which made removal of the mouthwatering bites a cinch. Even though the pan is nonstick, I still coated the bottom of the cups with cooking spray, because the stuffing was extremely sticky. I had no problem removing the muffins out of the pan while keeping them fully intact.
Turkey Muffin Stuffins
Ingredients
- 4 cups prepared stuffing
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup turkey gravy
- 1 cup cooked mixed vegetables
- 1 1/2 cups cooked mashed potatoes
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- parsley for garnishing
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Coat a 12 cup muffin tin with cooking spray. In medium bowl combine stuffing and eggs; mix well
- Place stuffing mixture into cups, distributing equally. Using fingers press the stuffing covering bottom and up the sides of cups to form into crust.
- In large bowl mix together the cubed turkey, cooked mixed vegetables, gravy, and pepper. Spoon the filling into each cup equally.
- Top with a dollop of mashed potatoes.
- Garnish each muffin with a sprinkle of Parsley.
- Bake 20 minutes, or until heated through. Let cool for 5 minutes to set. Remove from muffin tin, and enjoy!
What a quick and easy use for all the leftovers! Those really do look delicious and I love how it isn’t the typical turkey sandwich. Thanks for the recipe
that sounds an looks so good,ive got to try it this year
This is an Amazing recipe!! I love how you can use all your leftovers in one shot. My husband would think he was in Heaven if I made these for him. I will have to make these after our turkey at Christmas. Thank you for the recipe!
Wish I had seen this earlier. We had lots of leftovers. Muffins look good and easy to make too
What a fun recipe and a great way to do something new with Thanksgiving leftovers! Thanks for sharing!!
great idea for left over turkey..thanks!
This looks absolutely yummy. Since it’s a little late now, I’m bookmarking for next holiday.
i tried these…take my word for it…they are pretty darn good..thanks
This looks amazing thanks for sharing I am going to try this.
I like that these incorporate almost everything that would be left over from Thanksgiving dinner. They almost look like little pot pies! I like how you can fill the muffins with almost anything that would go well with the stuffing crust!
I have never seen a recipe like this using turkey, I love it. Thanks for sharing this and making it easy to print I must try this one
This recipe looks delicious and I bet my kids would love it! Thanks for sharing!
What a creative way to use the leftovers, we’ll definitely have to give these a try.
Looks absolutely delicious – great idea – thanks for the recipe.
well its official…im making them for christmas..
What a great way to serve leftovers! I will be trying this one – thanks!
This looks sooo delicious!
I think this is an excellent idea – love the chance to put those leftovers to good use, and not just heat up the same plates over and over 🙂 I think I will use this with my Christmas leftovers!
these sound and look amazing. i may have to try these out after christmas dinner depending on how much is left over. thanks.
These look really good, thanks for sharing the recipe.
I made these last week and they were AWESOME!
I have never heard of this recipe before how original and a great idea thanks for sharing this one.
I TRIED EM..THEY TURNED OUT REALLY GOOD..THANKS
this is a great leftover recipe that i think the family and i would really love and can take on the go!