Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Thanksgiving Left-Over Casserole

We felt like eating Thanksgiving over the weekend, just because. I used just a Turkey breast instead of cooking a whole Turkey, and cooked it in the crock pot. We still had leftovers so I searched on the Internet for a recipe and found a couple that I just combined and made up. This will be good to have after Thanksgiving:

Thanksgiving Left-Over Casserole
Stuffing
Turkey
Gravy
Mashed Potatoes (white or sweet)
Green beans/Green bean casserole
French's fried onions

Pre-heat oven to °350. Use a pan (I prefer glass) that will fit your left overs, I used a 9x9 because we didn't have a whole lot. Spray the bottom and sides of the pan with non-stick spray. Layer the pan with left-overs starting with the stuffing. I just spread it even, but didn't really press it down. Next add turkey, you could cube this, but I just shredded and cut it until it had a good layer on it. I then added some gravy. I warmed up the gravy first so it would spread more easily. Then I added a layer of mashed potatoes that I had also warmed up for easier spreading. I thought that the potatoes would be too dry if I didn't add anything, so I put a little more gravy on top of the potatoes just for flavor. We didn't make green bean casserole, so I just opened a can of green beans, drained them and then layered them on top (I used most of the can). Put into the oven. I baked it for about 20 minutes (if it's a bigger dish it may take longer, so keep checking it) before adding the fried onions, they burn if they are in the oven too long, so add them when you think the casserole is almost done, and bake for 5-10 more minutes. Enjoy!

We really enjoyed this, I was actually really surprised at how good it was. We opened a can of cranberry sauce and ate it along with the casserole. I used a good portion of our left overs so I felt good about not wasting them.

**I even ate the left-over, left-over casserole today and it was still good!