Christmas leftovers

[Kitchen Witch]

We all know what to do with our Thanksgiving leftovers, but what about your Christmas leftovers?

The leftover braciole, homemade Italian sausage and pasta will be enough for today's dinner. Meatballs are all gone. Green salad and crusty Italian bread - easy day. I will just warm it all in the oven with a bit of extra sauce.

Leftover roast beef has been sliced and placed in freezer containers with gravy for future sandwiches or to be used with taters and veggies for a complete meal. Some of the roast beef was used to make homemade TV dinners with the leftover mashed potatoes and veggies. Quick meals (and still homemade!) when there is no time.

Leftover ham gets salty if frozen for too long so I cubed some and I have a pot of soup on the stove: cubed ham, chicken broth, chopped onions, chunked carrots, chopped celery, diced potatoes and chopped cabbage; season to taste.

For breakfast this morning - it was sliced ham skillet fried and eggs with rye toast.

There is a small piece of ham left that I will use for omelets or add to salads and grind the rest for ham salad for sandwiches or as a cracker spread with mayo/salad dressing, chopped sweet pickles (I prefer that over relish), minced onion and celery.

What are you doing with your leftovers??

[horselover]

My sister called me and said she had a new chicken casserole recipe. Leftover finger food casserole. She boiled some chicken breast and rice and stirred in leftover spinach and artichoke dip. Put in casserole and topped with leftover rotel and cheese dip and baked till bubbly. She said it was really good and used up all but a little rotel dip, so tomorrow night she is browning hamburger, cooking some macaroni, adding the rest of the rotel dip for a spicy beef and macaroni dish.