Instructions: No one will recognize these new dishes as last nights meal.

If you have leftover bread:
Bread pudding: Cut leftover bread or rolls into 1 inch cubes. Use them in your favorite recipe for bread pudding. You can top the pudding with candied fruits and maple syrup or caramel topping, even whipped cream.

If you have leftover punch:
Smoothies: Turn leftover party punch into refreshing smoothies by mixing punch with canned fruit in a blender. Add yogurt or ice cream for variety.

If you have leftover turkey, meat and veggies:

Pizza toppers: Arrange leftover vegetables (corn, beans, peas, carrots and so on) on homemade or store-bought frozen pizza. Thinly sliced leftover turkey, beef and ham taste great on pizza, too.

Souped-up soup: Do you have "dribbles and dabs" of leftover veggies, turkey or meat in refrigerated plastic containers? Just chop them up and mix them into any canned soup, then heat and eat.

Turkey-mushroom casserole: Combine leftover chopped turkey with condensed cream of mushroom soup, chopped onion, canned or leftover veggies, 1 small package of fast-cooking rice and 2 1/2 cups of liquid (water, milk and-or broth).

Bake it at 350 in a casserole dish until the rice is tender and the liquid is absorbed.

Turkey fajitas: Combine sliced leftover turkey with fajita seasoning, stir-fry with onions and peppers and serve with warm tortillas. Toss a can of salsa in your holiday shopping cart to serve with your turkey fajitas.

Easy quiche: Fill an empty pie shell with minced leftover vegetables, canned seafood (crabmeat, shrimp, salmon), shredded cheese and an egg-milk mixture.

Canned evaporated skim milk works well because its as thick as cream.

If you have leftover casserole dishes:
Spud toppers: Spoon leftover casseroles over fresh-baked sweet or Idaho potatoes. This is a great idea for green bean casserole, rice and bean dishes, scalloped corn or your familys traditional favorites.

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