How to Make a Great Meal with Thanksgiving Leftovers

We all have Thanksgiving leftovers and most of us are always wondering in what new ways we can use them. Here is a great way to use the vegetables, potatoes, gravy and meat to give your leftovers some new zest!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Turkey (or chicken) diced up
• Vegetables: whatever you like (peas, corn, green beans and/or carrots)
• Unbaked crescent rolls (You will need 2 unbaked crescents unrolled to make one pie)
• Gravy

1. Open two cans of crescent roll dough, the kind you find in your grocery store's refrigerated section. Unroll the dough on to two sheet pans.

2. The dough is cut into triangular shapes. Remove two triangle sections so you have a square of dough. Be sure to smooth together the area where the two triangles meet so you're left with a solid square of dough. Follow this step until you have used up all of the dough from the two canisters.

3. Next, take your leftover meat -- turkey, chicken or whatever you fancy -- and make a small mound in the center of the dough square.

4. Add two tablespoons each of peas and corn to the mound. Drizzle about a tablespoon of gravy over the meat and vegetables, but keep the gravy away from the edges of the dough.

5. Carefully fold one side of the dough over the mound so that both ends line up. Use a fork or your fingers to seal the outer edges of the dough.

6. Bake it in a 375 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes until golden brown.

7. While the dough pockets are baking, start heating up your leftover mashed potatoes either in the microwave or on the range.

8. Once everything is finished cooking, plate it up and enjoy! Your family will surely love this fresh take on Thanksgiving leftovers!

Tips & Warnings

• Be sure to wait a few minutes before digging in to the pockets. The inside will be very hot fresh out of the oven!

[pianistic]

on 10/19/2008 I'm making this one of my favs for Thanksgiving.

[lildutchgirl56]

on 10/12/2008 Great idea, thanks!