We do turkey and there are so many things to do with leftover turkey -- turkey pot pie, Shepherd's pie, turkey and noodles, King's Ranch "turkey" casserole and then there is bone for turkey soup!!!! We often live a week off the leftovers of the turkey.

Turkey burritos using the finely diced leg meat that we’re not so fond of are a post-Christmas tradition in our house.

Ham omelettes and eggs Benedict often feature before I freeze the remaining ham for later.

Bubble and squeak if there are any leftover roast veggies is a given.

This year I thought I’d wing a turkey, ham and mushroom cream sauce for pasta.

DH insisted he wanted turkey sandwiches for tonight’s dinner :-)

I love leftover Christmas food which is why I always cook our Christmas dinner no matter what temperature the weather bureau predicts, even if DH offers to take me to a restaurant :-)

Everyone here loves Turkey Divan! And scalloped potatoes with ham.

Was invited out for Christmas dinner so no leftovers there (although I brought dessert - English trifle - and I did take a small portion home with me. It tastes even better when sitting for a day or two :-))

But I did do a small prime rib for Christmas eve. I will make a second meal out of it tonight as it was a perfectly cooked rare and careful reheating will result in a medium rare, which is also very acceptable. Any that remains will be used for sandwiches - grilled with cheddar on sourdough bread or French dip. Dog will get some of the trimmings with his kibble and anything that remains gets chopped up and frozen to be added to chili when I next make a batch.

I am making a small (half) kurobuta ham - my ham of choice - for New Years and even a tiny one will produce wonderful and versatile ham leftovers. I am looking forward to ham sandwiches and best of all, split pea soup using the bone!

I enjoy my leftover lobster stew for another couple of meals...except that for the last two years, my family has eaten all the lobster and left me with a big pot of leftover milk/cream broth! Guess I'll have to buy a couple of lobster tails, cook them and add them to the milk/cream mixture. SO annoying...

I like to use leftover ham in either: mac & cheese with ham and peas, OR broccoli cheese rice casserole with ham. I have a turkey carcass in the freezer from Thanksgiving. I need to do something with that.

Prime rib will become stroganoff and, if any left, French dips.

Split pea and barley soup with ham.

Wild rice & turkey soup. We like that so much I've started making it more often with chicken.

The only thing that was ever leftover was the white meat turkey, year after year. If I could buy a turkey with nothing but dark meat, there wouldn't be any leftovers at all.

Love Love Love cold turkey slices of white and dark meat, salted, peppered, slather of mayo on thick slice of homemade white bread, other slice slathered with cranberry sauce, fat layer of sage stuffing, sprinkle of chopped celery and walnuts. Add a big ol' glass of cold milk and I am in heaven. Unfortunately my turkey didn't make it this year so I'll be off to the store tomorrow because my mouth brain is telling me I just have to have that sandwich to truly celebrate Christmas.

My favorite left over is the turkey frame soup made from the neck, left over gravy, and all the bones and skin. I plan to use the left over Christmas ham to make eggs benedict.

I take the easy road with Christmas leftovers...everyone got to eat whenever they wanted...fill a plate and pop in microwave. I'm busy resting.

fawnridge, look for fresh turkey thighs after holidays. The butchers in our chain stores part out the turkeys. I buy and freeze the thighs for use every few weeks. Usually two in a package, perfect meal with a bake sweet potato.

Crab was scarce this year (and really expensive!), so lasagne it was! Bummer!

Doled some out to sister who lives on others' leftovers, then found out kids wouldn't be around for a second xmas dinner, so ate it once more and froze the rest. (LOVE finding lasagne in my pile of frozen meals!)

Not sure what we'll have when we all get together again!

BTW...Daughter is a cop with no kids who always works holidays so those with kids can spend time with their family, same with her wife who is a night oncology nurse!

Other DD went to see her new in-laws (they're getting up there) in Colorado.

Ham and smoked turkey might be too strong/salty for it, but my favorite is savory bread pudding. There are usually some random vegetables and a flavor profile already going, so I just put together what fits, cut everything up, layer with the breadstuffs and pour on the custard. Pepper is a must, and sourdough, no sweetener whole wheat and rye are best for keeping it savory. No enriched breads. Shredded cheese on top.

I got all the meat sliced off of the ham and smoked turkey breasts yesterday, DH is happy to use it as he pleases for samiches. I think I'll use some of the ham tonight for mac and cheese, I've got 3 different kinds of cheeses leftover from the snacking tray. Especially the jalapeno cheese, we love to make it spicy. I think I'll even add some of the roasted red pepper to it. I saved the ham bone and some meat still on it for the New Year's Day black-eyed peas and collard greens. I froze the 2 smoked turkey breast carcasses, not sure what I'll use them for but I'm sure they would work in some kind of soup or pot of beans, etc.

made a small turkey and a very small ham in hopes of not having much left over. 6 adults and 2 children so was left with mostly bones -- so made a lovely soup with turkey bones. I did make the BEST gravy this year, loads of flavor but didn't send that into the stock pot but enjoyed an extra serving of mashed potato and gravy -- been off carbs for a month so was jonesing for the potato and gravy LOL. Now even the soup is gone!

Nancy/Jane very nice of your daughter and her wife to help out to give the people time with their kids!

We've had leftovers for the most part. but we froze a bunch of the turkey meat and cabbage rolls and we'll pull them out for turkey based stir-fries and wraps. I'm very interested in a hot turkey sandwich on rye bread with garlic mustard so that's what I will probably do next.

Making a quiche tomorrow with leftover ham!

Just remembered we like risotto and also crepes rolled around a filling of bechamel (with or without cheese), chopped ham or turkey, and something like mushrooms or broccoli, etc.

Last night I heated the two ribs from our Christmas Eve roast, and added homemade BBQ sauce. (My husband thought I was crazy!) Took the leftover mashed taters and heated with a nice layer of cheddar on top in the oven. My husband had a slice of beef covered in the leftover shrimp/bacon/shallots from his shrimp and grits on Christmas Day.

We are still eating off the smoked ham from Christmas Day and mac n cheese I made the next day.

We don't have specific standard dishes for the holidays (except Thanksgiving). But if it's turkey, I like tomake various soups, or else bone broth. Meat can be used in a casserole along with stuffing, a little gravy, any extra veggies... topped with added cheese. Some of the dark meat will end up in salads. (Really can't stand cold white turkey).

When I've made ham, while never for the holidays, leftovers can end up in another casserole, or in omelets, or perhaps diced up into rice. A toasty hot ham & cheese sandwich works, too.

Otherwise, of course, it depends what we ate.

I went over to my brother's for Christmas. Like artemis, except that turkey is for Thanksgiving and not for Christmas, there aren't any major rules. We usually have some kind of beef for Christmas, but this year my nephew said he'd like to try baking a ham.

My SIL asked my brother, who was deep in trying to figure out why the stereo would not respond to his phone, what he'd like with ham. "Oh," he said, "a nice baguette with some toasted gruyere." "We're not having sandwiches for Christmas dinner!" But I'm sure he got his sandwich the next day because the ham was huge.

I made ham and tenderloin for our family Christmas and tenderloin and Mongolian Beef for Elery's family. We sent all leftovers home with our children, so there were no sandwiches or pots of soup, unfortunately, although I did keep the ham bone and made a pot of split pea soup with it.

I love scalloped potatoes with ham, but Elery does not. By the time the tenderloin is reheated it's too well done, as far as I'm concerned it's just really expensive pot roast at that point.

I love turkey pot pie, turkey and gravy over biscuits, turkey and wild rice soup. Elery doesn't and it's not exactly health food, so it's not happening this year.

My Mother is here with us and she's uber picky. She's eaten one banana so far today, she had a bowl of broccoli cheese soup last night. Elery doesn't eat any grains or dairy, mostly subsisting on boiled/microwave vegetables, a couple ounces of baked or roasted chicken or fish, large salads with no-calorie dressing and fresh fruit. I've given up even trying to cook.

Annie

Our Thanksgiving and Christmas are far enough apart that turkey is the main event both holidays....but only on those two days.

My favourite, favourite meal is the leftovers. I am usually so cooked out the actual Christmas dinner doesn't always appeal. However a turkey, white meat only. and stuffing sandwich on white bread slathered in mayo with homemade dills on the side the next day is my number one favourite. Next is turkey pot pie. Both are must haves.

If I have leftover ham or turkey, I make deviled ham (or turkey) using chopped giardiniera, mustard, mayo, hot sauce, and some minced celery. Sometimes I add hard boiled egg. I also add green onion (if I have it) or chives, which I always seem to have in my garden. I make a similar salad with leftover fish, but I leave out the mustard and add capers. If I am making it with turkey, I add oregano, and I often add dill pickles or olives, but not both, depending on what is in the giardiniera that I have.

Thank you yeonassky. They are both very giving people. We have altered our Holidays for several years now so that they can work. For us the holidays are all about family. We don't do midnight mass or anything like that, so it's not imperative it happens ON Xmas day.