Plain And Simple Leftovers

 It is the day after Thanksgiving and that means one thing. Leftovers. Tons of them. Yet there's no need for fancy makeovers. The best tasting ones are the only that are just simply reheated.

Yes, you could go for the fancy turkey tetrazzino or make a turkey hot pocket like chef and regular contributor J. Kenji Alt made for the wednesday Food Section of the New York Times, These are the leftovers wrapped in pizza dough, sort of like a cross between a calzone and a Costco chicken pocket.Its a mix of stuffing turkey, sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce. They;re baked for twelve to eighteenminutes at 425 degrees Farenheit. You could also bake them in a toaster oven for five minutes at 475 degrees Farenheit. These remind me of those Boxing Day pot pies that English chef and judge on The Great Britihs Bakeoff, Paul Hollyowwd. he layers cranberry sauce stuffunbg gravy and turkey in a pot pie shell. THis can be fun if you're into it /It's sort of like those lefotver sandwiches where your whole Thanksgiving dinner is thrown on a baguette.

To be honest just a slice of meat  - or turfurkey in my case with gravy makes the perfect lunch. There was a tiny bit of wild rice stuffing and all the flavorings were perfect just plain. The same things with the leftover veggies. My mix of onions , Brussells sprouts and carrots were just great on their own with a dash of salt.Yams don;t have to be redone. THey don;t have to be done in the first place. I never understood the American obsession iwth turning them into a kind of main course dessert. Why drown them in cinnamon and marshmallows when they can be airfried  with some olive oil and salt or microwaved and slathered with butter or Melt,a lant based butter. The same philosophy with Brussels srpout. Just top them with melted buttter and Parmesan cheese. That's it. They don;t need to be drenched in a puddle of cheddar cheese. Keep it simple.

Why go crazy redoing your Thanksgiving leftovers. Have them plain , just heated over. They're the best .that way.