Gabriel Gonzalez
Student Life Editor
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and students at ESU are more than ready for the break. But Thanksgiving means Thanksgiving dinners, and Thanksgiving dinners mean Thanksgiving leftovers. Who wants leftovers to go bad?
No one.
Plus, with the cafeteria being so pricey, who doesn’t want a few meals to chow down on before, in between and after classes? So, I’ve gone through the trouble of collecting a few recipes from different corners of the internet, compiling a list of easy recipes that anyone can follow. Don’t worry, I haven’t included any quiches, pizzas, griddles, or any fancy foodstuff. It’s just simple eating all the way through.
From tasteofhome.com, we have cranberry salsa turkey wraps. What’s an easier thing to make than a wrap? Especially when you have pounds of uneaten turkey sitting around. These simple rollups are transportable too, so if you’ve got space in your pack, don’t hesitate to wrap up a couple.
The ingredients are:
- Tortilla
- Leftover turkey
- Whole dried cranberries, cranberries or cranberry sauce
- Iceberg lettuce
From foodnetwork.com, they have a neat twist on the turkey sandwich, providing us the recipe for a turkey panini. Don’t have a panini maker? Just warm up a second pan and press down on your sandwich–and presto! Turkey panini. As far as cooking it goes, you really don’t have to do much other than warm up the turkey, gravy and cheese, then press them together in between bread on the stove.
Ingredients are simple enough:
- Rueben bread (or any kind, it doesn’t matter)
- Leftover turkey
- Whole dried cranberries, cranberries or cranberry sauce
- Leftover gravy
- Swiss (or any kind, it doesn’t matter) cheese
Lastly, from bonappetit.com, the Use-It-Up frittata. Don’t let the “frittata” part intimidate you, as like the other recipes it doesn’t demand much effort ingredients outside your leftovers. “Use-It-Up” is self-explanatory, perfect after attempting the recipes above when you’ve gone through most of your leftovers, using that final, almost negligible, bit for a protein-packed breakfast guaranteed to start your day off right. If you’d like to cook fancy, see the original recipe on bonappetit.com, as I’m going to dumb it down a little.
Steps and ingredients are as such:
- Beat as many eggs as you’re comfortable
- Add leftover vegetables, grated cheese of your choice and salt and pepper
- Oil pan and throw eggs in when temperature is reached, and let it sit for the edges to cook (’bout half a minute)
- Agitate mix by stirring edges in, repeat that for a couple cycles and then let it sit again
- When set, tilt the skillet and use a spatula to hold the bottom edge up so uncooked eggs can slip onto the pan
- Let it sit five minutes when the center is wet but set
- Jiggle it, then set it upside down on a plate, oil the pan again, and then set the eggs back in
- Cook for three minutes and then let it rest off of heat for about five minutes
- You’re ready to eat!
That should bring you to the end of your leftovers. Hopefully you spotted something you’d like to try on your own, whether that be one or all three. Whatever you plan to do, just remember to have a happy Thanksgiving.
