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I love Thanksgiving but I love the leftovers more. For years I have been coming up with new ways to use the leftovers. I decided that for the next couple of posts I will do some of my leftover recipes. The first day after Thanksgiving there are the most leftovers so I do a kind of Thanksgiving Shepherds Pie.

The recipe is quite simple. First I butter a 9x13 baking dish. Then I make a layer of leftover stuffing at the bottom. If we happen to have those cranberry raisins laying around I add some in the stuffing. This time of year we usually do because James loves them in Oatmeal Cookies. Next I layer some dark meat turkey. I have many other recipes that call for any white meat that is leftover so for this one I only use the dark meat.

I always make corn for Thanksgiving so I add some leftover corn next. Now you add some leftover gravy to the top of the meat. There are times that I have ran out of gravy but I always boil the carcass to make broth so worse case scenario I have to make a little gravy. The top then gets covered with mashed potatoes. You bake this dish at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes or until the top browns. You can sprinkle some paprika or other spices to the top if you would like it to have a pretty look.

All Thanksgivings are different so some years I will run out of stuffing or mashed potatoes. The beauty of this dish is that you can change it any way you like. If you are out of potatoes just put the stuffing at the top. You will then still have a pretty topping.

My family loves this dish and it is a nice and easy meal which is nice after all of the cooking and cleaning of Thanksgiving.