Thanks Given Recipes For Leftover Mashed Potatoes

It’s the perennial Thanksgiving question: What do we do with the leftovers? We can eat only so many turkey sandwiches and stab only so many forkfuls of stuffing and pumpkin pie straight from the fridge. And, please: We can stomach only one replica meal from the day before. But mashed potatoes… Well, they’re something else altogether. They are pliable, literally and figuratively.

Mashed potatoes: A base for excellent leftovers

Think of those humble mashed potatoes as a semi-blank canvas awaiting your masterpiece. The creative opportunities are boundless:

Stir them into soups as a thickener Bake them into potato rolls Turn them into dumplings Make them into mashed potato pancakes Roll them into fresh pasta

Need a few recipes to get you started? Check out this killer mashed potato-corn chowder, gnocchi that would make Grandma proud, and a shepherd’s pie that’ll herd everybody into the kitchen. (You can also try using up the spuds in a Zucchini and potato pie.)