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Holiday leftovers

While we have long ago ditched the tradition of serving an obscene amount of food over the holidays, there are still times when we do end up with leftovers, holiday or no holiday. Here's how we've made good use of them.

Sausage and vegetable stew cooked with holiday leftovers

Sausage and vegetable stew

Chickpea stew cooked with leftover roast chicken.

Leftover roast duck and chickpea stew

Leftover Christmas ham steak

Leftover Christmas ham steak

Ham and sausage fried rice

Ham and sausage fried rice

Creamy ham and veggies pasta in dark blue scalloped bowl

Creamy ham and veggies pasta

Beef Brisket BBQ Quesadillas Served with Chili Sauce for Dipping

Beef brisket BBQ quesadillas

Picnic perfect chicken BBQ sandwich

Chicken BBQ sandwiches

Leftover roast duck egg drop soup

Leftover roast duck egg drop soup

Leftover roast turkey farmer's pie

Leftover roast turkey farmer’s pie

Honey sesame biscuits

Honey sesame biscuits

Kahlua-drenched brownies with vanilla ice cream

Kahlua-drenched brownies with vanilla ice cream

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