Day One Meal Ideas

I’m doing things a bit different this challenge, I’m going week by week. For the first week I will be sharing some of my meals that go a long way and yes they may include leftovers!

Thanksgiving we had the typical dinner with ham, turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, scalloped potatoes, corn and my specialty green beans with almonds and cranberries.

Friday we had basically the same dinner but I love left overs.

Saturday I took some sliced up turkey, added lettuce and cheese and made tortillas with a side of left over sweet potatoes along with some green olives!

I went all out with leftovers for Sunday brunch! I made a ham, egg, broccoli, cauliflower, and cheese casserole. I added cut of broccoli and cauliflower florets with cut up ham pieces to an 8″ square baking dish and topped with shredded cheese. Next I whisked eggs with a splash of heavy whipping cream and poured over the mixture in the baking dish. I baked it about 20 minutes until the eggs were cooked. What a delicious meal this was! For those who don’t eat ham, this is also delicious with turkey!

Monday was leftover casserole made from the leftovers LOL with another turkey tortilla. I also made hard boiled eggs for Thanksgiving dinner but forgot to serve them so we’ve been adding them to our leftover meals.

So our Thanksgiving meal lasted for FIVE days worth of meals, OR DID IT? What until tomorrow to see what else I made with the leftover ham bone!

I hope you enjoyed my day one meal idea, did any of these make you hungry?

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Martha DeMeo

I started my blog on Christmas Day 2014 mainly to review products I received. Since then it has evolved into many other categories of lifestyles, family, money saving ideas, low cost, delicious and healthy meals plus other surprise posts. My granddaughter has her own category, Alex's Articles and the latest addition to my blog is my great granddaughter now has her category, Lia's Likings The Baby Blogger! Lia started blogger at 8 months old and she now has a Friday Story Time blog you won't want to miss! I welcome you to join the conversation, ask a question, give a suggestion or leave a comment on any blog post. I hope you enjoy Lia's Likings, she has some great posts that will make you smile!

24 Discussion to this post

  1. Danwil Reyes says:

    Cool photo of Lia here. Your meal ideas are perfectly fine with me. The foods look good and making me hungry! Thank you for sharing.

  2. Jean Roman says:

    The ham, egg, broccoli, cauliflower, and cheese casserole looks so yummy!

  3. Amanda Myers says:

    I love how you made one meal into multiple different ones.

  4. Kimberly W says:

    I love repurposing leftovers into different dishes! It’s a perfect way to avoid food waste and keep your meals interesting.

  5. Debra says:

    Love the images, they are so great! I also appreciate the brevity of text, what a quick, easy, and informative read!

  6. Dr.Amrita says:

    I love how creative you make meal planning look Martha.

  7. Hi Martha,
    Those meals look so good. I love the tortilla. 🙂 Have a great day.

  8. Angel Lewis says:

    Martha, you are an inspiration. I really need to add some creativity to our leftovers. I try not to have any because we usually don’t like them at all.

    • Martha says:

      I was raised on leftovers from way back Angel. I usually find eating the same meal as a leftover is boring so by changing some of the ingredients and sides is uses up the leftovers in a new way.

  9. Paul Taubman says:

    Wow, it sounds like you really made the most of your Thanksgiving leftovers! I love the idea of turning turkey and ham into tortillas and casseroles. I’ll have to try that out for myself. And I love that your Thanksgiving feast lasted for five days worth of meals. That’s definitely a great way to stretch your food and save money. Can’t wait to see what you made with the leftover ham bone!

    • Martha says:

      By know you probably know I’m a penny pincher Paul and I also hate to waste anything. This is great way to save money and not waste food! Hope you enjoy the casserole!

  10. Angie V says:

    I love how you stretch meals to last several days! I always get ideas!

  11. Martha, yum yum! All these meals sound so good! I don’t know if you like curry flavors? I like to take any of the leftover roasted turkey and chop it on a big cutting board. then I cover it with curry spices and toss the pieces with my hands. Then I flip all that into a bowl and add mayo, and there you go: curried turkey salad. Works great with roasted chicken, too. Please keep sharing all your cooking/recipes!

    • Martha says:

      OMG that sounds delicious Kebba! Alex has curry in the spice cabinet but I’ve never tried it. Think that will be me next meal to try! I enjoy using leftovers, hate to waste anything!

  12. Alice Gerard says:

    Did I really just read this right before dinner, lol? Everything looks delicious! And Lia is getting to be such a big girl and beautiful, too! I’m looking forward to her Friday storytime!

    • Martha says:

      Well at least you didn’t read it during breakfast Alice. LOL Yes, Lia is growing up so fast and is so excited to learn new things. If she had her way she would bake everyday.

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