Stuffing Conservation Project

Everyone has their favorite Thanksgiving dish, and mine is the stuffing. Every Thanksgiving, the ever-present dilemma of left-over depletion threatens even the most over-stocked fridges. The need to conserve left overs becomes more crucial as the week progresses. There are few feelings as saddening as realizing that the scoop of stuffing I just put on my plate is the last of that dish to be had for a whole year. For this reason, I have been forced to find ways to stretch the stuffing left overs to last a bit longer than they would other wise.

Today for lunch, I assembled a tasty delight that countless other Thanksgiving lovers have surely done today as well. The Thanksgiving left over sandwich involves an assemblage of foods that makes it easier to experience all the flavors of Thanksgiving in one messy bite. There is nothing elegant about this sandwich. It's just freaking delicious. The stuffing at my house always includes a healthy dose of raisins, so I selected a sweeter, apple oat bread to replace the stuffing that I would be forgoing with this meal. The green bean casserole served as a moist dressing, eliminating the need for any mayonnaise or gravy. A heap of turkey topped with a scoop of green bean casserole only needs one more ingredient: cranberry sauce. Just a teeny amount for a hint of sweet and tart. I paired this sandwich with a scoop of squash risotto for a scrumptious post-holiday lunch.

Toasted the bread up nice and re-warmed
everything but the cranberry sauce

That's not mac & cheese, that's the squash risotto