7 Ways to Use Leftover Cranberry Sauce
The tangy side is always one we have trouble reusing (turkey sandwiches with cranberry spread gets old after a few days), but these recipes utilize the sauce in ways we can only describe as genius.
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Apple-Cranberry Pudding
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Photo: Art Smith
This warm dessert incorporates tangy cranberry sauce with Golden Delicious apples (you can also use Comice or Anjou pears) and bakes them together under a blanket of sweet, crisp cobbler batter.
Get the recipe: Apple-Cranberry Pudding
Thanksgiving Turkey Burger
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Photo: Travis Rathbone
A juicy burger using a mix of white and dark meat is topped with celery, leeks and sage and finished with a spoonful of cranberry sauce.
Get the recipe: Thanksgiving Turkey Burger
Cranberry Pesto
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A classic pesto gets a Thanksgiving twist by adding ½ cup cranberry sauce and switching out pine nuts for toasted walnuts.
Get the recipe: Cranberry Pesto
Cranberry Barbecue Turkey Sandwich Recipe
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Photo: Nealey Dozier
A sandwich that brings the flavor of multiple Thanksgiving leftovers—cranberries, fried onions, turkey—in each bite? Sign us up.
Get the recipe: Cranberry Barbecue Turkey Sandwich Recipe
Stuffed Acorn Squash
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Photo: Marshall Troy
Acorn squash, a fall favorite, is roasted and given the Thanksgiving treatment by mingling with whole cranberry sauce, pecans and red wine.
Get the recipe: Stuffed Acorn Squash
Roasted Vegetables with Cranberries and Bacon
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Photo: Marshall Troy
Give your classic roasted vegetables a touch of Thanksgiving decadence by adding cranberries and bacon.
Get the recipe: Roasted Vegetables with Cranberries and Bacon
Endive and Pear Salad
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Photo: Marshall Troy
Jellied cranberry sauce gives a Thanksgiving twist to this lively autumn salad.
Get the recipe: Endive and Pear Salad