Make your festive food go further this Christmas and transform your tasty leftovers into delicious dishes to enjoy on Boxing Day and beyond. From a Yorkshire Pud Burger to a Leftover Cheeseboard Bake, we've got recipes for your Christmas meat, veg, cheese and more!

Ideas and Inspiration

Yorkshire Pud Burger

Leftover Christmas sarnie is arguably more anticipated than the actual dinner and In the unlikely event that there’s any Yorkshires leftover… your sandwich game just got serious.


Ingredients

  • 4 leftover Yorkshire puddings
  • 4 tsp caramelised onion chutney
  • 75g leftover brussels/cabbage shredded
  • 200g leftover turkey/beef/gammon
  • 2 tbsp stuffing broken into small chunks
  • 75g leftover root veg/roasties chopped into chunks
  • 100g brie sliced 
  • 150ml leftover gravy
  • 2 candy canes/skewers

Method

  1. Pre-heat your oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Decide which Yorkshires will make your bottom 'bun' and dollop a tsp of caramelised onion chutney on each followed by shredded brussels/cabbage.
  2. Layer your turkey/beef/gammon on top, followed by a tbsp of stuffing and remaining chutney on each. Top with your leftover root veg/roasties and crown with your top Yorkshire pud.
  3. Heat your gravy in a small pan over a medium-low heat and pop your Yorkshire pud burgers on a baking tray in the oven for 5 mins until warmed through. Take out of the oven, remove your Yorkshire top and lay the Brie on top of each before popping your Yorkshire pud lids back on. Pop in the oven for a further few mins until the Brie is melty and oozing.
  4. Pierce with a candy cane/skewer, pour over a little gravy on each and serve the rest in a jug on the side. This is definitely one for the naughty list!

Christmas Leftover Wrap

Christmas, that’s a wrap! Literally. See out Christmas in style with and bring back the ultimate wrap hack! Using leftover turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, bread sauce, roasties, root veg and Cheddar makes for the perfect boxing day lunch for the whole family! 

Serves: 1 wrap

Cooking Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 sort tortilla wrap
  • 1 tbsp leftover bread sauce
  • 50g leftover turkey torn into small chunks
  • 1 tbsp leftover stuffing broken into small chunks
  • 1 tbsp leftover cranberry sauce
  • 2 leftover roast potatoes broken into small chunks
  • 75g leftover root veg chopped 
  • 50g Mature Cheddar grated
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Method

  1. Pre-heat your oven to 150C/130C fan/gas 2! Place your tortilla on a flat surface and cut a horizontal line from the centre to the bottom of the wrap. Spread your bread sauce in the bottom left quarter and top with turkey. Moving clockwise, spread your cranberry sauce in the top left quarter and top with stuffing, followed by your roasties top right and finally root veg and sprinkling of cheese in the bottom right.
  2. Now to get folding. Fold the wrap up, starting from the bottom left quarter, folding it up over the top left, then the top right, then folding it down to the bottom right. 
  3. Heat a tbsp of oil in a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat and add your wrap. Cook for a min on one side, using a spatula to press down, flip and cook for a further min. 
  4. Remove from the pan, keep warm in the oven and repeat for the number of guests you have/leftovers you have to use up for the perfect Boxing Day lunch. Christmas - that's a wrap!

Leftover Cheeseboard Bake

Leftover cheese filling up your cheese waiting to be forgotten about? It’s not a bad problem to have with our leftover cheeseboard bake! Leftover roasties, caramelised white onions, crispy pancetta and stuffing in a cheeseboard bechamel – you’ll be saving cheese on purpose! 🧀

Serves: 6

Cooking Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 225g smoked streaky bacon rashers roughly chopped
  • 2 white onions sliced
  • 4 garlic cloves sliced
  • 2 sprigs rosemary
  • 1kg leftover roast potatoes torn into rough chunks
  • 150g leftover stuffing crumbled
  • 50g butter
  • 1 heaped tbsp plain flour
  • 500ml milk
  • 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tbsp dried thyme
  • 200g leftover cheeseboard cheesees grated/crumbled/chopped into small chunks (Stilton, Cheddar, Brie, Camembert, Gouda, Emmental, Goats cheese etc...)
  • 5 tbsp leftover cheeseboard chutneys (tomato, onion, cranberry etc...)

Method

  1. Pre-heat your oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large, deep casserole pan over a medium heat and add your smoked bacon, fry for 10 mins until crispy, remove from the pan and set to one side.
  2. Add your onions, garlic and rosemary to the pan and fry for a few mins until translucent, softened and fragrant. Add your potatoes and stuffing, give a stir, remove from the heat and pop to one side.
  3. Heat another large, non-stick pan over a medium-low heat and add your butter and flour and whisk together. Continuously whisk whilst adding the milk a bit at a time. Once smooth, add a big pinch of salt and pepper followed by Dijon and thyme. Bring to the boil ensuring to whisk continuously. 
  4. Remove from the heat and stir through your leftover cheeseboard cheeses (leaving a handful aside) until melted. Pour into your pan of potatoes, onion and stuffing, add your bacon and give a good stir so all fully coated. 
  5. Sprinkle with your remaining cheese and dollop with leftover chutneys before popping in the oven for 20 mins until hot and bubbling. A warming and hearty bake perfectly served with mixed greens.

Leftover Tacos

Boxing Day dinner calls for leftover tac-ho ho ho’s. Packed with leftover turkey, cranberry chutney, pan fried onions & shredded brussels and finished with an orange spiked mayo and crumbled Cheddar. 

Serves: 4

Cooking Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

For the turkey filling:

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 garlic cloves roughly chopped
  • 1 large red onion sliced into segments
  • 1 red pepper sliced
  • 250g brussels finely sliced
  • 350g leftover turkey in chunks
  • Small handful jalapenos roughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp chipotle paste
  • 1 heaped tbsp honey
  • Juice of 1 lime

For the mayo:

  • 4 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 1 tsp garlic puree
  • Zest of 1 orange

To serve:

  • 8 small flour tortillas
  • 100g grated Cheddar
  • Leftover cranberry sauce
  • 1 avocado peeled and cubed
  • 1/3 lettuce shredded
  • 80g pomegranate seeds

Method

  1. Pre-heat oven to 200°C, fan 180°C, gas 6. Heat your oil in a large pan over a medium heat, add your garlic, onion, pepper and brussels and fry for 5 mins until softened before adding all remaining filling ingredients, giving a stir and heating through for a further 5-10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
  2. Whilst heating through, mix all mayo ingredients with a crack of pepper and set to one side. Wrap your tortillas in tin foil and heat through for 5 mins in the oven (or griddle).
  3. Now to build. Load each taco with a tsp of cranberry sauce followed by lettuce, avocado, turkey filling, Cheddar, orange mayo and a sprinkle of pomegranate seeds for easy, peasy leftover tac-ho ho hos. These Christmas tacos are going to be your new favourite Boxing Day dinner.

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