Hope you all had a wonderful turkey day! Before we wrap on Thanksgiving I wanted to give you a few more ways to use up those delish leftovers. In my last post I gave you a Monte Cristo sandwich. If you have not tried that I suggest you do. These tostadas are another way to enjoy your leftovers. I have created two versions and there are many more you can come up with too. This post includes a Mexican twist and a Thanksgiving flavored one. Either way you go, you will be very pleased.
The Thanksgiving version has leftover cranberry sauce, feta & rosemary. The Mexican one has black beans (regular or refried are both great) cojita cheese and salsa. In both versions I added a layer of sweet potatoes & spread some sour cream on the crispy tortilla base.
These tostadas are simple to throw together and they look really pretty too. They are the perfect meal for lunch or dinner. Enjoy with a side salad, roasted or steamed veggies. I love all the bright colors in these layered meals. You can put each ingredient in a separate bowl & let guests or family members make their own stacked meal. Easy peasy & interactive for kids of all ages.
What is your favorite recipe using Thanksgiving leftovers?
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Use Thanksgiving Leftovers in These Recipes
- Pumpkin Coconut Curry
- Skinny Mini Baked Potatoes
- Skinny Tikka Masala
- Sweet Potato Bacon & Pomegranate Salad
- Thanksgiving Monte Cristo
- The Rice Bowl
Tostadas Recipe Links
- Chicken Tostadas Food Network
- Chicken Tostadas with Refried Beans Gimme Some Oven
- Chicken Tostadas with Cilantro Vinaigrette What’s Gaby Cooking
- Roasted Vegetable Tostadas Naturally Ella
- Salsa Chicken & Ranch Florentine Tostadas Picky Palate
- Shrimp Tostadas with Avocado Salsa Eclectic Recipes
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Marvelous! Those look terribly mouthwatering.
Cheers,
Rosa
So delicious! Those close up pictures are making me drool!
Tostada’s, I love this non-traditional take on the mexican great tostada! Yum!
My family would go crazy over this! What a fantastic way to use all of that leftover turkey. Your photos are really lovely Marla.
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omg…leftovers already. if this was breakfast, i am coming to your house next year, the day after TG! xx
Gorgeous! I was actually talking about doing an all Mexican themed feast for Thanksgiving next year, these would be perfect. The use of sweet potato makes them even more fun
Marla, I’ll take one of each! These look sooooo good!
yum! what a great way to spice up leftovers!
These look delicious, Marla! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
This looks like a fantastic leftover meal! We have TONS of leftovers, so I’m in need of every fun thing to do with them. Thanks 🙂
Love this idea!
Mmmm, these tostadas look wonderful. My little secret is I actually like all the cool leftover recipes and wraps much more than the turkey teeeheee 🙂
Nice one, thanks for sharing Marla.
Fabulous! What a perfect way to enjoy leftovers. Thanks for sharing this idea.
Great way to use leftover turkey! Very creative!!
wow this looks amazing love your blog u really have great recipes
This is awesome! I love this idea.
These tostadas look so mouthwatering I am not sure I would want turkey and trimmings after all~ I am crazy for Mexican and Tex-Mex kind of food!
I love how you came up with these two tostada recipes. That’s the beauty of tostadas, mix and match all kinds of ingredients. How can you go wrong?! I always think of tostadas as salads and most lack one ingredient that I think can really pull it all together or add something special. The ingredient? A little bit of an oil and vinegar dressing. Apple cider vinegar dressing with garlic powder goes incredibly well with Mexican recipes. Try a little on your next tostada.
Robin: I agree all salad type recipes need a dressing to bind them & bring the flavors together. I love the idea of your simple vinaigrette. In these tostadas the sour cream & cranberry sauce/salsa bring the flavors together in a great way too.
That looks fantastic! Full of colour and flavour -you’d want to make more turkey just to have these! 😀
Whoa these are some large plates full of Thanksgiving leftover goodness. They put the traditional sandwich to shame.
Oh my goodness they both look SO good!!!!! Great ideas!
Love this! Good ideas!
Such a creative, delicious way to use leftovers…I love any Mexican flare! YUM!!!!! 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving, girlie 🙂 xo!
SO thoughtful and well presented! You are my culinary hero girl!
your mountains of meat and other good stuff look amazing, and that’s that.
Marvelous photos! I’d have to toss a coin to decide.
You are so creative. I like the 2 variations for those not fond of cranberry sauce. I love it so I’d definitely go for both!
Both ways look amazing to me! I think you’re right, I’d have to make both because I wouldn’t be able to decide which to try first, lol! By the way, I wanted to let you know that I made your Monte Cristo the other day…it was phenomenal! Thanks for the inspiration, sweetie!
Faith: I am so happy you enjoyed your T-giving Monte Cristo 🙂 Smiles. Hope your Thanksgiving was grand & that you have tons of leftovers to enjoy.
Heather: Yup, a great way for those cranberry haters or lovers to enjoy their leftovers. I can’t get enough of both versions – just depends on my mood.
Wow this looks great! What a perfect way to use up all that leftover turkey 🙂
Most people think turkey on a roll, you think tostada. Your creativity is incredible!
This looks amazing. Love it!
This looks delicious! What my boyfriend wouldn’t give to get his hands on that :).
I have never seen a more beautiful tostada… ever!!!! I am being totally serious.
*kisses* HH
I love this idea for leftovers!!
Ooooo. I like the idea of sweet potatoes on tostadas. Yum.
I like all of the good fresh ingredients in the tostadas. I’ve never added sweet potatoes to a tostada, it sounds like a good contrast in flavors.
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