Leftover Thanksgiving Balls Recipe - Brown Sugar Food Blog (2024)

This post is sponsored by the Ohio Poultry Association but all opinions are my own.

Combine your Thanksgiving leftovers into one delicious bite. Throw together leftover mashed potatoes, stuffing, turkey with a few extra ingredients, coat in panko bread crumbs for these Leftover Thanksgiving Balls.

There are many things I love about the annual “Day of Thanks” (AKA Thanksgiving).

I love gathering with family, I love the delicious food, and I love Black Friday. But there are a lot of things I don’t like about Thanksgiving like washing dishes, cleaning up after guests, and finding space in my refrigerator for all those damn leftovers that stay in my refrigerator for days. We try to eat as much food in our refrigerator and freezer weeks before Thanksgiving to get the refrigerator as bare as possible so we have no issues storing our leftovers. It never works, but we try.

This year, instead of throwing food away, I am going to take some of those leftovers, roll them into a ball, fry them up, and have them as a snack. This should help us get rid of more food. No wonder why my Leftover Thanksgiving Balls Recipes are so popular!

I mentioned in a previous post of myVanilla Bean Macarons with Vanilla Bean Fillinghow I learned a ton of information about eggs and their value and importance to our daily diet. Eggs are high in protein, Omega-3’s, and other vitamins and nutrients. Not to mention, I also tried many dishes where eggs played the leading role or supporting agent to a dish. My mind is still blown by the many ways we can use eggs and how delicious they actually are.

The importance of eggs

I mentioned in a previous post of my Vanilla Bean Macarons with Vanilla Bean Filling how I learned a ton of information about eggs and their value and importance to our daily diet. Eggs are high in protein, Omega-3’s, and other vitamins and nutrients. Not to mention, I also tried many dishes where eggs played the leading role or supporting agent to a dish. My mind is still blown by the many ways we can use eggs and how delicious they actually are. Eggs can be the main and, arguably, the most important ingredients in a dish like Eggs Benedict or the important supporting ingredient in macarons. If you think about it, in just about anything we eat as far as baked goods and other amazing dishes, eggs play an important role. In this recipe for my Leftover Thanksgiving Balls Recipe, eggs play a very important supportive agent.

Eggs can be the main and, arguably, the most important ingredients in a dish like Eggs Benedict or the important supporting ingredient in macarons. If you think about it, in just about anything we eat as far as baked goods and other amazing dishes, eggs play an important role. In this recipe for my Leftover Thanksgiving Balls Recipe, using a large egg plays a very important supportive agent.

How to make these Leftover Thanksgiving Balls

This Leftover Thanksgiving Balls Recipe is made using the following Thanksgiving leftovers side dishes:

• Mashed Potatoes
• Stuffing
• Leftover Turkey

I added some green onion, fresh parsley, and cheese to the mixture for flavor and fun. If that doesn’t excite you know that these balls are coated with panko bread crumbs that leave a delicious crunchy exterior. The eggs are necessary because they help to bring all the ingredients together and stay together. You see, eggs are the glue to food harmony. Making these Leftover Thanksgiving Balls are super easy and take no time to put together. So with your overwhelming amount of leftovers, you have one of two options. You can throw away food or make the most out of the time and effort you put into making those mashed potatoes and stuffing and make these Leftover Thanksgiving Balls that will have you loving leftovers.

Commonly Asked Questions

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