3 Terrific #Recipes That will Turn Your Thanksgiving Leftovers Into Gourmet Pizzas #FamilyFinest

Turn Your Thanksgiving Leftovers Into Gourmet Pizzas with Three Terrific #Recipes #FamilyFinest

Just when you think you cannot bear another re-heated plate of Thanksgiving leftovers or a turkey sandwich, don’t despair. With a little ingenuity, you can easily turn your turkey and leftovers into amazing gourmet pizza delights.

A nifty trick we recently shared on the ABC 36 Good Day Kentucky show is to make-your-own pizzas using the Family Finest Make-N-Bake Pizza Paks available at Walmart.  These kits come with four individual servings (sauce, crust, cheese and optionally, meat) making a great foundation for incorporating easy and delicious toppings into any meal.

You can stick with the classics like pepperoni or cheese, which comes in the pak, for the pickiest eaters. and create custom pizza combinations to use up some of those Thanksgiving leftovers. Top the dough using any combination of leftovers like turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, or you can use more traditional toppings like spinach, green pepper, garlic, tomatoes, and arugula.
Make up your own pizzas or try out one or more of the recipes provided below:

Turkey, Cranberry, Spinach, and Goat Cheese

Ingredients:

1 Family Finest Make-N-Bake Pizza Pak crust
½ cup Turkey
¼ cup Goat cheese
¼ cup spinach
Cranberry sauce to taste

Directions:

Place oven rack in middle of oven. Preheat to 450 degrees.

Use cranberry sauce or pizza sauce as your base.  Top pizza with sauce, then add layers of turkey, spinach, and goat cheese.  Bake 1-4 pizzas at a time. Bake for 7-9 minutes or until cheese is melted and the edges of the crust are golden brown. Let cool for 3 minutes.

Sweet Potato, Apple, and Cinnamon Dessert Pizza

Ingredients:
1 Family Finest Make-N-Bake Pizza Pak crust
¼ cup sweet potato mash
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1 medium Granny Smith apple, sliced
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 tablespoon butter, melted
Vanilla ice cream*Makes one personal pizza

Directions:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Brush melted butter on top of Family Finest
Make-N-Bake Pizza Pak crust. Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on top of melted butter. In a separate bowl, combine powdered sugar with the milk to create an icing. Set aside. Slice apples, and place of top of the entire pizza and add mashed sweet potatoes. Bake in the oven for 5 minutes or until the crust is golden brown. After pizza has cooled, drizzle icing mixture over the warm pizza. Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon and sugar. Add one scoop of vanilla ice cream if desired. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Turkey Club Pizza

Ingredients: 

1 Family Finest Make-N-Bake Pizza Pak crust
1 small tomato, sliced
1/8 cup Mozzarella cheese (included in pak)
2 tablespoons pizza sauce (included in pak)
¼ cup turkey
1/8 cup spinach
1/8 cup feta cheese
*Makes one personal pizzaDirections:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spread pizza sauce over Family Finest Make-N-Bake Pizza Pak crust. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese and turkey on top of sauce layer. Layer sliced tomato and spinach on top of meat. Sprinkle Feta on top and bake in the oven for 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted and crust is golden brown.

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Barb Webb. Founder and Editor of Rural Mom, is an the author of "Getting Laid" and "Getting Baked". A sustainable living expert nesting in Appalachian Kentucky, when she’s not chasing chickens around the farm or engaging in mock Jedi battles, she’s making tea and writing about country living and artisan culture.
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Comments

    • Linda A. Kinsman
    • November 30, 2014
    Reply

    The dessert pizza sounds like a perfect change of pace right now. I have all the ingredients but the pizza crust too. Sharing!

    • Grace
    • December 1, 2014
    Reply

    How fun and I would have never thought about making a pizza from my left overs! Sweet Potato, Apple, and Cinnamon Dessert Pizza sounds yummy.

    • Daisy B
    • December 1, 2014
    Reply

    My son is a big pizza eater. I’ll have to try the Turkey Club Pizza for him. I’d love to try the Turkey, Cranberry, Spinach, and Goat Cheese recipe for me.

    • Sandy Sandmeyer
    • December 3, 2014
    Reply

    What a clever idea for all of those leftovers! I love turkey and cranberries together.

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