Thanksgiving may be over, but the real cooking begins now.
It’s the week where every American fridge is filled with leftover turkey, vegetables, sauces, and pies, and instead of letting them go to waste, you can turn them into brand-new meals, freezer staples, and homemade pantry goods using your Hungry Artisan Food Mills and 8-Piece Canning Kit.
🥕 1. Transform Leftover Veggies Into Smooth, Cozy Soups (Food Mill Tip)
Those roasted carrots, potatoes, squash, onions, and green beans you couldn’t finish?
They make phenomenal soups.
Your Premium Food Mill with 4 discs lets you control texture:
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Coarse Disc → rustic, hearty soups
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Medium Disc → creamy chowders
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Fine Disc → restaurant-smooth purées
Just combine leftovers with broth + spices → mill → simmer → enjoy or freeze for winter.
🍗 2. Create Turkey Bone Broth for Winter Wellness (Canning Kit Tip)
Don’t toss that turkey carcass, it’s liquid gold.
Simmer bones with onions, celery, herbs, and leftover gravy drips.
Then use your 8-Piece Canning Essentials Kit to safely preserve jars of:
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Healing winter broth
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Soup starter
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Base for ramen or stews
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Nourishing sipping broth
Perfect for stocking your pantry all December.
🍎 3. Turn Leftover Cranberry Sauce Into Holiday Pantry Spreads
Cranberry sauce often overstays its welcome, but with a little creativity, you can reinvent it:
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Blend with apples or pears using your Compact Food Mill → instant Cran-Apple Spread
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Add orange zest + ginger → use as glaze for chicken
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Reduce with sugar → jar it as a seasonal Cranberry Jam
Your food mill removes all skins and fibers for a silky finish.
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🍠 4. Reinvent Mashed Potatoes Into Canned “Potato Pancake Mix”
This one is wildly popular in homesteading communities.
Mix your leftover mashed potatoes with:
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egg
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chives
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onion powder
Run through your Food Mill for smoothness, then fill jars and pressure-can (following USDA safety guidelines).
You now have a ready-to-use base for:
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potato pancakes
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croquettes
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creamy veggie patties
🥧 5. Make Dessert Jams from Leftover Pie Filling
Yes — leftover apple, peach, or berry pie filling becomes instant jam.
Mill → simmer → jar → enjoy on toast, pancakes, yogurt, or charcuterie.
This is a fun way to turn leftovers into holiday gifts.