If you've got food left over there's no need to waste it! Why not turn tonight's dinner into tomorrow's lunch from a meal you've just made with our brilliant recipe ideas and you'll save some money too!
Read on for leftover chicken and poultry recipe ideas
Made a roast on Sunday? Cook up a quick dish with any leftover chicken using these recipes:
Chicken salad sandwich
Roast chicken and pepper pasta
Warm chicken, potato and pepper salad
Lemon chicken and pea risotto
Oriental chicken salad
Spicy chicken noodles
Top tip: Use leftover chicken from your roast dinner to make fresh chicken stock to add flavour to soups and stews. Just swap stock made with cubes for your fresh stock - much tastier!
Here are some recipes to use your stock in:
Chicken soup
Chicken hotpot
Chicken bang-bang
Chicken and mushroom pie
Chicken/turkey and ham pie
Chicken and sweetcorn chowder
Minestrone with pesto soup
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Read on for more leftover poultry recipe ideas
A turkey will feed a lot of people so you'll be able to make several meals from one bird. Try:
Turkey and vegetable curry
Turkey rice noodles
Smoky turkey fajitas
Turkey fajitas
Turkey and ham pie
Top tip: Make up a fresh turkey stock and use it to make:
Turkey and mushroom risotto
Turkey with peas and leeks
Moroccan turkey with couscous
Find out recipe ideas for leftover duck
Use up leftover roast duck or cooked breast fillets in these recipes:
Warm crispy duck and noodle salad
Duck and orange spiced leek dish
Roast duck with orange and redcurrant sauce
Spicy duck with basil and asparagus
Read on: Leftover beef and other meats
Here are some great leftover meat recipe ideas for:
Beef:
Roast beef and watercress wraps
Beef lasagne
Beef salad nicoise
Sizzling greens with crispy beef
Beef and ale pie
Pork/ham:
Spice up leftover sausages
Teriyaki pork dish
Split pea and ham soup
Asparagus, ham and walnut wrap
Cheesy ham eggy bread
You can use leftover fish in these recipes:
Salmon tagliatelle dish
Salmon and prawn fish cakes
Fish bread and butter pudding
Bengal fish curry
Crispy crusted fish roast
If you've got cans of tuna in the cupboard, why not use them up in these?
Chunky tuna and bean salad
Tuna and red pesto pasta
Tuna jacket
Tuna and tomato pizzas
Use leftover roast potatoes in these:
Bombay potato
Potato and pepper tortilla
Fried corned beef hash
If you've got leftover boiled potatoes, why not make one of these tasty potato salads?
Warm potato and sausage salad
Salad of smoked mackerel and potatoes
Honeyed chicken and potato salad
For leftover mash potatoes try:
Egg and bacon potato cakes
Bubble and squeak
There are many sweet or savoury recipes that you can try with leftover bread, so don't throw it away!
These croutons are great with soup
Bread sauce
Use breadcrumbs to make these tasty dishes:
Crab cakes
Baked cod fillet with a prosciutto crust
Baked creamy mushrooms
Try these tasty bread and butter puddings:
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's plum bread and butter pudding
Bread and butter pudding
Blueberry bread and butter pudding
Use already cooked pasta to make speedy, healthy lunches:
Creamy smoked salmon pasta
Pea and bacon pasta
Quick pasta niçoise
Bolognese pasta bake
Kids will love this sunshine chunky pasta for lunch
And this cheesy pasta salad
You can even use leftovers to make baby food and purees. Try:
Banana porridge
Turkey puree baby food
Chicken puree baby food
Potato puree baby food
broccoli puree baby food
Pork or beef puree baby food
Pea puree baby food
If you've got leftover booze try using it up in cooking or you could make fancy up cocktails to enjoy over the weekend!
Red wine:
What to do with leftover wine
Chicken in red wine
Steak with red wine shallots
Gutsy red wine beef stew
Make Sangria
Red wine ice crush
White wine:
Chicken with white wine sauce
Creamy linguine with baked tomatoes and garlic prawns
Apple and raspberry cake
Champagne:
Champagne Zabaglione
Champagne Cocktail
Bellini
Kir Royal
Cider:
Cider and marmalade baked gammon
Port
Duck with orange and port
Plum pannacotta
Sherry:
Flash fried pak choi
Broccoli and chilli beef stir-fry
Old English sherry trifle
Tia Maria
Boozy tiramisu torte
Vanilla ice-cream coffee shot
Cointreau
Clementine crêpes
Eton mess to try
Read on: Avoiding food poisoning
It's estimated that there are 860,000 cases of food poisoning every year. Avoid the risk of getting food poisoning from your leftovers by:
Get more expert food safety advice from our top chefs.
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