Leftovers recipes
Whether it's meat from your Sunday roast or veggies from your box, we've some cunning money-saving ways to help you use up your leftover ingredients.
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Four & twenty chicken & ham pie
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There aren't any blackbirds baked into it, but this stunning centrepiece will impress with its layers of nuts, fruit, chicken and gammon
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For The Keen Cook
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Leftover veg & orange cake
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A novel way to use up root vegetables is to bake up a sweet, moist sponge with citrus flavours
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Cheeseboard soufflé & seasonal salad
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This luxuriously light soufflé is a good way to use up a selection of leftover cheeses
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Moroccan turkey salad
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Use up abundant roast meat in a healthy salad with aubergine, tomatoes, pomegranate and mint
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Prawn & cod cakes
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Make the most of leftover mash with these superhealthy fishcakes
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Hot cross bread & lemon pudding
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Use up your leftover fruit buns in this sumptuous spin on traditional bread and butter pudding - a great spring bake
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Grilled ham, egg & spiced oven chips
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Use up the leftovers from a delicious home-cooked ham with this simple but classic supper
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Quick plum crumble
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Cheat your way towards a baked fruity warmer by using leftover Madeira sponge cake as the topping to a juicy pud
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Pork & slaw sandwiches
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Turn your leftovers into something special with these lunchbox-friendly pork baps with tangy mustard
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Leftover lamb & potato pie
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This spin on cottage pie is a great way of using up leftover meat and potatoes
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Honey-mustard chicken pasta
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This tasty pasta dish is a great way of using up your leftover chicken
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Cherry tomato & ham bread & butter bake
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Quick and easy to prepare, this dish makes a great family dinner to use up leftover bread
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Marmalade & whisky bread & butter pudding
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The ultimate grown-up comfort food, use leftover fruit bread or even croissants instead of the bread if you prefer
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Chicken, ham, leek & roast potato pie
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This bake is a great way to use up leftover roast potatoes or gammon and can be made-ahead and frozen for convenience
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Versatile veg soup
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A basic soup recipe that can be adapted to whatever needs using up from the fridge
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Barney's Monday night rice
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Throw together a tasty supper in less than thirty minutes with the Sunday roast leftovers
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Ham, leek & potato pie
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Use up leftover ham in this family dish - add some celery sticks or other veg to the sauce too, if you like
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Cheeseboard & onion tart
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Use up remnants of cheese in this delicious tart - a mixture of blue, creamy and cheddar works well
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Ham with boozy cranberry & mushroom sauce
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An easy and decadent way to use up leftover Christmas ham
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Sherried turkey & ham bake
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This warming bake, rich with sherry and mustard, will use up the Christmas leftovers
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Ham, cheese & mushroom turnovers
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A puff pastry turnover is always a good way of using leftovers - adapt the recipe to whatever cheese you've got
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Brie bruschetta with tomato, herbs & Serrano ham
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These make a great lunch to use up leftover cheese
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Turkey & ham salad
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A sweet, low fat salad great for using up festive leftovers. Make it different with our tip to make it meat-free
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Red cabbage & potato hash
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With abundant brassicas, there's often leftovers - create a hash brown-like breakfast dotted with apple and walnut
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Pea & ham soup
- Ready in 25 mins
A meaty and vibrant soup that's great for using up festive ham leftovers or as a comforting storecupboard soup
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Roast chicken soup
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Use up leftover chicken in this rustic soup with garlic cream and cheesy scones on the side
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Ham & leek cobbler
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Use up a leftover chunk of ham in this healthy, but hearty, family supper
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Leek, potato & ham flip-over pie
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This warming winter recipe is a great way to use up the Christmas leftovers, and so easy to make. Perfect for Boxing Day
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Sausageball pasta bake
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Using leftover sausagemeat to make meatballs is a thrifty way to jazz up an oven-cooked pasta pot
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Bread pudding
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This simple bake is lovely with tea, or custard or ice cream for dessert
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Salmon & Puy lentil salad with olive dressing
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Use up leftover poached salmon in this stylish main-meal salad with punchy dressing
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Warm lentil salad with Serrano, chicken & rocket
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A filling rustic summer salad
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Cheese, leek & potato tortilla
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A quick, thick Spanish omelette that's a brilliant way to use up leftover potatoes and cheese with eggs
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Fast-fix fried rice
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A great way to use leftovers, this is a super-speedy one-pan supper
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Spanish chicken pie
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Roasted peppers, olives and paprika give this bake tons of flavour. It's a great way to use up leftover cooked chicken too
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Bubble & squeak
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Bubble & squeak should be on everyone's radar come Christmas time - it's a great way of using up leftover mash, sprouts and cabbage
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Smoked salmon carbonara
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If you've got leftover smoked salmon trimmings, use them up in this creamy, indulgent pasta dish
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Winter cobb salad
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Use up leftover chicken from your Sunday roast in this satisfying salad
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Broccoli soup with cheese toasties
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Use up any leftover cheese - blue, Cheddar, Red Leicester... - in these melty baked sandwiches with soup
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Greek lamb baguette
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Use up leftover meat from Sunday's roast in this colourful sandwich
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Cold roast beef with beetroot salad & horseradish cream
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Turn your leftover sunday roast into this impressive Monday night salad
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After-dinner mint cream
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This creamy syllabub is a spin on classic mint choc chip and a great way to use up leftover chocolates
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