Using Christmas Leftovers and New Year's Recipes (2024)

Using Christmas Leftovers and New Year’s Party Recipes!

Leftover and Holiday Party Tips:

Here are some extra recipes to use those Christmas dinner leftovers and other holiday leftovers and also some dips to serve at your New Year’s get together.

• This is an unexpected canape and a handy little finger food:
  • Roll about 1 teaspoon full your favorite cream cheese dip into a ball. Press it between two walnut halves. Lay on a platter to serve.
• Save dry cereal odds and ends to add to your Chex mix when you make it.
• Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting it in the fridge. It will keep much longer.

Recipes:

(For Using Leftover Ham)

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Cheesy Mashed Potatoes Recipe
(For Using Leftover Mashed Potatoes)

3-4 cups mashed potatoes
4 oz. cream cheese, softened in the microwave
1 clove of garlic or 1 tsp. garlic powder, to taste
1 cup Mexican cheese blend, shredded

Mix potatoes, cream cheese and garlic. Place in a 1 quart greased baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese. Place under the broiler for 3-4 minutes until cheese is melted.

Eggnog Pound Cake Recipe

2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
2/3 cup sliced almonds

Grease a Bundt or tube pan with butter and press almonds into the sides and bottom.

Cake:

1 package yellow cake mix
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
1 1/2 cups eggnog
2 eggs
1/8 tsp. nutmeg

Prelheat oven to 350°. Beat everything together until smooth. Pour into a prepared pan. Bake for 40-50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

David’s Favorite Dip

1 jar Kraft Old English cheese spread
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup nuts, chopped

Mix ingredients. Roll into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap. Serve with chips.

Most of the time we just mix it and serve in a bowl without wrapping it.

Blue Cheese Dip (Jill’s favorite)

1 stick butter (not margarine), softened
1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened
2 oz. crumbled blue cheese
1/2 small package (2-3 Tbsp.) slivered almonds, toasted*
2 Tbsp. chopped ripe olives

Mix everything. Chill. If you want to make a ball or log then don’t mix in the almonds. Instead, make your cheese ball or log and then roll it in the almonds.

*To toast your almonds, lay them on foil or a pan and heat in a 400° oven until brown. Watch carefully.

Serve with chips.

This dip tastes like some very expensive ones that you can buy pre-made. it is a perfect holiday recipe! Be sure to use dried herbs and not powdered herbs. Dried herbs are the bigger flakes that haven’t been finely ground.

Herb Dip

1 clove garlic, crushed or garlic powder
2 (8 oz.) pkgs. cream cheese, softened
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine
1 tsp. dried oregano
1/4 tsp. each of dried basil, dill weed, marjoram, thyme,
pepper

Blend all ingredients together. This will keep in the refrigerator for 1 week or in the freezer for 3 months.

Cinnamon Sour Cream

1/4 cup sour cream
2 tsp. sugar
1/8 tsp. cinnamon
Dash of nutmeg

Mix and serve with fresh fruit. You can use this as a fruit salad dressing. too. If you decide to use it as a dressing, you can use canned fruit and garnish with the coconut and/or toasted chopped almonds or nuts.