Leftovers from Thanksgiving Make Great Freezer Meals

The last of the feast crumbs have all been cleared from the table and you have made the soup and the burritos with the Thanksgiving leftovers.  Friends came over and shared the famous Thanksgiving sandwich with a recap of ups and downs of their Thanksgiving. It was delicious and indulgent and now no one wants another bite of anything Thanksgiving except maybe one more sliver of pie. The solution is to make an Instant Pot or Electric Pressure Cooker risotto and turn it into a freezer meal for when you crave Thanksgiving leftovers all over again.  The truth is I hate leftovers, but I also hate waste.  The solution is to save the leftovers for another day.  I may enjoy them a few days later or I’ll freeze them for a few weeks later.  The best kind of freezer meals in the winter is comfort food like this risotto.

Make the risotto quickly and easily with that Instant Pot you just got this weekend! Once the risotto has cooled you can add in whatever you’d like: leftover turkey, leftover green bean casserole, leftover squash.  The risotto is then ready to be packed up in freezer quality plastic bags or airtight containers.  Pop it in the microwave for a work lunch in December or a late night dinner after a Nutcracker show.  You can make this gluten-free and vegetarian by not adding any meat to the risotto and using vegetable stock instead of chicken or turkey. If you have some vegetarians in the family and other omnivores, just make two versions of the mixture and be sure to label the freezer containers carefully.

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