This Leftover Stuffing Gluten Free Stuffed Butternut Squash recipe is a great way to use up those leftovers. Add leftover turkey too and make this a delicious meal!
If your refrigerator looks like mine the day after Thanksgiving, you are looking at a lot of leftovers.
What to do with Leftover Stuffing
Every year we have so many leftovers after Thanksgiving. Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy…but NEVER stuffing. Gluten free stuffing goes fast in this house! This year I made a triple batch, and that was more than enough!
Try my homemade Gluten Free Stuffing recipe in this recipe! Super yum!!
I had two containers in my refrigerator packed full! Time to make something up! I needed some leftover stuffing ideas quick! Have you ever made eggs and just tossed in a bunch of ingredients into the pan?
This is sort of what happened with this recipe. It all started with a beautiful butternut squash from our local farmer’s market. I had wanted to tie this butternut squash with my leftovers.
If you haven’t read all about my local farmer’s market in other posts, you can read more about it in this recipe for ground pork lettuce wraps.
This leftover Thanksgiving stuffing recipe is so easy to make!
I sliced the butternut squash in half. Scoop out the seeds and roast it partway. Next, add some stuffing, leftover turkey, mushrooms, pecans, etc. You can add anything, even cranberries!
Ways to Cook Butternut Squash:
- In this recipe, I roasted the butternut squash in my oven.
- If you are in a hurry, you can microwave the butternut squash to quickly get it ready to stuff. Place the de-seeded butternut squash halves face down in a microwave-safe dish. Cook for 8 minutes.
The stuffing is full of leftover turkey, stuffing, mushrooms, pecans, and mozzarella cheese. The flavors bake in wonderfully with the butternut squash.
Can you make this leftover stuffing recipe dairy-free?
To keep this recipe dairy-free, just use Daiya or a cheese substitute!
More Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes:
If you have leftover mashed potatoes, you MUST give this Potato Bacon Rose Mashed Potato Pie a try!!
This easy leftover turkey white chili soup is a great way to use leftover turkey! Fire-roasted hatch chiles make this hard to resist if you love spicy!
What will you toss your leftover stuffing into?
How to stuff a butternut squash:
Stuffed Butternut Squash
Gluten Free Stuffed Butternut Squash uses your Thanksgiving leftovers to make the perfect dish.
Ingredients
- 1 butternut squash, roasted
- 1/2 cup gluten free stuffing
- 4 mushrooms, sliced
- 1/2 cup leftover turkey, chopped
- 2 tablespoons onion, diced
- 1/4 cup pecans, optional
- 1/4 cup diced persimmon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Slice a butternut squash in half lengthwise and remove the seeds.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes to partially cook. (I used my toaster oven so it took about 15 minutes. It may take longer in a larger oven.)
- In a large bowl, add all stuffing ingredients.
- Remove squash from oven and fill holes with stuffing.
- Bake another 15 minutes until vegetables cook and cheese melts.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 314 Saturated Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 24mg Sodium: 186mg Carbohydrates: 47g Fiber: 4g Sugar: 9g Protein: 11g
Debra C.
Excellent idea! I have a delicata squash in the fridge and that will work too! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you so much Debra 🙂
Megan
What a fun presentation. Great way to use up stuffing.
Jereann Zann
Your recipe involves two of my favorite things – butternut squash and stuffing! Such a brilliant idea to repurpose leftovers! I’ll definitely be making some.
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you so much Jereann. Have a lovely Thanksgiving!
Sharon @ What the Fork
The struggle is real with all of the leftovers! What a great recipe idea!
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you Sharon 🙂
Leslie
These may be intended to be made for leftovers, but I could see it on the Thanksgiving table as well. This is a fun way to present leftovers.
Sandi Gaertner
That is a great idea. Thank you 🙂
Nicole
I don’t eat bacon, but those bacon rose mashed potatoes are just beautiful!
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you so much Nicole
Chrystal @ Gluten-Free Palate
Looks delicious! I’m always looking for ways to use Thanksgiving leftovers.
Amanda
This is a great way to use up the leftovers. I love stuffing things. It makes the leftovers look like a brand new meal.
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you so much Amanda 🙂
Kortney
We also have to make triple batches of stuffing! What a great way to repurpose leftovers and get some extra veggies.
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you Kortney, I hope you have a great Thanksgiving.
Kelly
That’s such a good idea. I might have to make a special stuffing batch just for this recipe!
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you so much Kelly 🙂
Brianna
I love using veggies as boats!
Sandi Gaertner
Exactly Brianna 🙂
Mike Benayoun
Interesting use of leftovers. Had to pay attention to the picture as they looked like lamb chops from far (yes, I need to change my glasses 😉
Sandi Gaertner
That is too funny Mike. Glad you saw they aren’t lamb chops, though that would be delicious as well.
Sandra Shaffer
I love what you did with your leftovers! The squash sure makes a delicious bowl doesn’t it?!!
Sandi Gaertner
You are so sweet. Thank you Sandra 🙂
Patricia @ Grab a Plate
This looks fab, and I love using the squash to be the main ingredient to yummy leftovers. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you Patricia. I hope your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well 🙂
christine
This is great. I actually didn’t cook butternut squash for Thanksgiving this year, so this would be a great way to work it in afterwards!
Sandi Gaertner
The stuffing and butternut squash flavors really work well together. I hope you had a great holiday Christine!
Linda (Meal Planning Maven)
Stuffing butternut squash with leftover Thanksgiving stuffing? Brilliant and delish!
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you Linda 🙂
Lovefoodies
I love the stuffing ingredients you added to this. It’s going on my list for when I can get a squash! Thanks for the recipe, looks absolutely delicious!
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you so much 🙂
Shirley @ gfe & All Gluten-Free Desserts
Great idea, Sandi! And your stuffed squash looks absolutely delicious! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family!
xo,
Shirley
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you Shirley 🙂 I hope you had a wonderful time with your family. I hope you can avoid the craziness of black Friday today.
Shirley @ gfe & All Gluten-Free Desserts
Sandi, we did have a wonderful Thanksgiving–thank you! We will barely be venturing out today as we want nothing to do with black Friday! I hope you can stay at a safe, sane distance away as well. 😉
Sandi Gaertner
Agreed about Black Friday. My husband ordered the few techie things he wanted online. Our only venturing out is tomorrow because we like to support Shop Local Saturday, a local tradition after Black Friday. Our little Campbell downtown area is all little businesses (no chains) and we do a lot of our shopping there to help support them. There is everything from gourmet chocolates, locally made olive oils, locally roasted coffees to toys and so much more.
Shirley @ gfe & All Gluten-Free Desserts
Sandi, we have a wonderful downtown area in “our” city, Fredericksburg, too, and Small Business Saturday is what tomorrow is being promoted as for them. However, my aunt and uncle’s 50th wedding celebration is being held tomorrow afternoon an hour away so we won’t get to support our local businesses tomorrow, but we’ll catch up in the next week. 😉 Have fun tomorrow!