I just love cold spaghetti.... oh so good. :)

Exactly. Too many generations away from the great depression.

I never have leftovers. I only cook enough for that meal.

Just for the record, pasta and risotto don't do well about an hour after they're cooked. Mashed potatoes do store well though.

I thought I would resurrect this thread rather than start a fresh one.

We had 2 guests cancel a Christmas visit due to illness at the last minute. I cooked a 16 lb turkey and all the side dishes anyway. Most of the sides are gone or close to it. There's still a lot of turkey left despite my eating 2 turkey meals a day for 5 days running.

I declare myself officially over it. No more turkey (after tonight's dinner)!

Turkey enchiladas are a great way to use that leftover meat. Chop up the turkey, blanch some asparagus sliced into 1" pieces, use a white cream sauce & mozzarella. Yummmm!!!

At Trader Joe's and similar stores you can get Indian/Thai "simmer sauces" which should work well for your leftover turkey.

For anyone who enjoys leftover pasta eaten cold... Good news! The carbs turn into "resistant starch" which the body treats as fibre. Leftover cold pasta is less fattening than when it was freshly made.

Can't abide cold pasta and need to reheat it? Even better news! The pasta becomes even less fattening.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29629761

Not sure if this applies to rice also, if so it's an appealing thought that leftover rice (fried rice) and risotto (arancini and butter fried risotto "cakes") are less fattening or not more fattening (considering the extra oil/fat that is added) than the original rice dish.