This Vegan Thanksgiving Leftovers Sandwich layers all your favorite holiday flavors into the ultimate next-day meal. It's hearty, savory, and the perfect way to use up leftover seitan turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, roasted veggies, or anything else from your vegan feast.
The vegan Thanksgiving leftovers sandwich of your dreams!
This sandwich is loaded with all your favorite Thanksgiving flavors. Perfect for the day(s) after Thanksgiving.
Or, honestly, I'd cook Thanksgiving dishes again just to have this sandwich.
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Why You'll Love This Vegan Thanksgiving Leftovers Sandwich
- Ultimate day-after meal - a delicious way to repurpose all your leftovers.
- Big, bold flavor - sweet cranberry, savory seitan turkey, and creamy elements in every bite.
- Customizable - build it with whatever leftovers you have on hand.
- Dietary friendly - completely vegan and can be made gluten-free with GF bread.
- Meal-prep friendly - leftovers already cooked means assembly takes minutes.
Ingredient Notes & Substitutions
- Italian Crusty Bread or Sandwich Bread: I used a loaf of Italian bread. I like how thick and hearty the bread is. But any sandwich bread works perfectly
- Leftover Mushroom Gravy: I used my mushroom gravy any gravy or sauce will work. Or you can use mayo or your favorite sandwich spread.
- Leftover Seitan Turkey: I used my seitan turkey. Feel free to use whatever protein you served at Thanksgiving.
- Leftover Mashed Potatoes: I used my classic vegan mashed potatoes.
- Leftover Stuffing: I used my WFPB gf stuffing - it's my go-to recipe every year!
- Leftover Cranberry Sauce: my sugar free cranberry sauce is perfect here, or store bought.
- Chives: I added some chives at the end for a bit of freshness.
Feel free to go crazy with the ingredients! Anything you have will be delightful on a sandwich.
Step-By-Step Instructions
Toast your bread if desired.
Then, onto one piece of bread, spread a thin layer of gravy.
Add your seitan turkey or other protein.
Then mashed potatoes and stuffing.
Top with cranberry sauce and fresh chives.
Add the remaining slice of bread.
Best Thanksgiving Leftover Sandwich Layer Order
I like starting with gravy as the spread for my sandwich, instead of something like mayo.
Then go in with your most stable ingredients. For me, this was layers of seitan turkey.
Add other thicker, heartier components next, like stuffing or mashed potatoes.
Then looser or saucier elements, like cranberry sauce or gravy if you didn't use it as a spread.
Garnish with chives for freshness, and of course, that top slice of bread.
FAQ & Expert Tips
Either works! Warming the seitan turkey and gravy helps bring back their deeper flavor. But cranberry sauce and even stuffing and mashed potatoes can be kept cold if you want.
Most leftovers keep up to a week when stored properly in the fridge.
Yes! Seitan freezes very well - I always have some hanging out in my freezer. Defrost and reheat before adding to your sandwich.
I love using a hearty bakery bread like and Italian loaf. But regular sandwich bread is great too. Or your GF bread of choice.
Recipe Prayer
Thank you God for everything that we have. We are grateful for all the gifts we have been given. Amen.
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📖 Recipe
Vegan Thanksgiving Leftovers Sandwich
Ingredients
- 2 Slices Italian Crusty Bread or Sandwich Bread optionally toasted
- 2 Tablespoons Leftover Mushroom Gravy
- 5 Slices Leftover Seitan Turkey
- ½ Cup Leftover Mashed Potatoes
- ½ Cup Leftover Stuffing
- ¼ Cup Leftover Cranberry Sauce
Instructions
- Toast your bread if desired. Then, onto one piece of bread, spread a thin layer of gravy. Add your seitan turkey or other protein, then mashed potatoes and stuffing. Top with cranberry sauce and fresh chives. Add the remaining slice of bread.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is an estimate.
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