November 28th is National French Toast Day, so have fun with it.

At Fabrick, a fine restaurant restaurant in New York City, part of the culinary journey is food fun. Almost everything on the menu offers a new take on the traditional.

For French Toast, it’s nuggets.

The French Toast is cooked and cut into squares, which are:

 
How would you turn French Toast into fun?
 
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Sure: We toss them right on top of plain Greek yogurt.

Or atop a green salad.

Or on top of mac and cheese or casseroles.

We never let those little pieces chips die heedlessly. We use them as croutons.

We use any chip pieces, plus cracker and pretzel pieces—anything crunchy. You can store all the crumbs in an airtight jar. A mix of crumbs will taste even better!

If you have enough, pulse them to an even consistency and use them as breading for chicken and fish.
 
TYPES OF CHIPS: CAN YOU ADD TO THIS LIST?

Here’s the list of chips we’ve had. Can you add to it?

Sweetgreen garnishes a green salad with tortilla chips. We use the broken chip pieces at the bottom of the bag. Photo courtesy Sweetgreen.

 
*The main difference between the two types of chip is that a tortilla chip is cut from a whole tortilla, and a corn chip is made from corn meal.

TOP PHOTO: Maya Kaimal Naan Chips.
BOTTOM PHOTO: Tandoori-cooked naan from
Stonefire.

A NEW KIND OF CHIP FROM MAYA KAIMAL

The latest addition to our roster of chips are Naan Chips from Maya Kaimal Fine Indian Foods. Joining the company’s line of Chickpea Chips, they’re available nin Sea Salt, Rosemary and Almost Everything (onion, poppy and anise). You can find a store locator as well as e-tailers at MayaKaimal.com.

One of the delectable family of Indian breads, naan (pronounced like the female name Nan) is a light, leavened bread, traditionally in a teardrop shape and cooked in a clay oven (see photo).

The chips are baked in a proprietary flame-baked process meant to emulate a wood-fired tandoor oven. The process creates the signature blisters and bubbles of authentic naan flatbread (it took more than 40 tries to get it right).

The toasty triangles are lighter and flakier than pita chips, and the seasonings are incorporated into the dough, not dusted on the surface.

Enjoy them with guacamole, hummus or other dips; with cheese or soup; or simply crunch away.

We love these Thanksgiving leftovers recipes from Reynolds Kitchens.

They created recipes for three popular American foods—waffles, tacos and pizza—to use up your leftovers at breakfast, lunch and dinner.

FOR MORE RECIPES, see Part 1 of this article.
 
 
RECIPE #1: THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS WAFFLE

For breakfast, start with a Thanksgiving Leftovers Waffle. Your stuffing becomes the waffle!

If you don’t have enough leftover stuffing, you can make regular waffles (don’t add sugar) or toaster waffles and use the stuffing as a topping.

Ingredients Per Waffle

 
Preparation

1. PLACE the stuffing onto a waffle maker and bake until slightly crispy on the outside. While the waffle cooks…

2. WARM the turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy.

3. ASSEMBLE: Place the stuffing waffle on a plate and top with mashed potatoes and turkey. Drizzle with gravy, or pass the gravy in a pitcher.
 
 
RECIPE #2: THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS TACO

Ingredients

 
Preparation

1. WARM the leftovers, such as sweet potatoes, turkey and cranberries.

2. WARM the tortillas in the microwave or on the stove top.

3. ASSEMBLE the tortillas, topping off with cranberry sauce, gravy and/or salsa.
 
 
RECIPE #3: THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS PIZZA

Ingredients

 
Preparation

1. PREHEAT the oven to 400°F.

[2] Tacos filled with leftovers.

[3] A pizza topped with leftovers.

3. TOP with additional leftovers, such as turkey, stuffing and fresh herbs.

4. HEAT until the crust is baked and the toppings are warmed through.

[3] Just place the ingredients in an Oven Bag, bake, cook and eat. There’s no pan to wash!

[5] Use Slow Cooker Liners to have steel-cut oatmeal waiting for you in the morning. Just toss the liner.

PRODUCTS FROM REYNOLDS

In case you think of Reynolds only as a manufacturer or aluminum foil, the company makes numerous other useful products for cooking, baking and roasting. All of them make clean-up so much easier.

You can use the foil pans just once, or be economical and wash them for re-use (we throw ours in the dishwasher).

 
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