The peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate are particularly popular at Christmas.

Hanukkah often follows quickly on the heels of Thanksgiving, so let’s fashion some latkes using up leftover sweet or mashed potatoes.

Combine any number of oohs and aahs from everyday roastings past and altogether they do not equal those that grace this recipe and us on Christmas (or Christmas Eve) night.

One bread pudding recipe uses any “quick bread”—such as banana bread or zucchini bread—while the other uses up stale panettone, the Italian brioche-like bread studded with dried fruit.