How to Turn Thanksgiving into a Pizza

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How to Turn Thanksgiving into a Pizza

You’ll be happy you have this recipe come holiday season. Just make it. Do it for the sweet potatoes. They deserve it.
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Turkey is a flat circle.

How many morning-after soups and sandwiches will it take before we break the endless pattern of Thanksgiving and Christmas leftover food?

Luckily, the answer lies in another flat circle—pizza. Thanks to 12-time World Pizza Cup Champion Tony Gemignani (aka the "Michael Jordan" of pizza-throwing), we have a grease wheel recipe that will make heads spin the next time you're scrambling to whip some leftovers into shape over the holidays, which is pretty soon.

RECIPE: Turkey and Sweet Potato Pizza Pie

What better resting place for shredded turkey than on a bed of pizza dough? Instead of reheating and drying out those Christmas sweet potatoes in the office microwave, let them experience the love and joy of being paired with mozzarella and mascarpone.

You'll be happy you have this recipe come holiday time. Just make it. Do it for the sweet potatoes. They deserve it.