leftovers

[ellisbell]

I was flipping through a food magazine today and a random bit of advice caught my eye - it mentioned that if you tend to let leftovers rot in the fridge instead of eating them up, you should think of them as an ingredient instead of what you actually made, like taking leftover sweet and sour chicken and adding scallions, bean sprouts, rice, and

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[dusty_chenille]

I like ot make meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Then, voila, the next night - she is shepherds' pie!

[ellisbell]

oooh - smart! see - something that would have never occurred to me.

[dusty_chenille]

It's good, and pretty easy! Just sort of crumble the leftover meatloaf up in a pie dish, or casserole dish, and then spread the potatoes thickly over the top like you are frosting a cake (thin the potatoes slightly first with milk if they seem too thick). I just kind of improvise it. Can dot the top of potato layer with butter too... then bake until warm. This model can be a great starting point for lots of doctoring up!

[ellisbell]

And hubz loves shepherd's pie. I'm totally doing this.

[ellisbell]

Nice!
I don't remember the last time I had a sloppy joe.

[ellisbell]

hahaha - you just ranted in a different post about using basil and making it more expensive!

[kittygobang]

My trailer park kitchen fix for leftovers is to add frozen corn & peas to leftover soups or meat/veg/pasta dishes (if the dish didn't contain it in the first place) or just make it spicy if it wasn't originally served that way.

However, I don't make many large dish meals, preferring instead to hold back some of the singular ingredients (pasta, meat, sauce, etc.) to use in a different way the next day. I'm afraid of eating leftovers that have been in the fridge more than one day so I have to entertain myself into thinking it's all new or deal with the guilt of all that wasted food.