Recipes for Using Up Leftovers
One of the ways that I reduce food waste is to have recipes that are great catch-alls for leftovers. I will often have a leftover container or ziploc bag in the freezer and put all of the small amounts of leftovers in the bag, then once a month, concoct one of the leftovers. Remnants of the aging crisper drawer are usually added including onions, celery, carrots, mushrooms, zucchini, whatever is available. In addition to soups and stews, I like putting leftovers in frittata dishes, curries, and sometimes salads. Here are some links for the recipes, but you should get creative:
Clean the fridge frittata
Healthy goulash
Crockpot harvest stew
Japanese-style curry
Vietnamese summer rolls
Spicy Beef and veggie soup
Indonesian spicy rice
Spicy rice with cauliflower (grain free for low carb eaters)
Finally, to use up leftover leftovers:
Clean the fridge soup
I’d love to hear your ideas for using up leftovers!
shared at Pennywise Platter, Frugal Friday, and Works for Me Wednesday
Great way to use up your leftovers! We generally just eat the leftovers before turning them into a new recipe, but reading over and over how so many moms are turning their leftovers into completely new meals makes me want to try it someday! :0)
I’va actually been working up a series of posts on leftovers! My approach is to work from whole to with increasingly cooked/pureed/mixed options.
And don’t forget, just about anything tastes good under a ncie vinaigrette.
Here’s one post on using up grains:
http://groundcherry.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/revamping-leftovers-part-two/#more-317
Sandra, my husband can eat the same thing day after day, just reheated. I, on the other hand, seem to hate the repetition, so I spend time morphing the leftovers into something quite different. Fortunately, my husband will eat the morphed leftovers as well.
Stephanie, fabulous to have a whole series on this! I’ll stop by.