Today I’m linking up again with Tammy’s Recipes for Kitchen Tip Tuesdays!
A couple weeks ago, I posted a tip about making the most of your oven time by cooking meat or veggies to use later in the week. {I often bake chicken to use in later dishes.}
This week, I’m sharing some recipes to use up leftovers. I really dislike wasting food, and re-using your leftovers in new recipes is a great way to save food and money!
- Leftover mashed potatoes? Fry them up into potato pancakes.
- Leftover oatmeal? Make these delicious, super-moist oatmeal cookies.
- Leftover veggies? Add them to pasta or a casserole.
- Leftover fish? Make baked fish cakes.
- Leftover chicken? Add it to a leafy green salad, or mix in some mayo, mustard, raisins and almonds to make chicken salad.
- Leftover quinoa or rice? Dump it in a pot of soup to make the meal heartier.
- Leftover French or sourdough bread? Tear it up into chunks and bake cinnamon french toast.
This is another terrific post about creative ways to reuse leftovers: http://www.findananny.net/blog/27-blogs-sharing-creative-ways-to-reuse-your-leftovers/
Does anyone else repurpose leftover food into new dishes? I’d love to hear your recipes in the comments below!
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this pot pie is a great way to repurpose leftover meat and veggies into something new and delicious! i’ve made it w/ both chicken and carnitas. so good! 🙂 http://thepajamachef.com/2013/01/09/mexican-cornbread-pot-pie/
Yum pot pie, I love that idea!
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Great ideas! Here are some of mine:
Make random fruit into fruit sauce for topping yogurt, etc.
Make random veggies into Italian-type stuff to serve over pasta.
Make a small amount of beans into a cheeseburger-flavored bean sandwich.
Make not-so-fresh tofu safe and tasty.
Use stale bread in Cheesy Vegetable Bread Pudding or for croutons, breadcrumbs, or a sweet bread pudding.
I hate wasting food! Thanks for the new ideas.
Ooh, the cinnamon French toast – I’d have never thought of that! Definitely going to have to try out some of these tips. I recently wrote a leftover post myself so there might be some things here you haven’t covered 🙂 http://hungryhouse.co.uk/blog/how-to-save-money-by-making-your-takeaway-leftovers-last-longer/
Thanks Rachel! I love your blog post, such great tips! Thanks for sharing. 🙂