Leftovers are my specialty, I think. If there's a little bit of this, and a little bit of that, I will make it into something else.
Example: (one of many)
I bought a bunch of Pakistani food in anticipation of not-cooking for the few days before Thanksgiving. I ate as much of it as I could, but there was a ton more left (dal palak in partic).
So the day after Thanksgiving, when I was all done eating American-European foods, I took some dal palak and mixed it with
* an egg* leftover mashed potatoes
and fashioned it into pancakes, fried lightly in a nonstick pandipped into leftover raita (that came with the Pakistani food I ordered) and it was really good!!
I love leftovers. Today I am going to take some leftover takeout green papaya salad, add a bit of shredded chicken, and wrap up in rice paper with some greens. It will be delicious.
― passion it person (La Lechera), Sunday, 2 December 2012 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
this is making me sound way more smug than I really am -- more than anything I am pleased with efficiency (not throwing anything away) and enjoy repurposing things (in general, but esp w/r/t food)
― passion it person (La Lechera), Sunday, 2 December 2012 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
i am impressed by your repurposing
I never think of other things to do with leftovers when I start to get sick of them other than put them in a sandwich/put them in a tortilla/let them grow crazy amounts of mold when I forget about them :(
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 01:07 (eleven years ago) link
ooh, or mix with trader joe's mac and cheese
I do that a lot
good meal hack
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 01:17 (eleven years ago) link
Know what is another good vehicle for leftovers? Chilaquiles. Eggs, stale tortillas, whatever else you happen to have sitting around that's not enough to pack for lunch, scramble & eat.
Also if you've got a few leftover veggies but not enough to just eat alone, wrap it up w/ cheese of your choice in puff pastry. Poof, you have a galette.
― passion it person (La Lechera), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 02:13 (eleven years ago) link
Both brilliant ideas - chilaquiles are great for any meal too.
I'm all about soups/stews - I've got about 4 lbs of slow roasted pork shoulder in the fridge right now to use up through the week. Tonight, 2 cans Muir Glen fire-roasted diced tomatoes (b/c they are THE BEST), about a pound of the pork coarsely chopped, 2 cups of crimini mushrooms in big chunks, 1 big chipotle in adobo, cumin, mexican oregano, epazote, and about a cup of leftover chicken stock made an amazing stew in about 20 minutes.
― Jaq, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 02:56 (eleven years ago) link
that sounds great.
i'm admiring your airy last sentence, la lechera.
― estela, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 02:59 (eleven years ago) link
my kinda magic imo
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 03:29 (eleven years ago) link
jaq your stew sounds great -- it reminds me of my favorite "uh oh these sweet/potatoes are about to go bad" curry. (tomatoes, garbanzos, sweet or regular potatoes, onions, buncha spices, something green, voila)
― passion it person (La Lechera), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 04:06 (eleven years ago) link
you can also throw part of an old curry in there and just make it new-old curryno one will ever know!
― passion it person (La Lechera), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 04:09 (eleven years ago) link
I am a wizard with a can of those tomatoes and a pile of spices :) I'm going to try a curry tomorrow - never really made one!
― Jaq, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 05:30 (eleven years ago) link
WTF
http://leftoverswap.com/
― the rofflestomper (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 8 August 2013 18:48 (ten years ago) link