If you read my 101 list carefully (don’t worry if you didn’t) you may have noticed #5—50 lists blog project. This is the first entry.
So leftovers, some people love them, some people loathe them. I’m a lover of leftovers. Maybe because I’m the main (only?) cook around here. Here are some of my favourite ways to finish off the leftovers.
- Eat them as is. Sometimes it’s a matter of reheat and eat, or just eat.
- Make a bowl. Works for both veggie and protein leftovers. Add some kind of grain and some tasty extras.
- Make fried rice.
- Make fritters. Good for small portions of veggie or protein leftovers. I don’t use a recipe. I put in some flour, an egg or two, pepper, salt and some liquid. Some added herbs are good if you have them. Serve with a salad.
- In a similar vein – Okonomiyaki. I normally make coleslaw with an olive oil and vinegar-based dressing and you can easily toss the leftovers into an Okonomiyaki batter. Serve with soy sauce/vinegar dipping sauce.
- Frittata. Great for leftover roast veggies.
- Shepherds pie for leftover roast veggies and meat. Fry up a base of onion, carrot and celery if you have them. Add a can of tomatoes and simmer. Add the leftover roast, top with mashed potato and bake.
- Wraps or tacos for leftover roast meat.
- Bubble and squeak
- This lamb, carrot and freekeh salad is fabulous with leftover roast lamb.
- Sometimes we have roast lamb just so we can have this Old School Left-Over Lamb Curry.
Do you like leftovers? What are your favourite ways to finish off the leftovers? Do you make extra food so you can have leftovers?
Comments
3 responses to “List #1: My favourite ways to eat leftovers”
I LOVE leftovers. Like just adore them. My favourite way to eat leftovers is to make a bowl – usually a salad with lettuce topped with whatever leftovers are in the fridge – or a wrap. Adding an softly fried egg to the mix is generally a guaranteed win as well!
I’ve warmed up to leftovers over the years. I used to have an inexplicable dislike, but now I like them. Generally I just eat whatever plain, sometimes cold, sometimes warmed up, but other times I will take whatever is left and put it into a scramble or something like that. Or a burrito/wrap. Your ideas all sound great.
I find the convenience of food without having to cook outweighs any deficit in taste but things like casseroles and curries usually taste better the next day so that’s a double win.