I hate seeing food go to waste. Being on a tight budget makes me cringe when I have to throw food away (which happens a lot). My husband is not a "left-over" type of guy, and I can't eat up the left-overs fast enough. So, I'm always looking for ways to be resourceful. Making smaller portions, making only a couple of things for dinner so we'll eat more of them, etc. I've also been known to re-heat the half-eaten pan of whatever we had 2 nights before and set it out for dinner as well (my hubby is so sweet not to complain about it either!).
Last night, I noticed that we had several leftover meals in our refrigerator. I had planned something else for dinner (and even bought ingredients), but I decided it was time to be resourceful and creative and see what I could do with the leftovers. Instead of just reheating them, I took note of what we had: 1 cooked hamburger patty, 1/4 deer roast meat, 1 cooked potato, 1/4 pan of Chicken and Rice casserole, and about 1/2 c. of leftover salad. Hmmmm....
Here's what I decided to make:
First I cut up the roast into tiny pieces and crumbled the hamburger in with it. We have a ton of barbecue sauce that I've gotten free with coupons recently, so I poured that in with the meat.
I also had purchased some buns (that were expiring) for just a few cents on Monday which I pulled out of the freezer. This along with the meat made a perfect recipe for Barbecue Beef Sandwiches.
Next, I took the potato (from the Deer Roast dinner) and cut it up into chunks, put it into a saucepan with a little oil and heated it. My mom used to make potatoes like this all the time when we were growing up and it's one of my favorite ways to use leftover potatoes. :)
Last of all, I added just enough lettuce to the "salad" leftovers to make enough salad for dinner.
And there you have it! Our brand new dinner made from leftovers. :) We used up several leftovers so now our refrigerator is cleaned out, I still have the ingredients for the dinner I didn't make which can be made another night, and as an added plus, Joe loved the dinner I made! Yay!
It does pay to be resourceful.
Last night, I noticed that we had several leftover meals in our refrigerator. I had planned something else for dinner (and even bought ingredients), but I decided it was time to be resourceful and creative and see what I could do with the leftovers. Instead of just reheating them, I took note of what we had: 1 cooked hamburger patty, 1/4 deer roast meat, 1 cooked potato, 1/4 pan of Chicken and Rice casserole, and about 1/2 c. of leftover salad. Hmmmm....
Here's what I decided to make:
First I cut up the roast into tiny pieces and crumbled the hamburger in with it. We have a ton of barbecue sauce that I've gotten free with coupons recently, so I poured that in with the meat.
I also had purchased some buns (that were expiring) for just a few cents on Monday which I pulled out of the freezer. This along with the meat made a perfect recipe for Barbecue Beef Sandwiches.Next, I took the potato (from the Deer Roast dinner) and cut it up into chunks, put it into a saucepan with a little oil and heated it. My mom used to make potatoes like this all the time when we were growing up and it's one of my favorite ways to use leftover potatoes. :)
Last of all, I added just enough lettuce to the "salad" leftovers to make enough salad for dinner.
And there you have it! Our brand new dinner made from leftovers. :) We used up several leftovers so now our refrigerator is cleaned out, I still have the ingredients for the dinner I didn't make which can be made another night, and as an added plus, Joe loved the dinner I made! Yay!
It does pay to be resourceful.
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