Category: Leftovers
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Everything Bagel Croutons
I went to make a salad to go with the Stromboli I made for dinner the other night and decided to make a Caesar salad since I had a head of Romaine lettuce that needed using. I started to grab some croutons from the freezer and then remembered the solitary “everything” bagel I had. I…
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Chicken Tetrazzini for Two
In the quest for using up food leftover from the holidays, I’m targeting a large container of mushrooms I bought. I made a small portion of chicken tetrazzini for dinner, trying not to create more than one portion of leftovers! I had some cooked chicken leftover from making this fantastic “cure-all chicken soup” with spicy…
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Beef Stroganoff
I had a hard time deciding what to make for Christmas dinner this year. We don’t have any firm food traditions for Christmas dinner. Christmas breakfast is always cinnamon rolls, sausage, scrambled eggs and orange juice (with champagne now that the girls are grown!). We varied that a little this year because my youngest wanted…
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Turkey, Corn and Potato Chowder with Avocado and Lime Salsa
Thanksgiving is done. You’ve made turkey broth, right? Or maybe you’ll get to that today. (You can always do it in the crockpot overnight.) And you’ve got leftover turkey for all kinds of good things turkey sandwiches, turkey enchiladas and turkey shepherd’s pie. And you can make an easy turkey soup with whatever Thanksgiving leftovers…
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Corn Quesadilla
I made the best lunch the other day: a corn quesadilla with avocado and salsa. The corn was leftover grilled corn on the cob. If you don’t have any leftover corn, you can cut the kernels off and saute them quickly in a pan like I did with these corn and zucchini chalupas. Just heat…