Category: Leftovers
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Monday: Soup from Leftovers
I decided upon a soup and sandwich night tonight. The sandwich part was easy: bacon and tomato. I’ve got loads of tomatoes in the garden but that little nip in the air reminds me they won’t be here forever so I should enjoy them now! I started the soup going (“recipe” below) then spread the…
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Peach Vinegar
My reading lately has been made up of things like This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader, In the French Kitchen Garden: The Joys of Cultivating a Potager , and Golden Gate Gardening: The Complete Guide to Year-Round Food Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area & Coastal California . To top all that…
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Weeknight dinners: Pasta with vegetables and leftover chicken
Reading Tomatilla’s post about weeknight cooking and pulling dinner out of a hat must have sparked this… The dinners you create out of what’s around, with no clear plan from beginning to end, are often the best dishes. My original plan was to make a quiche tonight, because I had lots of eggs and was…
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Soup from the Freezer
Yesterday we had tuna melts and soup for dinner, a favorite weeknight quickie. For the soup, I pulled out a quart of turkey broth from the freezer and a bag of leftover roast vegetables. Heated the broth, added the vegetables, and seasoned with a bit of salt and pepper. That was it! Easy and delicious.…
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Leftover Burritos
Tonight we had one of our favorite means of using up leftovers. I’ve made these with pork, beef, and chicken. For myself, I’m happy with vegetarian burritos as well but the kids like a bit of meat in theirs. I had barbecued a big roast the other night, having rubbed in some spice mix I…