Category: Leftovers
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Kitchen Sink Soup
Today I made “kitchen sink” or “garbage” soup for dinner. Here’s what I put in: a quart of hamburger broth (from boiling hamburger) a small container of mixed beans from the freezer a few cups of some turkey and vegetable soup I found in the freezer some leftover round steak and juices from the freezer…
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Turkey Flautas
These were called “turkey tacos” when the recipe was given to me but I’d think of them as more like flautas. Whatever you call them, it was a great different way to use up the last of the turkey. Fried some corn tortillas just a minute or so on each side, then drained on paper…
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Lo-Mein with Leftover Ham and Never-The-Same-Way-Twice Soup
Leftovers. A blessing and a curse at times. I went all out for Christmas and roasted a turkey and baked a ham. Our turkey gets used up pretty quickly between sandwiches and a great turkey soup I made. I made the broth from the carcass on Christmas evening after dinner. Refrigerated it in a big…
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Ellen’s Steak Sandwich
Leftover steak? I used some of the leftover flank steak to make a delicious sandwich for my lunch today. First, I sliced up half an onion and pulled some red pepper slices from the freezer. (I always freeze leftover onions and peppers, diced and sliced, so I can pull them out as needed for cooking.)…
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Ham and Swiss Cheese Noodle Bake
Leftover Ham? Let’s see, there’s scrambled eggs with ham, quiche, ham and Swiss cheese sandwiches, split pea soup, macaroni and cheese with ham, grilled cheese and ham sandwiches… Oh, the list could go on and on. This is similar to macaroni and cheese but is made with egg noodles and Swiss cheese. I cut the…