Category: Leftovers
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Fried Rice with Steak, Asparagus and Carrots
Fried rice is one of my oldest’s favorite dinners yet somehow it’s been ages since I made it. It’s a great way to use up bits of vegetables and meat, in this case some leftover steak and a handful of raw asparagus. It works best with leftover rice but in a pinch I’ve made it…
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Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Asian Marinade
This pork tenderloin is sliced, pounded, then marinated in a marinade that reminded me of Vietnamese flavors. They were in Cooking Light magazine as part of a “cook once, eat three times” article. I just used one pork tenderloin rather than two but kept the marinade the same as it was a large tenderloin. We…
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Making Soup from Leftovers
The other night I made some sautéed green and yellow squash for dinner, minus the tomatoes plus some red peppers. This is a standby vegetable dish for me, being very flexible and loose. This time I used onions, garlic, green zucchini, yellow crookneck zucchini, and some sliced red pepper. Mmmm…. but I made too much.…
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Fastest Way to Shred Beef
This is the fastest way yet I’ve found to shred beef for enchiladas, tacos and so forth. I had some leftover pot roast and decided to make beef enchiladas. Usually I would use two forks to pull the beef apart into shreds or I would get lazy and just chop it up. But I do…
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Leftover Flank Steak Turned Into Tacos
I think it’s a good sign when something was so good I couldn’t wait to make it again! That’s how it was with the steak tacos I posted about earlier. I’d mentioned them to my sister who told me she’d made them and loved them. She added a bit of brown sugar to the steak…