Category: Leftovers

  • Homemade Ranch Dressing

    Homemade Ranch Dressing

    This recipe came from America’s Test Kitchen, via a comment here on the blog. It is a tad bit garlicky, which we love. If you’re not so fond of garlic, you might want to use a small clove or just half a medium one.  I’ve made it without the fresh cilantro several times. I like…

  • Buttermilk Ranch Dressing From America’s Test Kitchen

    Buttermilk Ranch Dressing From America’s Test Kitchen

    We all tend to like the Ranch dressings in restaurants but then when I buy a commercial Ranch dressing we are disappointed.  It just never has quite the taste we like.  I went back to a homemade version to go on a steak salad I was making for dinner with the last of the Montreal…

  • Chicken Curry Sandwich with Mango Chutney

    Chicken Curry Sandwich with Mango Chutney

    Earlier I made this great grilled Greek chicken for dinner and purposely cooked an extra chicken breast because we can always find a good use for good cooked chicken in our lunches. Today I made this curried chicken sandwich and it was really good. First I mixed up some plain chicken salad with it, so…

  • Stir Fry from Leftover Beef Teriyaki, Onions, Bamboo Shoots

    Stir Fry from Leftover Beef Teriyaki, Onions, Bamboo Shoots

    Tonight I wanted a quick dinner that used up some leftovers. I made a Stir Fry from Leftover Beef Teriyaki, adding onions and bamboo shoots from the pantry.  I used this leftover flank steak teriyaki from the other night. This quick stir-fry was made easier by having this refrigerator stir-fry sauce I had mixed up earlier! (See my…

  • Tacos: Leftovers from the Big Grad Party

    Tacos: Leftovers from the Big Grad Party

    I had leftover ground beef from the taco party a few weeks  back and had frozen it in 2 cup portions. That’s a bit more than we would normally use for one meal but taco salads are a popular lunch around here so a bit of leftover will not go to waste. Tonight I had…