Cooking With Leftovers
When you refuse to waste food, the food you make gets really weird...
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Beet Carpaccio
Because! Golden Beets. Ok, it isn’t really carpaccio, but it works so well. Some vegetables cut in tiny little cubes and eaten with a Greek...
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Roasted Eggplant & ChickPea Mush
It is CSA season! I got these two beautiful eggplants in my CSA (and I am one person). Inspired by Martha Stewart’s Soup, roasting the...
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Bitter Melon Scramble
CSA! I love it. What is this?, I asked.. A bitter melon. I had no idea what to do with it, but you can’t go wrong with a scramble. Right?...
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Radish Greens Soup
Radish Greens! Please don’t waste them.. Makes 2 bowls Ingredients: radish greens from one bunch, about 3-4 oz or 1-1.5 cups packed splash of...
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Meatball Nachos
Sometimes I like to make a bunch of tiny meatballs for the week, to put on salads, to wrap in tortillas, to eat with rice.. And then I remembered...
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Artichoke Stuffed Chicken
These are salad bar leftovers! Don’t ask me why I have them.. Plus, chicken. Pounding chicken into a thin sheet is so fun. You should just...
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Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms
This may be one of the best things I have ever made. I think. Totally an accident. I just went to check on my zucchini plant and these guys had...
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Cheddar Cheesecake
Those cheese cubes! I went to a wedding and they had so many of those cheese cubes. Platters. And I swear we ate so many of them at the party, but...
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Steamed Whole Fish
I learned about steaming fish from this Food52 article. I LOVE to buy whole fish at the market. They are cheap if you buy porgies or something like...
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Crayfish & Corn Panzanella
Leftovers from a crayfish and crab feast! I mean, we ate all the crabs.. 🙂 Now I like my panzanella salad hot so I toss it all with the...
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Pork & Quinoa Stuffed Pepper
This is pretty easy. Mix it all together and you get an excellent and fast dinner. Use whatever you have! Makes 1 big meal or two little ones....
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Chicken Avocado Salad
Sometimes, you have leftovers that would make a great chicken salad (add chicken), but sometimes, it is the chicken left over that you need to...
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Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms
This may be one of the best things I have ever made. I think. Totally an accident. I just went to check on my zucchini plant and these guys had...
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Poached Shrimp Quenelle
I took a sausage making class and we made these poached shrimp balls.. Raw shrimp blitzed up until paste-like! We made them with egg whites, but I...
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Creamy Chicken Rice Pilaf
The rest of the cream, and some of that chicken too from Half a Chicken Baked with Cream.. I added a little sour cream to give it a punch. Works...
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Yogurt Marinated Chicken Thighs
There are these sandwich spread things, like creamy flavored dips, that come with catered lunch meat deli plates. No one spreads them on...
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News, recipes, and other links related to the importance of using leftovers...
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Talkin’ Trash: A Guide to Food Waste
Cool ideas and fun graphics on preventing food waste.. on Fix.com...
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How to Use Leftover Fish
How to Use Leftover Fish on Food52.Kedgeree and Salpicon. These are new terms for me to play with.....
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Food Recovery Challenge
Managed by the EPA, they challenge you to reduce your food waste. TAKE THE CHALLENGE. Did you know...
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Leftover Swap
A new app will let you share your leftovers with strangers. @NPR. Take a photo and share your...
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Good and Cheap
A cookbook by Leanne Brown, available online and just dripping with good recipe ideas.....
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Foodsharing.de
Got Leftovers to Share? In Germany, there’s a website for that. Article @NPR. Germany has a...
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Squash Blossom Soup
Or Crema de Flor de Calabaza… @ Kitchen Konfidence. Great way to use up the squash blossoms!...
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Carrot-Top Pesto
Don’t waste your carrot tops!! Make pesto with them… I should do this with the radishes in my...
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Hummus Varieties
I’m mostly intrigued by this beet hummus.. 21 ways to make better hummus @ Huffington Post...
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65 Healthy Meals
65 Healthy Meals you can make from Leftovers @Greatist. Lots of strange things on this list. Like...
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Lovin Spoonfuls
A food waste rescue organization in Boston! Legitimizing local food rescue. Check. It. Out. Lovin...
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Reducing Food Waste Basics
@Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This is the most important website you will ever visit....
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Creative Recipes for Thanksgiving Leftovers
A list of recipes @PBS.. Don’t waste your leftovers.. I want to make Leftover Stuffing...
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Waste Not: The Ugly Truth about Food Waste in America
Each year, Americans waste 33 million tons of food. 33 MILLION. Listen to the story on Science...
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USDA and EPA Launch U.S. Food Waste Challenge
A news release from June 4, 2013. “Food waste in the United States is estimated at roughly...
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