Cooking With Leftovers
When you refuse to waste food, the food you make gets really weird...
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Quinoa Cobb Salad
It is kind of like a Cobb. Except that I put in almost as much quinoa as lettuce and then all the rest of the things in my fridge.. I think it is the...
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Twice Baked Chicken Quinoa Sweet Potatoes
yum. so many sweet potatoes. I don’t really like them. So, I did this.. Ingredients: 2 sweet potatoes leftover chicken and quinoa salad...
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Sweet Potato Nachos
I mean, I really just wanted nachos. But I had all these sweet potatoes.. I couldn’t just leave them be. Ingredients: 1 sweet...
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Crab Stuffed Eggs
Maryland Blue Crabs are so easy to get around here. We got a dozen and took them to the park, which left me with just 3 extras.. They take a long...
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Conch Ceviche
This is my Mom’s recipe. I went to see her in the Keys, where she was living for a few months in her badass airstream, and she basically ate...
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Ham Hock Beans
I went see my mom in the Keys. She was packing up her camp and moving north. Quite the nomad.. And it was gorgeous. She likes to get these ham hocks...
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Sandwich Pull Apart Bread
This weekend took me to a Bike Scavenger Hunt in my area. I learned about trails, historic sites, and bike maintenance (and I won). And there was...
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Potato Crusted Mac N Cheese Quiche
With dandelion greens… Overflowing dandelion greens from the CSA are a bit bitter, but mixed with apple cider vinegar and leftover mac n...
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Breakfast Burrito with Lamb
This isn’t the most creative recipe.. but it is so delicious. Leftover stuffing from the Lamb Stuffed Collards makes this possible. And sour...
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Lamb Stuffed Collards
I got collards in the farm share.. A lot of them. And it is Spring! Lamb has this amazing gamey taste that reminds me of Spring. And mixed with...
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Chocolate Cake Truffles
I just had a birthday. And I hadn’t had a birthday cake in a few years. My friends got me a whole cake and sang to me and we drank all night...
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Curried Roast Stroganoff
A bit of Onion Pot Roast leftover. A 1/2 jar of curry simmer sauce waiting to die in my fridge. Some fresh pasta. Other odds and ends. Oh and yes, a...
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Chocolate Cake Truffles
I just had a birthday. And I hadn’t had a birthday cake in a few years. My friends got me a whole cake and sang to me and we drank all night...
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Cauliflower BBQ Fried Rice
It is the greatest thing. Cauliflower ground up so as to disguise itself as rice. And then fried. I took the Kitchn’s recipe and added my...
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Baked Salmon Avocado Bites
Inspired by Umami Holiday’s Magic Mushrooms.. I mean, mine are a little simpler, but sometimes you just have to make things because you have...
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Smoked Turkey Enchilada Pie
I went to a catered event the other night and somehow came away with a giant whole smoked boneless turkey. It ended up in my messenger bag, halved,...
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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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