Cooking With Leftovers
When you refuse to waste food, the food you make gets really weird...
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Cucumber Couscous
I am really into cucumbers lately. The small Persian ones.. You can mix them up with all kinds of leftovers, and eat it right out of the bowl. Quite...
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Chicken Marinade Rice Fry
I have no idea how to write this up. Lately I have been doing a reverse chicken marinade, where I grill the chicken thighs and then pour the marinade...
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Caramelized Onion Deviled Eggs
We don’t really do Easter. But I woke up and wanted deviled eggs.. With caramelized onions? Deviled eggs are all about moderation; add in too...
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Salmon Caper Salad
OK so it isn’t a salad per se, but it is so so good. A whole fish makes A LOT of fish. So I just mixed up the leftovers with some good...
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Bean & Cauliflower Tacos
I am having a pantry week. Like, only eat food that you can find in the house.. A head of cauliflower is just asking for paprika. The remaining 2...
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Spinach Potato Cheese Casserole
I LOVE this casserole. And this time I made it with soy beef.. Plus capers and feta.. All my new favorites. It is good to eat warm but sooo much...
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Congee
A savory rice porridge. Traditionally Chinese comfort food. Made with turkey stock! If you have a lot of stock (I always do) and need to feed a crowd...
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Squash & Apple Chutney Sauce For Meatballs
So this happened. Someone gave me a pack of food with one-person ingredient amounts to make a prescribed meal (you know, like those boxes..) Alas the...
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Hatch Black Bean Soup
I got this turkey leg! It was stuffed with mac n cheese. Right? Crazy good. Anyway, once I cut as much of the smoked turkey off the bone (for...
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Baked Eggplant & Cheese Dish
This happened because I had the largest eggplant I have ever seen in my veggie box.. We could call it Eggplant Parmesan, but it isn’t breaded...
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Bean & Egg Taquitos
Taquitos! I made these to use up some leftover beans and garden Sungold tomatoes and heavy cream before going off on a long weekend camping trip....
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Heavy Cream Sourdough Biscuits
Again, heavy cream ends up in my fridge and I have no idea what to do with it. The friends all leave, and this thing just stares at me, laughing....
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Spinach Potato Cheese Casserole
I LOVE this casserole. And this time I made it with soy beef.. Plus capers and feta.. All my new favorites. It is good to eat warm but sooo much...
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Congee
A savory rice porridge. Traditionally Chinese comfort food. Made with turkey stock! If you have a lot of stock (I always do) and need to feed a crowd...
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Baked Eggplant & Cheese Dish
This happened because I had the largest eggplant I have ever seen in my veggie box.. We could call it Eggplant Parmesan, but it isn’t breaded...
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Flounder Dip
I made a WHOLE FISH. Mostly because I was intrigued by how to stuff a flat fish for grilling whole. Also, I was bored (see pandemic). Alas, then I...
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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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