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Crazy ways to use what is left in your fridge

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1. debtfreeme Says:
   June 7th, 2013 at 03:21 pm
   Pot pie, soup or stew, egg scrambles.
   
   Dried bread is for french toast.

2. maranatha Says:
   June 7th, 2013 at 04:37 pm
   I don't do anything crazy but I make stroganoff with roast and use other leftovers for breakfast burritos. If we have leftovers pinto beans I make burritos and tostadas with re-fried beans. Veggies are used in soups or stews or used asxa side dish for the next meal. Apples are used for cinnamon apples or cobbler. Also cherries that need to be used soon.

3. snafu Says:
   June 7th, 2013 at 07:42 pm
   Wraps can hold bits of leftovers and depending what spice is sprinkled atop you've a Tex-Mex or French or Sicilian. Spanish rice, Paella, Pilaf combine small amounts fish, pork and chicken. Stir fry for Chinese or battered & fried bits turn into Tempura. If you have nice rolls nearly anything can be loaded to create your version of Subway.

4. baselle Says:
   June 7th, 2013 at 08:16 pm
   Depends on how far gone. I do a fair amount of trimming because its not a compost bin in disguise, but a vegetable stock for bits. If its not far gone, just oldish, I like roasting a veg and making a tahini sauce for it. Roasted cauliflower in tahini is the bomb. Chop salad of different items in oil and vinegar, fresh if you have to get through a lot of it, but in a ratatouille if you are moving things along.
   
   I'm discovering the total wonderful all-encompassing solution of frittata. Da^m them Italians are genius.

5. CB in the City Says:
   June 8th, 2013 at 07:47 am
   I just sautéed the celery, onion and broccoli that was in my fridge and will put it on mashed potatoes (with cheese) for lunch.
   
   I also used some of the celery and onion to make pumpkin soup, which also used up one of those many cans of pumpkin in my fridge!
   
   Other favorite ways to use up leftovers -- wraps, breakfast casseroles, strange and wonderful pizzas, spaghetti sauce! And fruit, of course, is great in smoothies.

6. CB in the City Says:
   June 8th, 2013 at 07:49 am
   Oh, I almost forgot -- fried rice is a great favorite, too!

7. mimipaula1 Says:
   June 8th, 2013 at 12:51 pm
   My family will eat just about anything if it can be wrapped in a flour tortilla or as an ingredient in fried rice. Consequently, most of our leftovers are consumed in one of these two dishes.

8. rob62521 Says:
   June 8th, 2013 at 04:20 pm
   Sounds like a lot of creativity going on!
   

9. baselle Says:
   June 9th, 2013 at 02:36 pm
   Then there is the Korean, paleo friendly use of romaine. Put bit of meat, bit of rice (or whatever mimipaula1 is cooking), hit of soy sauce on a lettuce leaf, fold into a bit (ssam), shove into mouth.

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