Stretch your food dollar
Quick post, but a good one
Tonight, we had our homeowner association meeting, and the manager brought a store-bought cheese and meat tray that was not totally consumed — cheddar, pepperoni, sausage slices, etc.
My plan? I am going to make it into a pizza!
I’ll make dough in the breadmaker, use the spaghetti sauce I have leftover from two nights ago, and the mozarella cheese I bought on special.
We’ll eat good tomorrow for less than a $1.50!
I’m a happy man! (And he brought a veggie tray, too, gonna make that into a chicken pot pie, using the chicken I cooked the other day, using these tips.)
Just goes to show you to think out of the box when it comes to dinner. Please share how you use leftovers — we would love to hear ‘em.
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8:59 am
I love me some left overs. It’s fun to re-incorporate them into a whole new meal! Like two meals in one!! And, I love trying to feed our family of four a good meal at the smallest cost!!
It’s kind of a “high” right?
Happy Friday! Ooooh! Pizza Night!!!!
9:28 am
Off the subject again? HELP! Do you have any fantastic remedy to get nail polish (lots of it, orange/red) out of a white to cream colored towel?
Pleaaaase? Little Gal had an accident… ;-x
12:58 pm
We love leftovers!! Well, okay, mostly this cook loves leftovers!
At our house, there is “leftover night” at least once a week. I don’t have to cook a main dish, and everyone can choose from among the various dishes on the table.
In the past, I have scraped the small bits left from the serving pot into a freezer container. After a month or two, it is filled up — at which point I add it to some soup stock/broth and make “freezer soup.” This works unless you have some really strongly flavored leftovers (e.g., curry). If there aren’t enough vegetables or chunks of meat, I add those after thawing the container. Then it’s just heat and serve!
You’d be amazed how well leftover veggies, baked beans, and spaghetti sauce mixes with some broth and makes a fantastic soup. Just add fresh bread and a salad for a wonderful winter meal.
Sadly, most of the family eyes it with some suspicion. I am working on them…
1:01 pm
Forgot to add, we are lucky to even have leftovers, with so many hungry young men living in one house. Dh takes his lunch to work every day, and lately I have had to bring the tupperware containers to the table after everyone has had 1sts or 2nds, just to ensure having something to pack in his lunch!
11:58 pm
Love hearing how you all cope/use leftovers! Good for you! Freezer soup sounded too odd/interesting — what a neat idea, especially with leftover vegetables.
Let me do some research on the nail polish, Farmer’s Wife.
11:59 pm
By the way, I made chicken divan tonight, and used the (aging) foccacia bread from a couple days ago for the breadcrumbs — worked great!
12:02 am
I found the nail polish remedy … I say give it a try, and otherwise, you’ve got a new car wash towel.
Nail polish from towels:
Scrape the excess. Test acetone on an inconspicuous place. If fiber color doesn’t change, flush acetone through the stain to an absorbent pad. When no more stain is being removed, change pads and flush well with dry-cleaning solvent. Allow to dry thoroughly.
12:13 pm
Okay. Sounds like a pain in the @$$ but I love the towel (it has a cotton bowl on it) and acetone is cheap. Thanks tons!!!!
I’ll let you know if it works! Of course, it is red/orange nail polish. BLEEP!
4:58 pm
P.S. The pizza turned out wonderfully! The dough was much better than the Pillsbury one.