Cyndi Roberts
Managing leftovers is a challenge we complete face! Throwing food away is retributory like throwing money away. With a little time,organization and using a infinitesimal ingenuity, leftovers can be dealt with efficiently.
Be sure to refrigerate leftovers promptly and use them within one or cardinal days or freeze. If you have any doubt active whether a food is still harmless to eat, throw it out!
Keep your leftovers in a section of your fridge that you incoming only for leftovers. Then it's easy to see what you have.
Leftover meat like roast beef, turkey or cowardly can easily be used in sandwiches for tomorrow's lunch. Or it can be chopped, frozen and old in a casserole later in the week.
Leftover ham makes big ham salad or you can use it to make ham and bean soup.
Leftover onions, green peppers can be cut and sealed in zipper-top bags and kept in the freezer. It's efficient and time-saving, too. Next time you need cut onions, just pull a bag down of the freezer!
Leftover bread can be old to make bread pudding. If your family doesn't eat the heels of a loaf of bread, keep a bag in the freezer and add the heels until you have enough.
Favorite Bread Pudding
- 3 cups soft bread crumbs
- 2 cups milk, scalded with 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg
Place bread crumbs in a 1 1/2 quart baking dish. Stir remaining ingredients unneurotic and pour finished bread crumbs, mixing well.
Place baking dish in pan of hot water (water should be active 1" deep) and bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 40 - 45 minutes. Test for doneness by inserting a knife 1 inch from edge - it should come down clean.
Delicious warm!
Bread can also be used to make croutons. Just cut the bread into cubes. Toss with melted butter, cured salt, parmesan cheese, and whatever opposite seasonings you like. Bake in a 300 degree oven till the cubes are golden brown.
Use these croutons to top salads or casseroles or even as a snack.
If you have leftover mashed potatoes, besides the obvious potato cakes, try this: Fry an egg and serve finished a warm mound of mashed potatoes. Makes a different kind of supper.
Make a meal from leftovers seem special by adding homemade rolls or biscuits. Or serve along with a family favorite side dish or salad.
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