Anyone want to join me in a 'using up leftovers' thread?

[nymphadora]

I need suggestions that aren't soup or jam!
Been using /freezing everything but running out of inspiration.

I'm veggie but dh & kids eat meat so any suggestions welcome!

Also using up the produce from our garden/parents allotment/ some hedgerow stuff (waiting for blackberries at the moment! mmmm)

What have you got leftover?

Casserole/curry/chilli/spag bol/ratatouille can all "absorb" a wide range of leftover vegetables.

Frittata/tortilla/spanish omelette can also use up lots of things, so long as there's some potato in it.

And most fruit can go into a pie or crumble, mixed up if you don't have enough f any one kind.

Oh and leftover meat can always be fried up with some veg and used as fajitas!

It depends what you are starting with, nymph

Any sort of left overs! Just trying to stop waste!

Ta MuminScotland

You need to consider leftovers when you make your main meals.

Give us something to work with, nymph, and we will help you.

Arancini: left over risotto squeezed into balls and fried

Pasta fritters: left over spaghetti mixed up with beaten egg and cheese, fried.

Mix left over mash/crushed potato with anything and fry.

just fry everything, basically

from 1 chicken:
roast chicken - meal one (you have veggies and veg sausage or equivalent)

chicken and chips or chicken salad - meal 2 (egg n chips or cheese salad)

chicken risotto with last pickings from carcass - make stock from the bones - meal 3 - plan this for a night when you're eating up a different leftover from the freezer!

If a very large chicken you could get fajitas from it too - yours could just contain the veggies and cheese. leftover veggies from this with a couple of tins of toms = spicy pasta sauce!