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Category Archives: leftovers
Warm lentil and sausage salad. 8/3/25
As often happens I bought an ingredient for a dish I was making and then had leftovers of the ingredient. In this case it was fennel. I set about looking for recipes that included fennel and found one that was … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, leftovers, Legumes, Recipes, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged fennel, lentils, Salad, turkey sausage
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Skillet lasagna. 7/31/25
Tonight was Sarah’s night to cook. With some leftover components from the lasagna she made last week she cobbled together a lasagna bowl. She had tomato beef sauce, pasta, ricotta, and mozzarella in it. With your eyes closed it tasted, … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Chinese, Italian, leftovers, Pasta, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Lasagna, pasta
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Stuffed peppers. 6/4 & 5/2025
I bought a bag of four very large red and yellow peppers for $3.99. Since these peppers usually sell for $1.50 each or more, I felt pretty good about my purchase. I made some tomato sauce and mixed in one … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Italian, leftovers, rice, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged bell peppers, ground beef, rice
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Seared tuna, rice, snow peas. 6/2/25
Our tuna dinner was very economical and delicious! I bought two seven ounce frozen tuna pieces on sale for $5.99 each. So the three of us ended up having almost 5 ounces of tuna each for $4 a person. Try … Continue reading
Posted in American, Asian, Easy, Fish, leftovers, Methods, pescatarian, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged rice, snow peas, tuna
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Vegetable lamb soup. 6/1/25
I made this soup as plain vegetable soup yesterday for lunch. It was the combination of chicken stock and a bag of Trader Joe’s fresh cut up vegetables which includes broccoli, Napa cabbage, and bok choy. It also contains snow … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Lamb, leftovers, Methods, soup, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Lamb, soup, Vegetables
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Stuffed peppers again. 4/23/25
The problem with making ten stuffed pepper halves is that they wipe out your dinner plans for the next few days. So here is what we ate on our leftover night. I took one of the halves and topped it … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Italian, leftovers, Leftovers For Dinner, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged stuffed peppers, tabbouleh
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Penne with meat sauce. 3/11/25
We were supposed to be having chicken enchiladas for dinner tonight. Sarah and I were tasked with picking a rotisserie chicken from Costco. But when we got there the chicken cupboard was bare and so we had to come up … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Italian, leftovers, Pasta, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged meat sauce, penne
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Grilled boneless ribeye steak with leftovers. 11/7/24
John and I bought this steak on Wednesday and planned to have it with the leftovers from Jonathan’s fancy scallop dinner. We needed something quick and easy to do since the guys were gone most of the day Thursday playing … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, leftovers, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables
Tagged Beef, Steak
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Nachos. 9/8/24
For our Breakfast for Dinner night I made a kind of mishmash of leftovers in the refrigerator. Pepperoni, chicken, green onions, jalapeño, shredded cheese, and an egg went into the mix. I scrambled the egg very loosely and put it … Continue reading
Posted in American, Breakfast For Dinner (BFD), Easy, leftovers, Methods, Poultry, Southwest U.S., Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Eggs
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Shrimp Tacos with Mango Salsa and Spicy Beans. 7/12/24
On Friday John was in charge of cooking the shrimp perfectly and searing the tortillas. Great job, John! I took care of the vegetables making the salsa out of a can of fire-roasted Rotel, a lovely ripe mango, cumin, sriracha, … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Hot weather meals, leftovers, Legumes, Mexican, Middle Eastern, pescatarian, Shellfish, Southwest U.S., Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged beans, shrimp
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