Category Archives: Leftovers For Dinner

Pizza and salad (twice). 12/9/25

Today we celebrated my birthday twin’s birthday. We are twins in so far as my birthday is 12/8 and his is 12/9 and he is five years older than I. We have been doing some sort of celebration since I … Continue reading

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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

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Leftover lamb, potatoes, and broccoli. 4/16/25

The broccoli was freshly made for tonight’s dinner but everything else was a leftover. We made the lamb by grilling it on Sunday and the potatoes came from last night’s dinner. To reheat the lamb John set up the sous … Continue reading

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Two-fer. 3/18 and 3/19/2025

On Tuesday John did most of the chopping for our dinner of chicken lo mein. I was hurriedly packing for a trip to the East Coast to be with my dear friend whose husband had died a few days before. … Continue reading

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Buffalo chicken wings with tabbouleh and beets. 2/26/25

Sometimes I do not feel like making and eating what I planned. In these cases it’s good to have back-up supplies. I had buffalo chicken wings in the freezer which appealed to me and left over tabbouleh and roasted golden … Continue reading

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Leftover Lasagna and Salad. 8/5/24

Tonight we finished off Saturday’s lasagna and added a fresh salad. If it were practical we would eat this every week!

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Thai Basil Eggplant with Tofu. 8/1/24

Happy August! Just think in a month and a half it will be autumn! Maybe the weather will cool down. I am not a summer person and I long for the days when I can make any sort of dinner … Continue reading

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Polenta with meatballs and tomato sauce, vegetables. 12/30/22

In an effort to make room in the refrigerator we decided to have a leftover dinner rather than the fish we had intended. We will eat the fish tomorrow for lunch. This is an amalgam of the polenta we had … Continue reading

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Spaghetti and meatballs. 12/26/22

Shortly before Christmas I made a tomato sauce for the chicken parm we were having for dinner. My idea at the time was that I would make enough sauce for dinner and also for Christmas Eve’s meatballs three ways. Of … Continue reading

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Leek and potato soup. 9/19/22

Tonight’s leek and potato soup began life a few weeks ago as Instant Pot Vichyssoises. We had a bunch left over so we heated it up to come back as leek and potato soup! No need to eat it cold … Continue reading

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