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Category Archives: leftovers
Chicken enchiladas with salad
This is another dinner from the Costco rotisserie chicken that I bought on Friday. So far from one $4.99 chicken I have made a roast chicken dinner with gravy and sides, 2 quarts of chicken stock, these enchiladas with shredded … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, leftovers, Legumes, Mexican, Poultry, Salad, Southwest U.S., Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Stuffed pepper with farro and lamb. 4/19/23
What a delicious dinner this turned out to be! Usually stuffed peppers are made with ground beef and rice but we had some leftover lamb pieces in the freezer that John ground up in the food processor and I had … Continue reading
Posted in American, Grains, Kitchen tips, Lamb, leftovers, Methods, Vegetables
Tagged bell pepper, farro, Lamb
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Salad and soup. 4/11/23
Finishing up our weekend leftovers, I added some additional lettuce and cabbage to a bagged salad and John made new matzoh balls for the chicken vegetable soup I made yesterday. The soup was less successful. It came out kind of … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, leftovers, Salad, soup, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Grilled lamb, potatoes, and asparagus. 4/10/23
This dinner is actually the leftovers from Saturday. We served the lamb cold on Monday rather than risk overcooking it. The potatoes and asparagus were simply heated carefully in the microwave. I would say that the dinner was almost as … Continue reading
Noodles and zoodles with spicy tomato sauce. 1/13/23
On our menu this week we were supposed to be having noodles and zoodles with peanut sauce. The peanut sauce dish was just more trouble than I felt like going to so I switched the sauce to the spicy tomato … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, leftovers, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged pasta, zoodles
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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
Fusilli with mushrooms and kale. 11/30/22
I really, really enjoy our pasta Wednesdays and this was a particularly delicious one. I had a little of the red sauce that I made last week leftover so I added a can of Rotel to it to spice it … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Italian, leftovers, Methods, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
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Chicken ‘n gravy, mixed mash, and veg. 11/28/22
Four vegetables in tonight’s dinner. I cooked the butternut squash and the parsnips in the Instant Pot on high pressure for 12 minutes with an immediate steam release. They were totally tender and mashed easily. The broccoli and cauliflower steamed … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Instant Pot, leftovers, Methods, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Harira, ham, and egg. 11/20/22
This Sunday’s Breakfast For Dinner made use of leftover Harira, a Moroccan stew we made earlier this week. I added a piece of deli ham that I cut in strips, an over easy egg, and a squirt of sriracha to … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Eggs, leftovers, North African, Pork, stew, Vegetables
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Chicken spaghetti vegetable soup. 10/30/22
While John was having an omelet (again!) for his Sunday supper, I decided to raid the produce bins in the refrigerator, use up the rest of the pulled chicken from enchilada night, and break up some whole wheat spaghetti for … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, leftovers, Methods, Pasta, Poultry, soup, Vegetables
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