Tag Archives: leftovers

Farro and chickpea salad with grilled chicken – 5/3/17

Dinner tonight was driven by the fact that I had a lot of leftover, too sweet farro. Yesterday I made a new recipe that called for farro cooked in apple cider. It was not a hit. So my goal was … Continue reading

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Leftover Wednesday – Lamb Tacos – 4/19/17

So extra pictures did not do the trick as far as blog traffic was concerned. Nonetheless I have two pictures today. So I have leftover lamb, onions, and taco seasonings for the tacos along with feta cheese, mint, lettuce, and … Continue reading

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Deconstructed leftovers

Yesterday daughter and I went out to lunch. I ordered a tomato, mozzarella, and arugula sandwich on a baguette. I got an enormous sandwich – nearly a whole baguette’s worth. So I took more than half of it home. Unfortunately … Continue reading

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Best way to reheat pizza – 3/10/17

This is the best way to reheat pizza in my opinion. Reheating pizza in the microwave alone gives you a sodden crust but don’t abandon your microwave completely! Microwave a slice for 30 to 45 seconds and then put the … Continue reading

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Penne, meatballs, tomato sauce, ho-hum – 2/23/17

Boring. Easy. Quick. That about sums up Thursday’s dinner. The sauce was leftover and frozen from some previous Italian-inspired dinner and the meatballs come frozen in a bag. We cooked the penne.  It is embarrassing to post this but I … Continue reading

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Bits and pieces – 2/15/17

What can I say? We are leaving on Friday and clearing out the refrigerator and freezer. BTW the asparagus was awesome!

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Pan con tomate, pot stickers, and hot and sour soup?? 2/12/17

Tonight is a night for nibbling. We start with a Spanish tapa, pan con tomate. (Bread with tomato) We had this especially in Barcelona when we visited Spain back in 2010. Here’s the picture of our tapas from the restaurant, … Continue reading

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Pasta with sweet Italian sausage – 2/5/17

Remember the chicken cacciatore from Friday night? Here is the sauce from that dinner being used again in a yummy pasta dinner. We had part of a box of cellentani, three sweet Italian sausages, and a little of the cacciatore … Continue reading

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Scotch broth – 1/23/17

Since we are leaving for home later this week it is time for leftover soup. This soup was made with the lamb chop that I didn’t eat on Saturday and about an inch of turkey sausage plus an ancient pack … Continue reading

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Fajitas – 1/18/17

Fajitas are a Tex-Mex dish and the word “fajitas” means little strips of meat.  In the recipes I looked at most called for skirt steak but what we had was leftover ribeye steak from the “too rare” night. Unfortunately ribeye … Continue reading

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