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]]>Ingredients (to serve 4):
- 1 1/2 cups of leftover rice
- 1/2 cup of peas, cooked, frozen or raw
- 1 white onion
- 1 cup of assorted vegetables, cooked or raw—such as carrots, broccoli, cauliflower or spinach
- 2 tablespoons of corn oil
- 2 teaspoons of soy sauce
- 4 medium eggs
- Black pepper, for seasoning
Instructions:
- Finely dice the onion.
- Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan.
- Add the onion once the oil is hot, keep stirring to avoid the onion sticking or burning.
- After 5 minutes, add the peas and vegetables if they are raw. If the peas and vegetables have already been cooked, add them to the onion after 7 minutes of frying.
- Once the vegetables have been cooking for 3 minutes, stir the rice in through the pan.
- Season with the soy sauce and black pepper.
- Whisk the eggs together, then pour over the rice. Stir through well.
- After 1 minute, remove the pan from the heat. Continue stirring until the eggs have cooked.
- Serve immediately.
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]]>It’s All Possible
Instead of seeing leftovers as a burden, think of them as a canvas waiting to be painted with new flavors and textures. Leftover chicken can be transformed into a hearty soup or a filling for tacos, while that last scoop of mashed potatoes can become crispy potato chips (Hey, you never know).
Have Fun With It
Don’t be afraid to mix and match ingredients. Combining different leftovers can lead to surprising and delicious results. How about tossing some leftover roasted veggies with cooked quinoa and a tangy dressing for a vibrant and wholesome salad?
Renewing Something Old
Lastly, embrace the power of reinvention. Leftover rice can be transformed into a flavorful fried rice dish, while stale bread can be turned into croutons for salads or breadcrumbs for coating chicken or fish.
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]]>Ingredients:
- 8 slices of bread of your choice, toasted if desired
- 1 cup turkey breast, sliced
- 1 cup dark-meat turkey, shredded
- 2 cups assorted Thanksgiving leftovers (green beans, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes or other sides), warmed
- 4 leaves lettuce
- 4 cups stuffing
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ½ cup cranberry sauce
- ½ cup leftover gravy
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 teaspoons olive oil
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions:
- In a small bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise and cranberry sauce. Set aside.
- Place the shredded dark-meat turkey and gravy in a saucepan and gently heat over medium-low, stirring occasionally, until warmed through.
- Cook the stuffing in a non-stick skillet until browned and crisp.
- In the same skillet, melt the butter over medium-low heat until foamy. Add the sliced turkey breast, flipping occasionally until warmed through, and season with salt and pepper.
- Spread 2 tablespoons of the cranberry mayonnaise onto a slice of bread and layer your toppings. Spread more cranberry mayonnaise on the other slice of bread before closing the sandwich and cutting it in half.
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]]>Stews and Dals
Often if you make dal with lentils or any other kind of stew, you’ll be making a big pot. That means you’ll have lots of leftovers, which you might not feel like eating all week long. In this case this is a meal that heats back up perfectly–just freeze in a plastic container (NOT glass–it will shatter in the cold) and heat in a pot when you want to eat it. The one thing to keep in mind is that these dishes often include potatoes and chunks of potato often don’t reheat well, so consider skipping them if you can.
Breaded Chicken
Breaded and fried foods like schnitzel or breaded tofu are particularly good for freezing because they get crispy and yummy when reheated in the oven. They are also good for freezing because they are individual pieces, so you can take out and heat up exactly how much you like.
Cooked Vegetables
You can buy frozen vegetables if you like, but freezing them is even better for a few reasons. If you’ve got time to cook, you can cook exactly the vegetables you like with the spices and flavors you like. It’s also cheaper to buy vegetables and cook them yourself than to buy them frozen. You can then warm them back up in the oven or put them into other meals you’re cooking without waiting around for them to cook through.
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]]>Homemade Pesto
If you enjoy making homemade pesto, kale and spinach can be used for this purpose. Your sauce will taste delicious even if they’re not 100% fresh.
Coleslaw
It’s pretty common to make coleslaw with cabbage, but it’s not the only option. You can also replace this veggie with certain leafy greens, such as kale and chard.
Green Smoothies
Green smoothies are often hailed as the healthiest of all varieties and you can take them to a whole new level with leafy greens even if they’ve been around for a few days.
Stir Fry
Leafy greens don’t have to be super-fresh if you’re planning to use them in a stir fry, and kale, spinach, and arugula are some of the best choices for this dish.
Creamy Soups
You can also enhance the taste and healthy properties of your creamy soups by blending leftover leafy greens with other ingredients.
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]]>Pizza Bagels
Duh! Topping a bagel with some marinara, cheese, and fun toppings is an easy way to transform the typical breakfast food into a filling dinner or lunch.
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Eat-Drink-TravelCroutons
This is the perfect option if your bagels are starting to be on the bit of the stale side. Bagel croutons are fun to make and they add an amazing layer of texture to salads and soups.
Bagel Bowls
Bread bowls are great, but bagel bowls are even better. If you have a leftover bagel, hollow out the inside and stuff it with soup, salad, eggs, or whatever your heart desires.
Bagel Chips
Who knew that stale bagels could be revived to create an addictive snack? Simply thinly slice a bagel, drizzle some olive oil, and bake them in a hot oven until golden and crispy.
Stuffing
Your favorite Thanksgiving dish just got even tastier. Try using cubed bagel pieces instead of plain bread the next time you make stuffing. Your guests will love the unique twist on a traditional dish.
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]]>Quinoa or Brown Rice
These nutritious grains are highly nutritious and full of vitamins, but they often lack flavor. Steaming quinoa or brown rice in chicken stock instead of water is a great way to infuse the grains with great taste.
Ramen
Although you may assume that chicken stock only works with chicken noodle soup, Asian style soups such as ramen become even tastier when they’re made with a homemade chicken stock base.
Mashed Potatoes
If you’re a sucker for mashed potatoes and gravy, but you don’t have any gravy around, you’ll love this idea. Pour some fresh chicken broth into your mashed potatoes for a gravy-like taste without the extra calories and work.
Ever since the first time I experimented using the Instant Pot for mashed potatoes, I have never made them on the stove again. It’s just so simple and quick. I throw them in, let it do its thing and I go off and get something else done in the kitchen without having to babysit a pot of boiling water filled with potatoes. It doesn’t make a mess and it’s fast! I also love the fact that if I am not using them right away, I can leave it in the Instant Pot on the “keep warm” feature. 
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Risotto can easily be made with water, but chicken stock is a lovely way to take this dish to the next level.
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]]>Sauteed Vegetables
There is so much you can do with leftover veggies from dinner the night before. You can use them as a centerpiece for a grain salad and top them with a really yummy vinaigrette for lunch or dinner, or even eat them for breakfast! The best way to transform them into a breakfast treat is to throw a fried egg on top and use the yolk as a yummy sauce to coat.
Wrap It Up
Nothing says transformation like losing the knife and fork and using your hands instead! Wraps and burritos are the perfect way to turn any meal into lunch for the next day. All you have to do is pile in whatever you ate, whether it’s rice, proteins, veggies, or a mix of all of them, wrap them up, and you’re set for the day!
Rice
If you get takeout Chinese food and still have a ton of the white rice it comes with, don’t throw it away! You can do so much with it and go in so many directions. Fry it up with some vegetables in soy sauce for fried rice, or use it in curries and beyond!
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]]>It’s commonly thought that microwave can only ruin pizza, and that’s true if you just stick a piece in it and press a button. If you want to avoid your pizza getting ruined and crust becoming stone-hard, there’s a simple thing you can do.
It really doesn’t get easier than this: you just need to microwave a small dish filled with water along with your pizza. It can be a microwave-safe glass or a small bowl, or anything else that can be microwaved and doesn’t take up too much space. Just put your dish and your pizza in the microwave and heat it for around 45 seconds and you’ll have delicious pizza just like last night!
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]]>Soup
Soup is something that is almost always better than the next day, even though you can obviously eat it right after you make. However, if you want to have something to enjoy as leftovers all week long, soup is the perfect thing to make.
(@mindfullyjessica)Pasta
Pasta is something that goes mushy really quickly, so it’s not something you really want to make in advance and keep around for a long time. Though there’s nothing wrong with eating it as leftovers, you’ll never have the best tasting pasta as leftovers.
(@mistermario_)Eggs
Whether you made shakshuka for lunch or your favorite brunch dish with eggs, it’s definitely not something you want to keep around after you’ve made it. Eggs don’t keep that well after they’ve been cooked, and reheating them is a pain anyway.
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