This week my singular goal centered around using up the massive amounts of leftovers in my fridge and thus not actually cooking a new meal. It’s Thursday night and we’re nearly there, due to polish off the leftover leftover dishes by tomorrow. Join me as I relish this accomplishment.
(BTW, it should be mentioned that the american way of using leftovers is to toss the seasoning of another ethnicity into it, namely those south of the border – though I did contemplate a fried rice or an Italian dish, but it used too much cheese.)
Monday
Lunch – (Leftover) Turkey & Rice soup
Dinner – Tacos (with massive amounts of taco meat from hosting dinner on Friday)
Tuesday
Lunch – Leftover shredded chicken (from hosting lunch on Saturday, thanks Ma!) and veggies with hummus dip. JJ took leftover pork loin.
Dinner – Quick & Easy Turkey Tetrazinni (with no cream, minimal cheese, and gf noodles! One of my biggest successes)
Wednesday
Lunch – Taco soup. But really, it just tasted like chili. I even had 3 extra littles to feed. JJ took leftover beef & noodles.
Dinner – BBQ chicken quesadillas with leftover shredded chicken (this was an epic fail, the tortillas were too soft on one half and nearly burned on the other. But I’m a firm believer that a good BBQ sauce can cover a multitude of sins. The kids ate it all with a bribe of an M&M).
Thursday
Lunch – Leftover leftover Turkey Tetrazinni. Triple word score. JJ took leftover taco soup chili.
Dinner – “Baked potato” soup using the leftover mashed potatoes. Reviews forthcoming. It said to use 2 slices of bacon, so I fried half a pound. I’m sure it’ll taste great.
Still in the fridge
- A lot of stuffing, but we don’t eat bread
- Roasted cauliflower that all 3 kids refuse reheated (but gobbled up the 1st time around)
- Enough pork for lunch tomorrow
- A bowl of taco
soupchili.
Now in the freezer
- 3 batches of Turkey & Rice soup
- A million bags of turkey bone broth (I could have got another million out of it, but JJ was tired of carrying the 5 gallon stock pot back and forth)