These are tough economic times but when times get tough, I say the tough get creative. Bill and Rosemary Haley writing in their book Haley's Hints have some great ideas about what to do with leftovers. With our grocery bills getting higher and higher, you'll find these tips very useful.
POULTRY, MEAT AND FISH
Meat Loaf
Ham - Use ham slices to decorate and liven up muffins. Split the centers and stuff with rolled ham. Dice cooked ham for use in salads and omelets.
Pork - Slice leftover pork and add to rice dishes or soups.
Meatloaf - Add leftover meatloaf to your spaghetti sauce. Make a meatloaf salad (like egg salad) for sandwiches by mixing with onions and mayonnaise. Here is my favorite use for leftover meatloaf or hamburgers - roll it up in tortillas with scrambled eggs for breakfast tacos.
Bacon - Fry up that last piece or two of bacon and crumble it for use in salads or as a topping. Again, you can use it will eggs in a breakfast taco or save it for a BLT sandwich especially good in the summer when home grown tomatoes are available.
Tuna Salad - Leftover tuna salad can be added to cooked macaroni. Sprinkle with cheese and bake for 1/2 hour. Instant casserole.
PASTA
Leftover noodles - Add leftover noodles to chicken or beef broth for a a delicious next day soup. Toss pasta with oil, vegetables and seasonings for a cold noodle salad. You can also make spaghetti pie by adding tomato sauce, cheese and a few veggies and then baking the mixture in the oven in a pie plate.
RICE
-Mix with kidney beans (rice and beans make a perfect protein), your favorite seasonings and toss. Makes an interesting side dish.
-Add olives and pimentos for a cold rice salad.
-Make rice pudding.
-Add vegetables, cut up chicken, leftover pork or beef or even leftover chicken nuggets and scrambled egg to make fried rice. My kids always loved that recipe. You can find recipes for fried rice online.
VEGETABLES
-Keep corn, peas, carrots, green beans for use in a rice salad.
-Add to your home-made or canned tomato soup.
-Reheat baked potatoes. Slice at 1/2 inch intervals and stuff with garlic butter or make twice baked potatoes or those great baked potato skins.
-Grated potatoes make great meatloaf extender.
-Pan-fry leftover boiled potatoes or boil some eggs and make a potato salad.
-Roll mashed potatoes into balls, dip them in egg, then bread crumbs and bake until golden brown.
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