Do you still eat your leftovers?

[chefdiva]

Do you throw food leftover or recook them again? How long you keep the food left over? What do you do with them??? I always try to keep the food leftover as much as i can, because i really don't think it is ok to waste food. How bout you?

 

[mtmomj]

We usually recook them again. If it is something like baked chicken, my husband will boil it the next day to get a chicken stock and then make a whole other meal out of it.

I won't keep leftovers longer than 3-5 days (even though they would probably last longer). It was kind of beat into my head in the restaurant industry when it came to pies, meats, juices, etc.

 

[r8rpwr]

I eat leftovers all the time. I will keep them several days, but usually we can use them up - I eat them for lunch as well as the next day's dinner.

If I can, I try to make them into something else, for example if I roast a chicken I'll use the leftovers in a casserole. Or roast beef in soup. I take veggies and put them in a Tupperware in the freezer. When I have enough, I add some meat and seasonings and have stew.

Anything that freezes well, I'll keep for another day.

 

[Mama Mangia]

depends on the leftovers - some get "recyled" into other meals like casseroles, etc., some get frozen like meats and gravies for futre meals or even homemade TV dinners, some may get warmed the following day - if not they get tossed the second day

 

[Mrs. Chipotle]

I use up leftovers mostly by taking them to work for lunch. DH isn't too fond of leftovers so I end up eating most of them, unless I can hide them in something else the second day.

 

[Mama Mangia]

I use up leftovers mostly by taking them to work for lunch. DH isn't too fond of leftovers so I end up eating most of them, unless I can hide them in something else the second day.

LOL!! Hiding them in something the next day!! Men are so fussy.

Make a large roast and you can recyle it for him in meat salads, fajitas and or tacos, add BBQ sauce for sandwiches, use a different type of sauce for another meal - see when he realizes its actually leftovers! A friend of ours made a meatloaf (traditional with the brown sugar and ketchup on top) and her family won't eat leftovers. She made a huge one! The next day she broke up the meat and added BBQ sauce and ketchup for sloppy joes. The day after she made tacos and taco salads and a taco appetizer breaking up the meat and adding taco seasoning mix and water to heat through. She had some for the freezer that she used for loosemeat sandwiches, Impossible pies and chunked some for a ground beef pot pie! No one knew what she did!

 

[medako]

We always eat leftovers. Rarely does food get tossed. The kiddo and I will eat what hubby doesn't take to work for lunch. I intentionally make more than necessary for dinners.

 

[lcsamano]

We always have leftovers so that way my and DH can take them to work for lunch. It really cuts back on our spend money. Depending on what the leftovers are we might use them for another meal. Example leftover roast will become taquitos. Left over chicken can become tacos or burritos.

 

[Lila42]

I will eat leftovers. My husband prefers not. The problem is, with two teenage sons, if I have leftovers, it's not enough for even one person...just little bits..I used to throw out the last little bits of the veggies I served, now I keep a tupperware bowl in the freezer and put all of the leftover veggies in it. Then when I make soup I use all of those veggies. I don't know what I can do with the little bits of the main dishes , though. I usually just throw them out.

 

[medako]

I usually freeze my leftover veggies too, if I don't use them within a day or so. They're great when it comes time for soups and stews.

 

[lcsamano]

With veggies I usually don't freeze them. If I have any left I try to incorporate them into the next nights meal or send them in lunches. I used to save them in the freezer but I usually forgot all about them.

 

[Lila42]

I can see how that would happen. I have to do it though, becuase it's usually only a tablespoon or so leftover. I guess I could try to hide them in something..lol