Oh those leftovers... What to do, what to do? Many delicious
transformations can be done with those leftover foods, transformations
to almost completely different dishes. Since you can freeze leftovers
safely, save them for future quick dishes.
Note: the word "Size" means chop into bite sized pieces or pieces that
fit the dish.
Beef and Pork Pot Roast
Beef Stew - Size and add carrots, corn, potatoes, celery bell pepper and
onion. Make a little additional gravy and season to taste -
Pot Pies or Turnovers - Follow your favorite pot pie recipe
Spaghetti - Remove most of the gravy, size and add to your favorite
spaghetti.
Beef Pasta - French cut it (size and shape of French fries) and use
this
recipe.
Sandwiches - Pot roast makes a great sandwich on French bread or on a
bun. Also...size and add barbecue sauce for a barbecue beef sandwich.
Add some steak sauce for another variation.
Beans - Size and add to a pot of beans
Jambalaya or Dressing - Size and add...
Soup - Add to your vegetable soup
Fajitas - You're own your own on this one
Note: If you have previously frozen a small portion of pork roast
combine the two for the above dishes.
Pork Chops
Spaghetti - Size and add smoked sausage.
Sandwiches - Size or de-bone and use whole. Fry an egg hard and slap on
there for a great Cajun Brunch...
Jambalaya or Dressing - Size and add...
Beans - Size and add to a pot of beans
Pork Pasta - substitute the beef with the pork in
this recipe
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Baked Chicken
Spaghetti - Size and add
Sandwiches - Size and prepare your favorite "salad sandwich"
Pot Pies or Turnovers - Follow your favorite pot pie recipe
Chicken Pasta - Size and use
this recipe.
Gumbo - Size and add to your chicken gumbo.
Jambalaya or Dressing - Size and add...
Soup - Add to your vegetable soup or regular chicken soup
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Turkey - see Baked Chicken
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Barbecue
Spaghetti - Rinse (if you wish), size and add
Sandwiches - Barbecue makes a great sandwich on French bread or on a
bun. Size and prepare...oh, make a little sauce on the side. You can
chop the chicken up, de-bone the ribs and chop, slice the sausage in
thin strips.
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Hamburgers
Spaghetti - Size and add to a three meat (beef, pork and sausage) spaghetti.
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Pasta
Pasta dishes - do Beef Pasta or
Crawfish Pasta
Mac-n-Cheese - Put in casserole dish, season and sprinkle cheese on top
and bake.
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Ham
Beans - Size and add to a pot of beans
Salad - Size and add to your favorite salad
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Rice (cooked)
Rice-n-Eggs - A filling breakfast
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Shrimp (boiled or baked)
Salad - Size and add to your favorite salad
Gumbo or Stew - Size and add
Pizza - size and add
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Crab (from a crab boil)
Crab Stew - clean as you would fresh crab and add.
Stuffed Crab - peal and add
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Crawfish (from a crawfish boil)
Turnovers - size and add
Crawfish Omelet - mmmm
Salad - Size and add to your favorite salad
More ideas on the Recipe
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