Yes! That leftover ham bone from a ham dinner is welcome (along with a little leftover meat, too) in split pea soup!!!
So I almost always cook enough food to last me 3 or 4 meals. I add variety in the side dishes or eat a meal of boiled fish with vegetables in between to add some variety. If I cooked too much food I can also freeze part of it.
Ya know Roch, I thought of that too, and that's exactly what I did. The thing was that the reheated Macaroni had only been tossed in Olive Oil ...
Do you think that the combo made it rubbery? Anyways that was I nice leftover meal for moi last night ...
I did the same thing!!
... I got them to pay me to make them 5 meals each per week ... win win in my book 
They were paying for in the ingredients and I chipped in my time. I never knew how to cook for two, four was my magic number 
Just call it al dente “extreme”.Ya know Roch, I thought of that too, and that's exactly what I did. The thing was that the reheated Macaroni had only been tossed in Olive Oil ...
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Looks really good - I could see making New Year's Eve ham, and making this for the start of the New Year.
Here’s how to start the New Year.
A similar problem that I have is making a recipe and freezing some. I always just throw whatever amount I’m saving into the freezer without portioning it.
A month later, I’ll get whatever it is out of the freezer, like a pot pie filling, and realize I’ve saved four portions in one lump, when I really should have saved them off in two portions. I’m embarrassed to say how many times I’ve done that - it’s basically freezing something to throw away later.
Vacuum sealed & frozen, the supposedly embarrassing leftovers can become the wonderful stuff for making things like pot pies, soups & stews! in the fridge, the leftovewr veggies, rice, noodles or potatoes can add to that by coming in dandy! As kids, we used to call it "clean out the fridge" soup. Because just about everything came from the fridge or the freezer. Hah!! But Mama knew what she was doing, & that same tradition has followed us to this very day! It's also called stretching your budget to make ejnds meet! And boy, can we learn from that in today's high food prices as the result of the War in Ukrane!!
Have tried putting them in an Air Fryer?
No air fryer just of yet... soon...
