Who Wants Leftovers?

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I have always disliked leftovers.  That beef roast, pork roast, or steak, that was great for dinner loses its appeal once it’s cooled for a night.  Those side dishes—not so tasty after they were served the first time.  Often times, they sat in the fridge until I had to throw them out because they were beyond their prime. 

Now I have learned ways to make my leftovers into something that doesn’t seem old, drab, tasteless, and dull.  Sometimes it’s a matter of cooking enough for the meal I’m making, and the one I plan for later.  

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I wanted to make a nice stuffed flank steak for dinner one night, so I cooked up some wild rice, hard cooked eggs (since I was in the kitchen) and roasted some fresh asparagus and beets. 

 

Roasted Asparagus

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In a bowl, I mixed up some blue cheese, cream cheese, and shallots for the filling.  I spread that on the butterflied steak, topped it with some roasted asparagus and rolled it up.  

Cream cheese, blue cheese, shallots.

Stuffing the flank steak.

 Our dinner that night was wild rice, stuffed flank steak and a simple everyday salad.

--> The next day, I planned to make a BIG salad.  I grated  a couple of carrots in one bowl,  followed by grating the roasted beets in a separate bowl, opened a can of white beans (or garbonzos will work), made a lemon-mustard vinaigrette, and made each of those into a small amount of salad. 

Grated carrots

Bean Salad

Grated Beets

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 I went through my fridge to see what else I had on hand, and came up with this salad:

My favorite salad

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This salad has quartered hard-cooked eggs, fresh broccoli, cherry tomatoes, green leafy lettuce, carrot salad, bean salad, beet salad, and roasted asparagus.

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Because everything was kept separate, I could also make this salad for my lunch the next day:

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This time I used leftover chicken, leftover cooked grains, and many of the same things from the night before.  I promise you it was a delicious as it looks—BOTH times!

I can show you how to do make your leftovers sing and you can put some WOW on your table too!