Use it up! Don't throw it in the bin!

kethry

BarmyCow wrote:

We don't have any left overs in our house....not because we are soooo efficient or anything but because we have a couple of walking garbage disposal units in the form of St Bernards. :j

neither do we.. i have a walking garbage disposal unit in the form of OH. even if he gets full i have instructions to keep almost everything int he fridge.. its rare that i end up throwing something out cos its gone off when it comes to that kind of thing.

have to say though, its great having an OH like mine - i know that unless something is *really* inedible, he'll eat whatever i produce, which gives me terrific freedom in the kitchen. fate'll punish me by giving me children that are terribly picky, i bet.. [but i have to say: at this stage, i don't really care, i just want kids, picky or no!]

keth
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Elliesmum

Very little food gets thrown away in our house. Left over veg etc gets frozen for the soup/stock pots. Brocolli and cauli stems/stumps get made into broc and cauli soups. Any leftover sliced meat goes into sandwiches for lunches. I don't buy dish cloths anymore, just use an old vest from DD (who is 3.5 so are a perfect size) or a T shirt cut up.

Slightly OT but we have a compost bin (no garden though - gonna give the contents to next door!), we fill 2 big wheelie green bins every month and 2 glass recycling boxes. I only put the grey (landfill bin) out once a month hald full. So even if we "throw" things away in a bin, they are being reused.

EM X

oldandhappy

All our leftovers go in the farmland next to us...tis a joy to watch...foxes badgers and much too smaller creatures to see but enjoy for sure...put out too early and the crows and magpies eat the lot except on bad weather days and then the seagulls are so so there 1st whatever. Mrs Happy...leftovers have all kind of uses

catznine

Thanks for all the answers! :T This week I cooked up the remains of 2 roast chickens and made cream of chicken soup, chicken stock and a chicken pasta bake. I would have thrown this away a few years ago! :rolleyes:

catznine

thriftlady wrote:

Recent leftover triumphs;
Made a beef stew - froze the leftover juice/gravy
Made braised oxtail, added some wine but it needed more liquid so I used the leftover juice.
Still had leftover juice from the finished oxtail dish so used it as the stock part of parsnip risotto.
Had leftover risotto, so made risotto cakes (egged and breadcrumbed-using leftover bread obviously).
Mashed potato leftovers made into potato cakes for kid's breakfast.
Made stock with the green tops of leeks which I usually throw away.
Roast lamb - leftover lamb made into lamb pilaff cooked in lamb stock made from the bone. Gravy frozen for future use.
Roast chicken - leftovers made into little pies with the leftover gravy and veg.
Stock made with the carcase.

Wow Thriftlady! Lots of leftover triumphs! Love the risotto cakes idea.

Numptie

My wife uses a lemon every morning in a hot drink. When she has squeezed the juice out both halves go in the freezer. When I do a chicken dish in the frying pan (chicken thighs, onion, garlic, peppers etc in a light gravy) I add two halves of lemon. Makes a great sauce.

janb5

Numptie, your wife may like to try cutting slices of lemon and open freezing them ready for hot lenon drinks or ` ice and a slice` in the summer! Open freezing means they dont stick together.

Horasio

janb5 wrote:

Numptie, your wife may like to try cutting slices of lemon and open freezing them ready for hot lenon drinks or ` ice and a slice` in the summer! Open freezing means they dont stick together.

Yes a two in one ice cube:)

It is great done with limes and oranges too for a Pimms

annscullamus

We have always used all the left overs from Sunday lunch to make 'Roast Dinner Soup' it really does work! Even Yorkshire puddings!
I always make too much soup in the slow cooker for one day, then use it as stock (after re boiling it of course!) for chicken pieces or sausages etc and the reboiled soup makes fantastic sauce.

mikeD

We normally don't have much in the way of leftovers. Why? Because I make enough to go round.

However when I make a stew, using one of darling Delia's recipes, then there is usually enough for another dinner next day plus a decent soup for the day after that. By the way, we love stew!

The other thing we do on a regular basis is to save the crusts of loaves, freeze them and when there is enough, make a bread pudding. This goes down a treat with the whole family.