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

RAMBLER

A great way to use up cottage cheese is a pasta bake.

I do a bit of passata on the base, cooked pasta (whatever shape) then cottage cheese mixed with an egg yolk (freeze white's for later use) scrapping of nutmeg and black pepper, mix add next to pasta, add some spinach which you have defrosted and squeezed as much water as poss, then add more pasta and add more passata.

Delicious

Everyone loves it, Also Simon Rimmer the chef uses it in the same way for lasagne

kippers

Today i cooked a cabbage for tea (with pork chops mash and carrots) as it had been knocking around in my fridge and needed eating.

I have a bit of mash left and a bit of the cooked cabbage left so i thought i'd make bubble & squeak tomorrow ....but i don't know how...can anyone help me with this?

I've just worked out the yogurts and realised that we will have 2 left over by the sell by date if me & DH have one a day ( i really need to re-calculate how many i buy). Looks like i need to have yoghurt for breakfast tomorrow.

Mappygirl

Hi Kippers,

I've got this recipie for bubble and squek, but I've never tried it so couldn't say if it's any good or not!

mashed potato
cooked cabbage and any other veg
a bit of butter

Mix potato and cabbage. Add seasoning and a pinch of nutmeg (optional)
Heat butter in a frying pan and add the mixture. Either press it down into the pan to make a 'cake' or make small patties or even just leave the mixture loose in the pan.

Cook for about 15mins or until it's browned nicely.

Serve with a couple of slices of corned beef.

HTH

*Jellie*

Primrose wrote: »

All these interesting posts are starting to make me think that perhaps what we need on here is a daily "Ready, Steady Cook" challenge to fire up our creative cooking skills and help us view left overs in a more imaginative way.

That's a great idea!
I often struggle with buying food and not getting through it as I am single e.g. bags of veg. This thread has really helped me use food more efficiently but also think about freezing things before they end up being thrown out. Yesterday I grated half a block of cheese and froze it as well as freezing fresh basil before I succeed in killing it off!!

calleyw

was a good girl yesterday.

Took three apples that where a bit battered and brusied sliced and popped in a saucepan. Jucied the two dried up oranges and popped it in. And stewed them.

Husband will have it tomorrow with some icecream.

Yours


Calley

p00

I was watching Jamie Oliver and saw that he never cuts the ends off carrots or rarely peels garlic and so on, he just bungs it all in. Like spring onions, I just cut to about an inch of the stalk and throw the rest. Is this right as I trim everything and now feel I might be throwing away some of the best bits?

p00 x

wyebird

Tonight's random defrost turned out to be chicken thighs, so we had Thai green curry with paste and lime juice found in fridge.
Also made little tarts with the end of the red onion chutney and a ball of out of date mozerella (sp?).
need to find something to take to bbq tomorrow

wyebird

Tonight's random defrost turned out to be chicken thighs, so we had Thai green curry with paste and lime juice found in fridge.
Also made little tarts with the end of the red onion chutney and a ball of out of date mozerella (sp?).
need to find something to take to bbq tomorrow....

chardonnay_2

p00 wrote: »

I was watching Jamie Oliver and saw that he never cuts the ends off carrots or rarely peels garlic and so on, he just bungs it all in. Like spring onions, I just cut to about an inch of the stalk and throw the rest. Is this right as I trim everything and now feel I might be throwing away some of the best bits?

p00 x

hi do you mean you throw away most of the green bit? if so all you need to do is trim both ends slightly and use the whole spring onion as you would normally.

chardonnay_2

margaretclare wrote: »

DH made eggy onion for breakfast - a very nourishing breakfast to see us through the morning.

HTH

hi what is eggy onion? is it boiled egg mixed with diced onion as we used to have this in sandwiches when i was little.