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

OrkneyStar

ceridwen wrote: »

Normally I would use up leftover steamed potatoes by doing something like frying up some onion, adding the potatoes and putting them in a flan dish and putting 3 eggs/bit of milk/bit of flour/seasoning whipped together on top and then some grated cheese and bake in oven for a bit.

However - am trying to lose (correction - am losing!) a bit of weight - so thats out at present (no frying in oil and no cheese - both too fattening).

Any other ideas please?

Potato salad (with a low fat dressing) ?

Dobie

ceridwen wrote: »

Normally I would use up leftover steamed potatoes by doing something like frying up some onion, adding the potatoes and putting them in a flan dish and putting 3 eggs/bit of milk/bit of flour/seasoning whipped together on top and then some grated cheese and bake in oven for a bit.

However - am trying to lose (correction - am losing!) a bit of weight - so thats out at present (no frying in oil and no cheese - both too fattening).

Any other ideas please?

What about slicing them up & putting them into a baking dish with some veg stock. Brush the top with a tiny bit of oil & bake until bubbly & brown & crispy on top. You could serve that with whatever protein you're having that night.
Or you could make a complete meal by putting some leftover veg (if you have something like ham that would be nice chopped up & mixed in too although not essential) in an ovenproof dish with some stock & topping with the sliced potatoes & baking as before.

Olliebeak

Well todays evening meal will be roast organic lamb shoulder (bought last week on whoopsie from £8+ down to £4 and frozen), creamed potatoes (whoopsied), carrots (SP ones frozen to stop from going off), baby leeks (whoopsie a month ago, prepped and frozen when bought). Only thing thrown out so far is the packing off the lamb and the potato peelings! Oh yes - and the mint sauce is SmartPrice - not sure how much but I'm sure it was less than 10p a jar (didn't match what was on the shelf!).

I wish I could find a neighbour with a compost heap - I could keep them going with my veggie peelings. I find it really annoying that we can't put peelings into the garden waste recycling bins! They will take weeds - surely not a really good idea?, dead flowers - pooey slimy stalks! , grass cuttings - stink after 2 weeks of sitting there! BUT no peelings - it just doesn't make sense to me - but then again I'm no gardener! Having said that I'm no gardener, I'm about to put another batch of 'salad leaves' into a small trough container on the patio - the first lot are doing brilliantly :j - and my radishes have now recovered from a very late transplanting last weekend - this is my very first attempt at growing anything at all and I'm chuffed to bits when I see green things appearing above the compost :rolleyes: .

Last night we finished off the last of the nuked apples from last sunday with the last of the OOD Probiotic Yoghurt (had a good sniff first though - and we are both still here this morning!)

Also made my first carrot cake this week and have just put the cream cheese (SmartPrice of course ) topping on it (left till today because I had a houseful yesterday and it would have been ravaged by the rampaging hoards had it been completed ) - they were treated to Twink's Hobnobs instead .

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I discovered that I had a jar of pickled red cabbage in the fridge which had been there since Christmas unopened I used some as I had run out of beetroot for my salads this week.tasted lovely as well and saved me buying a jar of beetroot this week.

cwp500

Mappygirl wrote: »

I've never used those type of noodles but could you use them up in a stir fry? Stir fry's are great ways of using up any old veg!
!

good tip.

Dont like rice noodles personally they are a bit tasteless.

Egg noodles have more flavour but,dont forget, once they are cooked rinse them in COLD water to remove the floury taste then stir into a stir fry for a great chow mein type dish.

If you are stuck for decent egg noodles a good standby is to use vermicelli and use the same trick of rinsing in cold water immediately they are cooked before adding to stir fry.

givememoney

Olliebeak wrote: »

I wish I could find a neighbour with a compost heap - I could keep them going with my veggie peelings. I:D .

Why don't you have your own. Your council probably will sell you one at a reduced rate.

We put all our peelings and fruit scraps in ours along with grass clippings paper from the shredder etc. and it never fills up, it just keeps dropping down and of course after about a year, nice brown compost for the garden.

dobs

jus wondering does anyone reuse the leftovers on their plates the next day or just stuff left in the sauepans?

sunflower76

dobs wrote: »

jus wondering does anyone reuse the leftovers on their plates the next day or just stuff left in the sauepans?

I'm a funny bu**er about sharing food so I wouldn't use leftovers from someones plate but I do save anything not served. If I'm not sure how much to put on plates then I use serving dishes. It means more washing up but less waste.

Gers

givememoney wrote: »

Why don't you have your own. Your council probably will sell you one at a reduced rate.

We put all our peelings and fruit scraps in ours along with grass clippings paper from the shredder etc. and it never fills up, it just keeps dropping down and of course after about a year, nice brown compost for the garden.

We haven't got a garden but have a composter in the back yard - adding all the kitchen waste to it saves the rubbish bin and produces compost for friends to take and use in their gardens. My composter was about £6.00 from the council along with loads of free advice!

Annie021063

What a fab thread.
I have two freezers full of bits and bobs and cupboards full of odd bits. I am going to try and use some stuff up that has been around for a while along with trying not to throw anything away. Come September I will be starting a new and much more demanding job so I want to clear the decks and start to plan weekly menus and shop accordingly.(And obviously I am a dedicated MSE too!!)
I have a small tray of vine toms about 10 which need to be used now, Can I freeze them? I always have veg in cupboard not used up - can I freeze them raw or do I need to cook/blanche first?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks

Just thought - I have several tubs of soup in the freezer which I bought for a few pence each, however they are a bit spicy for me, can I mix them with homemade stuff to make it blander?