What to make with fridge leftovers ?

[Deleted User]

I'm in need of some ideas/inspiration for evening meal tonight please

In my fridge & veg rack I have lots of small bits - one carrot, one onion, a couple of sticks of celery, a swede, couple of baking potatoes, half a pepper, about 100g of lentils (cooked), 1 leek, 1 large mushroom, 1 bulb of fennel, one-quarter of a savoy cabbage.

Now NORMALLY I would think about a soup or a curry, but we've had loads of those recently. Can anyone please suggest an alternative? (It doesn't have to use ALL the above, but it would be great if it could use up at least half, especially the lentils - which need using up).

Cheers !

8-of-us

have a look on supercook . com
you enter what you have and it suggests meals with the ingredients
(sorry too new to be allowed to post actual link but hope that helps)

fairtrade

Baked potato with a lentil and veg filling.

SailorSam

If you were doing some sort of fried rice dish you could throw lots of things in. Or maybe a frittata (spl) or lasagne.

Butterfly_Brain

• Vegetarian lasagne
• Lentil loaf with carrot, onion , grated cheese and chopped mushroom bind with breadcrumbs or a packet of dry stuffing mix and bind with an egg.
• Mash the swede with butter and nutmeg and freeze or use as a side dish
• Finely chop the savoy cabbage for crispy "seaweed" Chinese style
• Chop all veg and add to noodles with a Chinese sauce
• Tear off leaves of the cabbage and fill with cooked rice and veg, roll up and steam until the leaves are tender

[Deleted User]

Wow, thanks for all this. I was feeling really uninspired but now have ideas for the rest of the week!

Fantastic !!! :T

meg72

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

• Vegetarian lasagne
• Lentil loaf with carrot, onion , grated cheese and chopped mushroom bind with breadcrumbs or a packet of dry stuffing mix and bind with an egg.
• Mash the swede with butter and nutmeg and freeze or use as a side dish
• Finely chop the savoy cabbage for crispy "seaweed" Chinese style
• Chop all veg and add to noodles with a Chinese sauce
• Tear off leaves of the cabbage and fill with cooked rice and veg, roll up and steam until the leaves are tender

Wo some great ides there BB how long would you bake the lentil loaf for please, I fancy giviing it a go. and how do you do your crispy seaweed tried it once but it turned out soggy not crispy.

[Deleted User]

fairtrade wrote: »

Baked potato with a lentil and veg filling.

Did this last night and it was lovely. Also added a tiny bit of fresh chilli to the mix (off my £3.50 plant bought in Tesco in June 2013, which hasn't stopped giving me chillies ever since).

Thank you.