Leftover corn can be used for making fritters -
Leftover meatloaf makes great sammies: smush up, add spices and use for tacos, chili, etc.; can be used as a meat sauce of pastas; smash up and add one can of cream of mushroom soup and heat in skillet. When warmed through, add a small container of
sour cream. Serve over egg noodles. This also works well with leftover hamburger patties or unsauced meatballs.
Potato pancakes from mashed potatoes
Pot pies and salads from all kinds of meat - use your imagination
Creamed Turkey Over Rice
1 med. onion, chopped
1/2 c. chopped celery
1/4 c. butter
1/4 c. flour
1 1/2 c. chicken broth
2 c. cooked cubed turkey
1 c. milk
1/2 c. cubed Swiss cheese
1 T. diced pimientos, drained
1/2 t. salt
1/4 t. pepper
1/4 t. ground nutmeg
Hot cooked long grain and wild rice
In large skillet, saute onion and celery in butter until tender. Stir in flour until blended. Gradually stir in broth. Bring to boil; cook and stir 2 minutes. Reduce heat; stir in turkey, milk, cheese, pimientos, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Cook until cheese is melted and mixture is heated through.
Serve over rice.
Use chicken, turkey or ham for this.
Save all those heels from your breads and stuff them in a large plastic bag in your freezer for bread stuffings, bread puddings, etc. A nice mix of various grained breads makes a delicious stuffing/dressing. Save sweet, fruit, cinnamon bread pieces for bread puddings.
Make your ouwn croutons and bread crumbs.
Use leftover salmon to make croquettes.
POT ROAST - Shred or chop leftover pot roast. In a Dutch oven,
saute one medium onion, chopped, in oil, until done. Add the
shredded beef. Stir in 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder and cook
1 minute. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon salt, one small can of chopped green
chiles, and 1/2 cup water. Reduce heat to low and let simmer about
30 minutes. Check often to see if you need to add more water. The
consistency should be about stew consistency, but not as wet as
soup. When meat is done, stir 1 tablespoon flour into 1/4 cup water
until blended. Slowly add flour mixture to meat and cook over
medium heat until thickened. Remove from heat and stir in 1 cup
shredded Monterrey Jack cheese until melted. Spoon some of the
burrito mixture into a warmed flour tortilla, add salsa, sour cream,
avocados, onions or whatever suits you.
FRIED CHICKEN - Although we don't often have much of this left
over (I like it cold!), when we do have an abundance, I remove the
skin, shred the meat and either use it in my favorite casserole, or,
even better, make chicken salad, which takes on a whole new taste
if you also use just a bit of the crust (but not the skin) from the
chicken.
SLOPPY JOE MEAT MIXTURE - Spread the leftover meat mixture
over a pizza crust (you can use a store bought one), cover with cheddar
cheese and bake in a 400 degree oven until heated through and
the cheese is melted, approximately 8 to 10 minutes. Really quick,
really easy, and really different! I also make this from scratch using
canned Sloppy Joe Mix.
HAMBURGERS - break up hamburgers into loose meat. Brush a
premade pizza crust with olive oil, spread the meat over the crust.
Sprinkle lightly with onion powder. Top with cheddar cheese (or a
mixture of cheddar and Monterrey Jack) and crumbled bacon and
bake in a 400 degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes until heated through
and the cheese is melted. Voila! Bacon cheeseburger pizza!
Holler if you need recipes!