Leftovers

[r8rpwr]

I love taking leftovers to lunch at work. I always eat in and I like reheated leftovers MUCH better than a sandwich.

We have too many leftovers and it IS a challenge, I have to admit, to always use them up, but I do try. Wasting food bothers me.

[aeiou]

I love to take leftovers to work with me for lunch instead of eating out. Not only does it save money most times the leftovers are healthier than eating out. I am a firm believer that a hot lunch gives you fuel to make it through the rest of the work day.

[Upennmama]

I love leftovers. I eat them for lunch and send them with my husband to work so he won't buy food! I find that if I am going to do leftovers for dinner though, it works better to portion out the food right after cooking it and then put it away, not just put away what's left after we eat, KWIM? Or sometimes I prepare all the food and then portion it before even cooking it, like I'll make a whole lasagna and then cut it in half before baking it. It turns out better when not twice cooked.

[r8rpwr]

That is a good thought about portioning the food out in advance. I did that recently with chicken spaghetti.

Sometimes I'll do that and immediately freeze one portion. That way, we're not eating "leftovers" immediately, but instead a few weeks later.

[Upennmama]

Yeah, that really helps with the feeling tired of eating the same things again and again.

[peacherina]

I agree about the not eating it cooked twice definitely. Leftovers are good to me too

[Twinmama]

When I was a single girl, I'd make two batches of meatloaf at once, and freeze individual servings right away. That's not really leftovers, though, is it?

[r8rpwr]

No, not leftovers, just good planning.

I haven't made meat loaf in awhile; I should make double the next time and freeze one. I tend to kind of forget about meat loaf most of the time. Don't know why that is.

[TexasRose]

I don't mind leftovers at all. I really should put more effort into cooking the proper amounts of food, but then if you have leftovers then that just means you don't have to cook every day. I love to cook but with my job it's sometimes hard to fit everything into the hours in the day.

Plus, we are trying to save money and it's helpful to stretch our food dollars.

[DevilsCharm]

I'm always eating leftovers, mainly because I don't eat much (I get full really fast) so there is always stuff "left over", and I'll just eat it later. I can take a meal that one regular, normal, not-weird person would eat in one go, and stretch it to 4 meals.