wonderful ideas with the leftover rice! I always make too much and haven't known what to do with it and I end up throwing it away.

I also make my own breadcrumbs with stale bread and keep a baggie of veggies in the freezer to add to stew.

Now, if I could figure out a use for extra spaghetti noodles....I just can't get the amount right when making dinner and have way too many. They end up going to waste because hubby and I don't like leftover spaghetti.

I can never make too much rice.... If I do make more than I need for dinner, hubby eats it with butter & sugar for dessert. Now, there's a cheap & sweet dessert. LOL.

My daughters & I usually eat leftovers for lunch during the week.

medako - leftover noodles, spaghetti, etc. - geez - nothing like having pre-cooked noodles for soup! Add it to broth with veggies for a quick soup. Just cut up the longer noodles ifyou want.

Heat some olive oil in a pan (not much) with fresh minced garlic, toss in pasta and toss to coat and heat through.

Make a mushroom sauce or a pesto to add to the pasta.

Use leftover pastas of different shapes (combined) and mix with sauce and freeze in individual containers for a quick meal or lunch that you can microwave in an instant.

Cut up the spaghetti and add to tomato soup or cheese soup.

Mix leftover cooked pasta with cheez whiz for a quick mac and cheese.

pure genius! Why couldn't I think of that on my own?? I'm gonna blame it on fried mommy brain! :p

LOL - I think we all get a case of "food blindness" and I know that it is very easy to fall into the "rut" of the same ol' same ol'.

Mommy brains are on automatic overload 24/7 - with more being added to it all the time!