Last week, we talked about the value of Meal Planning.
Today, let's discuss using up those left-overs.
First, get the idea of eating the same thing over and over out of your mind.
Eating left-overs doesn't have to be boring!
Want a couple of examples?
Monday - baked ham dinner
Tuesday - boiled dinner - ham, potatoes and carrots
Wednesday - split pea soup and fried dough
I managed to get 3 different suppers out of one ham.
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Monday - Baked chicken dinner
Tuesday - sweet bbq chicken and rice (by cutting chicken from bone)
Wednesday - chicken noodle soup (by boiling meat off from the bone)
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Here's another one:
Monday - roast beef dinner
Tuesday - beef stew
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You could also serve the same main dish, but add different sides.
Monday - spaghetti with bread and butter
Tuesday - left-over spaghetti with garlic toast and toss salad
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One of my favorite ways to get the crew to eat up those left-overs
is by making our noon meal the big meal of the day when possible.
For some reason, everyone is more apt to eat left-overs a few hours
later rather than the next day.
This idea may work for you!
The day after serving spaghetti, you may hear,
"What, spaghetti again!"
If served at noon, however, you may hear later in the day,
"Hey, is there any of that spaghetti left?"
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One more left-over trick is to make extra on purpose, then
freeze it up for a quick meal later in the month.
~Candy~
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