Tonight was a rare night that I found myself home alone for dinner at the last minute. I had planned to serve a pasta with prosciutto to my family, with some pan-fried yellow squash. But when Andrew had to work late and Celia got a last minute invitation to a friend's house for dinner (Solomon's still at camp in Maine) I was all alone for the 6:00 Scramble! I didn't want to make pasta just for myself, so I threw all the leftovers in a salad, including lettuce that was starting to turn brown, corn kernels I had cooked and scraped off the cob last night, a hot pepper that didn't have much life left, and some shredded Cheddar cheese. I tossed it all with fresh lime juice and some of my favorite olive oil--voila, a healthy and pretty tasty salad for one (it's not worth sharing the recipe, but it was a decent meal).
How does this experience relate to your life, you might ask? Whether it's for one person or for the whole family, making a salad with all the leftover vegetables, meats, and cheeses at the end of the week is a great way to stretch your groceries, so you can waste less food and money. If it turns out to be Scramblicious, even better!
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Instead of in a salad, we put our leftover vegetables and meat into a quesadilla or a taco. Especially with a taco, each family member can choose his or her favorite filling from the variety of food that is brought to the table instead of it being wasted. One of my daughters likes to put fruit in her taco along with the sour cream.
I think a lot of food gets wasted (and so does the money it takes to replenish the fridge)because people don't get creative or know what to do with the leftovers.
I am much like you, leftovers are usually all tossed together as a salad for lunch. That way I have something quick during the day while I am at work, plus it all gets used up. I hardly ever have a free night, so I am always cooking for more than one.
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