Leftovers often don’t thrill me . . unless I can find some way to spruce them up a bit.
With any foods I cook, if they’re the type foods that heat up easily and still taste good, I always try to make extras. The other night we had grilled chicken, fried apples and fried sweet potatoes. We had also grilled some sausage. The leftovers all went into one container.
- Leftovers
When it was time to cook dinner a couple of nights later, the chicken and sausage were sliced.
- Sausage
- Chicken
The pineapple slices were cut into chunks.
Pineapple
A little olive oil was poured into the bottom of a skillet and then the chicken, sausage, pineapple, leftover apples and sweet potatoes were added. Once the foods was hot, I added a little orange juice.
Dinner
In a separate skillet, I browned more of the leftover sausage, added kale and cooked it til it was barely done.
Kale
The meat mixture was spooned over the kale, a little grated parmesan cheese was added.
Grilled Chicken/Sausage over Kale
You tell me that doesn’t look yummy! It was such a good use of leftovers even better than the original meal.
Sherrill says
I have never liked leftovers–ever! When Frank was still alive, he’d eat anything and he would always take leftovers to work for lunch. Now, if I eat out and have stuff left, I don’t even think about bringing it home unless I’m with my niece & family as they have dogs that’ll eat most anything. I know its wasteful but it would sit in my fridge & go bad anyway. Nobody could ever accuse you of having a wasteful bone in your body! 🙂
Pat says
Looks delicious! I try to plan leftovers since I cook for just 2. Do you have any good recipes or leftovers that use turmeric, ginger? I have been reading a lot about the use of these herbs.
Angie says
Your Leftovers look Yummy! We both love leftovers as it seems the seasonings have a chance to marinate in the food longer, and the results are more delicious than the original meal! Plus, leftovers are so nice to have if you are sewing or quilting (or knitting in your case)—and you don’t want to cook a full meal. What would we do without “leftovers”!
Linda says
Mmmm! That looks lovely. I’ve been eating a lot of wilted greens lately. I just found out that people with thyroid problems (which I have) should not eat raw spinach or cruciferous vegetables. Oy! Here I am almost 60 years old, and I’m just finding this out.
myrna sossner says
Leftovers??? I have gotten to the later years of life *80+” and hate to spend a lot of time standing in the kitchen cooking every day. So most days when I cook I deliberately make enough for more than one meal. Reheating and maybe reflavoring it the 2nd time takes so much less time. Also, Whenever my room mate and I go out for dinner, we always have much more than we can consume so the rest of dinner comes home for tomorrow. Call it doggie bagging! BUT the dog gets none of it!
Dar in MO says
Your leftovers look really good. I think I may try that next time we have left over sausage. Now I want to go check the refrigerator and see what I can eat NOW!
Kathy S. says
Yummy! What a great way to stay on track and eat healthy. Mixing it up a bit makes things even better.
CindyM says
My motto is always “cook once, eat twice.” Leftovers have always been the standard in our family.