Kitchen

[ECBG]

I LOVE my DH to grill.  I just love grilled things, and I cook a lot in the winter.  Grilled seems fresher and lighter in the heat and a different flavor because back in the "dark ages" when I was first married, we did grill but not a lot.  Also, a lot of those recipies had a gravy to tenderise the meat.

When DH gills, he usually does so for two days.  When I cook indoor, I also do for several days.  An example would be Pepper Steak.  Are you going to freeze the other half of the sirloin?

So, we usually have leftovers for two days.  Sometimes we cook a one serving item, but it isn't an everything day thing.

[DiAnne]

I am not a fan of leftovers so I usually skip a day and then have different sides with it.  

[CAMOGIRL]

I try to cook just the amount we will eat for one dinner. Mainly, because I am not a big leftover fan - except maybe pasta dishes, like baked ravioli or baked ziti. If we do have leftovers he will eat them and I will just find something else in there to eat. I do like leftover pizza though for breakfast, that will never go to waste.😊

[sandraskates]

I'd say at least a couple times a week. When I cook I like to make enough food to put aside for my work lunch the next day. It's always nice to have a good lunch to look forward too!

When hubby BBQs we usually have enough chicken or ribs left for a few meals. But sometimes I have to skip a day before eating them.

[hellokitty]

When DH grills I have him grill enough for a lunch or two and maybe a leftover supper.

Simetimes I cook enough for left overs another night...can't cook a small pot of beans or chili...and freeze what we don't eat for another time. DH and I both came from parents that grew up either during the depression or shortly after so we were taught not to waste.

With that said, I have been known to give a healthy portion of something to the outdoor cats because I simply can't bear to eat it again.  It doesn't happen very often though.

[WSfan]

We still have our youngest living at home, so if we have something left over, we let him take it to work for lunch. Better than eating fast or pre-prepared food, although he's cut back on that. If we do happen to have enough leftover for more than one, we will have it within the next day or two for lunch or if there is still more (sometimes pasta sauce), then I freeze it for a quick meal for another time.

[ID2]

We eat things until they're gone. So we have leftovers all the time. I can't understand those who say they won't eat leftovers. What the heck do you do with all that extra food anyway? I love leftovers, they usually taste better the second and third day.

[Blk&GoldFan]

@CAMOGIRL

How funny....I ditto your response.  My DH will even eat several types of leftovers on his plate at the same time...Last night it was grilled shrimp/sweet potato/pole beans AND chicken stir fry and rice.  

I always say I married well...he eats leftovers!!  

Love gettin' that food cleaned out of the refrig and not going to waste.

[PamelaSue72]

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@WSfan wrote:

We still have our youngest living at home, so if we have something left over, we let him take it to work for lunch. Better than eating fast or pre-prepared food, although he's cut back on that. If we do happen to have enough leftover for more than one, we will have it within the next day or two for lunch or if there is still more (sometimes pasta sauce), then I freeze it for a quick meal for another time.

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Our son hated the school lunches, so he would often take leftovers in his lunch. I used to cringe at some of the stuff he wanted to take for lunch: leftover chicken or even a pork chop sometimes. He had no problems with it. Leftover garlic mashed potatoes? "Mom, I'll take it in my lunch!" "Seriously??" "Oh yeah!" He loved the stuff. And why eat the school's spaghetti if he could have his mother's spaghetti? WIth homemade garlic bread! I'm serious.....he was fine with it.

So is DH now. He has no problems taking leftovers in his lunch. We don't eat deli meat or anything like that. if I make a pot of chili or some kind of soup, I'll put some in single-serving portions and throw them in the freezer for him to have in his lunch. With some yeast rolls or muffins, a container of applesauce and a couple cookies, he's a happy camper. He dearly loves meat loaf or ham loaf sandwiches.

If we have roast chicken for dinner, we have no problem with a deep-dish chicken pie a couple days later. Roast beef? Use some leftovers in fajitas or a good beef stir-fry. Leftover pork? Use it to make a quick sweet and sour pork over brown rice. The meat is already cooked, so when you do the sweet and sour pork, just don't cook it as long as you would normally.

I also make stock pots of soup for the freezer, esp during the cold months. Soup, chili, pasta sauce, stew (without the potatoes), Louisiana Red Beans and Rice (without the rice). I always have cooked chicken and pork in the freezer. When you work and you have a lot of meetings, dinner has to be quick. But we don't do fast food, so I get something out of the freezer the night before and then we nuke it in the microwave or throw it into the oven, depending on what it is.

One night my sister and BIL came over for dinner. DH wanted a chicken pie, so I simply took some cooked chicken out of the freezer and made a large pie. We had a nice salad, and I brought some peaches up from the canning cupboard in the basement and made a crumble. Everybody thought it was wonderful and really, the chicken was leftover.

We have no problems with leftovers. It's still good food and I really try to disguise the fact that it's leftovers.

[house_cat]

On Monday I make something that can be transformed later in the week. 

For instance, I'll make a generous portion of salmon, and then add it to a pasta dish on Wednesday. Or I'll grill chicken and serve it with baked potato and a veggie, then on Thursday it shows up atop a spinach salad.  In other words, they are leftovers in disguise :-)