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I noticed this idea in TWO places here on the boards. Rainbowmom posted this in the Frugal Living forums: "I try to use planned leftovers. Roast beef becomes sliced beef in gravy with potatoes - or - beef stroganoff over noodles - or it goes into my "leftover soup" container in the freezer. Chicken becomes a pot pie or a casserole or a soup. Ham goes into scalloped potatoes and ham."
Also, the Frugal Foodie did a blog on the same topic (Black Beans).
Just wondering if any of you have any "Planned Leftovers" meals? If so, what are they?
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Always!
This week it was turkey, that started as turkey dinner, leftovers were: sandwiches for lunch, turkey soup and turkey enchiladas.
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I always plan for leftovers if we grill chicken breasts, then we can cut them up for salads, quesadillas, or wraps the next day. I have also added them to soups, really good in some of the Tastefully Simple soups! If we make tacos or sloppy joes I make extras and we freeze it in single servings in bags so we can take out just a serving or two for a quick lunch. I do the same for shredded chicken or beef for sandwiches. I also like to make a couple extra baked potatoes when we have them, they are so good sliced the next day and fried, and extra mashed potatoes are even better as potato cakes the next day, too!
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Chili for chili dogs one night got mixed into macaroni and cheese for Chili-mac later that week. It's not the most creative thing in the world, but it made a box of mac and cheese stretch a little further since I normally have to use 2 to feed the whole family.