Welcome to LeftOverMagic!
This blog is dedicated to the use of left overs (and a few other cooking related things). I love to cook, and usually make meals that create left overs. While my family might like what I made originally, they balk at having to eat the "same thing" a few days later, so I have learned to make "original" dinners that can be used for an "original" left over meal.
If I can scrape together enough money I also hope to post some "how to videos," given that sometimes certain cooking techniques need to be seen visually.
In making both the original and second use recipe I do try to make meals that are lower fat and utilize vegis as much as possible.
I hope that you will post your creative ways of using leftovers, as well as questions about how to use the leftovers you have on hand.
If you have grocery shopped lately, more then likely you have been shocked at how expensive food has become, especially meat and fresh produce. I hope that we can also share ideas on how to save money on groceries (using left overs instead of throwing them away is a good start : ). I have found a few good places online where you can buy bulk dried foods (like bell peppers) which you can use for soups and stews, if you have found better and cheaper sites, please post the links in the comments section.
Cooking can be very rewarding and fun, while at the same time cooking can frustrate one to no end. I have found that some of my frustration occurs when I don't have the proper equipment for what I need to do, whether that is a pot, pan or gadget that would make the preparation that much easier. So I hope that we can also discuss gadgets that we use, gadgets we hate, best prices for the gadgets and places to buy gadgets.
Who am I? A 48 year old mom who lives in Silicon Valley, home of the million dollar garage. I love to cook and try to make a home made dinner for my family every night (given that I work almost full time making dinner every night can be a challenge).
Please post a comment introducing yourself as well as asking for help with your left overs.
Enjoy!
2 comments:
Nice blog idea. I hate leftovers, and being there is only 2 of us in the house, we usually end up with a lot of em. As for your video idea, just a suggestion. Upload it to meta cafe. If your video's are something many people would want to see, you could actually make money off them.
Hi DC, thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment. I need to figure out a way to buy a video camera and then I will start to put together some how to videos (I looked for a simply how to for Risotto and didn't like what I found).
Let me know what type of food you like, and what you usually have left over in the refrigerator and I will try to come up with some ideas for you.
Have a great day.
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