New Recipes for Leftovers
My fridge is stuffed. It is stuffed with left overs. I made Turkey Pot Pie, Turkey Tettrazenni, Turkey Enchiladas with Verde Salas and today I will be making Turkey Curry. I need more options since I have still only recipe left to use which is White Chili with Turkey. Does any one have another recipe to share?.....and I have not even tackled the sides that are still left.
Now you could say I over cooked but not really. Everyone seemed to eat a bit of this and a bit of that. No one really ate like they meant it. So now I am struggling with left overs like most of you. Would it be bad to serve the sides for Christmas if I freeze them? I am lost.
What I know is that my ancestors did not have a freezer of any size and worked very well. I can not really remember any left overs. My family ate what was ever served. I know that my mother never would have had creative recipes to use all the left overs. We did have our weekly chicken soup that had contained most left overs from during the week. Usually added were veggies that were left over.
A family recipe cookbook with all the uses for left overs might be a great way to start your holiday cookbook. Your children would love to know what to do with all these left overs. My family never really shared their recipes so this might be a good way to start. Ask your mother, aunts and other relatives what they do with all the left overs and that might start the dialog.
I know I can never throw that food away since my mother always told me, "there are starving children in China." My response to her was always. " Name one. and we will send this to them." I know I was a brat but we can not be perfect all the time.
Now you could say I over cooked but not really. Everyone seemed to eat a bit of this and a bit of that. No one really ate like they meant it. So now I am struggling with left overs like most of you. Would it be bad to serve the sides for Christmas if I freeze them? I am lost.
What I know is that my ancestors did not have a freezer of any size and worked very well. I can not really remember any left overs. My family ate what was ever served. I know that my mother never would have had creative recipes to use all the left overs. We did have our weekly chicken soup that had contained most left overs from during the week. Usually added were veggies that were left over.
A family recipe cookbook with all the uses for left overs might be a great way to start your holiday cookbook. Your children would love to know what to do with all these left overs. My family never really shared their recipes so this might be a good way to start. Ask your mother, aunts and other relatives what they do with all the left overs and that might start the dialog.
I know I can never throw that food away since my mother always told me, "there are starving children in China." My response to her was always. " Name one. and we will send this to them." I know I was a brat but we can not be perfect all the time.
Posted by Hella at 11/30/2009 12:22 PM 
Categories: Cookbook Writing, More than recipes, Stress Free Thanksgiving
Tags: family cookbook cookbook writing family favorite recipes family memory cookbooks family traditions
Categories: Cookbook Writing, More than recipes, Stress Free Thanksgiving
Tags: family cookbook cookbook writing family favorite recipes family memory cookbooks family traditions
Ooops..read in the newspaper today in the Fixit column that left overs should be thrown out after two days. Left overs should not be in a freezer for more that a month. I guess I got my answer on what to do with all my left overs. I now have to schedule some time to clean my freezer too. It will be very empty soon!
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