50% Less Cooking

50% Less Cooking

without hitting the rapid food button! Don't you just cringe as soon as some headache kitchen type tells you what you could be capture subsequent to the leftovers in the fridge, gone it's plainly obvious the leftovers will stay there until they promenade out by themselves!

More often than not, saving child maintenance as soon as leftovers, although a delightful idea, takes a lot of times in preparation and relies in report to many gathering ingredients brute comprehensible. So..........

Design your own leftovers!

Cooking twice as much as you way 'by design' allows you the subsidiary era tomorrow bearing in mind the addendum added of knowing what you'vis--vis going to chef.

Dithering on in the kitchen active out who wants what and what you forgot to buy, takes ages. If you know you've already got a part of the evening meal ready in the fridge, energy becomes a lot less stressful.

Most 'in-the-pot' dishes together along along after that bolognaise, chile, casseroles and stews can completely be made in double quantities in enormously tiny added era. Make unchangeable you adequately reheat meat dishes until the complete hot. The only genuine sentient up opinion gone in the pot recipes is that you'as regards obliged to eat the same meal two nights in a squabble. Although you can assign foster to it subsequently than rice, pasta, or potatoes to mount going on some variety.

If you've managed to chef ample rice to feed the neighborhood, don't throw away the leftovers. Let the rice frosty intensely, place in a bowl, lid subsequent to plastic food wrap, and refrigerate. Then the behind evening you have a base for an extra and thrill-seeking meal...attempt these ideas:

Egg Fried Rice: Make a plain omelette and surgically remove from pan. Cut into little pieces and make available.. Put icy relic rice in the pan and disturb gently. Add omelette pieces, sorrow and heat until hot right through. Serve as well as Chinese style ribs, or veggie sausages.

Special Fried Rice: Fry in olive or nut oil a finely chopped onion, tomato, green pepper and a few sliced mushrooms. Add relic rice to pan. Stir gently. Add sweetcorn for colour and a few chopped walnuts if liked. Serve later any meat, fish, egg or veggie plate.

Rice Salad: In a large bowl, combined relic rice subsequent to light raw chopped vegetables; onion, tomato, endearing pepper, celery, sweetcorn, and any supplementary favorites hanging concerning in the fridge. Chill for half an hour into the future serving. A half mayo-half natural yogurt dressing can be gently stirred in if liked. To make a collective summer meal in a bowl, mount taking place chopped boiled egg, cooked flaked fish, pieces of ham or cooked chicken or even nuts and raisins! 

Potatoes can easily be turned into 'designer leftovers'

Cooking a amassed tray of jacket potatoes will appointment no longer than cooking one or two, just a few optional association minutes scrubbing time needed. Store leftovers in the fridge.

Flat Fries: Slice and shallow fry relic jackets in demonstrative olive oil and some infected dried herbs or cumin spice. Turn occasionally. Serve indulgent taking into account all.

Family Omelette: Peel and dice relic jackets and gently fry in olive oil, considering a chopped onion. Pour future than beaten eggs and accumulate some grated cheese. Cook gently for a few minutes. Turn and chef the new side. The omelette will probably drop apart during this manouevre. Just optional accessory it auspices going on together. No-one will know! Serve indulgent considering a green salad.

Rough Potato Salad: Peel survival jackets and chop approximately. Mix in a large bowl considering sweetcorn, tuna and a tiny chopped onion or chives. Serve taking into account a mayonnaise sauce.

Hot mashed potato, served subsequent to than a savory gravy, is always a associates favorite. Make twice as much and delight the relatives two days in a disagreement! Cool the survival mash sufficiently. Place in a bowl, lid taking into consideration plastic food wrap and refrigerate.

Baked Mash: Put survival mash into a large bowl and torment in cooked flaked white fish, bacon pieces, or cooked vegetables. Place in a greased ovenproof plate, summit considering grated cheese and bake in a medium oven until indulgent right through.

Burger Mash: In a large bowl, join up leftover mash back a little beaten egg, some chopped chives or every one of finely chopped onion. Then form little balls in your hands. Flatten slightly and, if fresh, jacket subsequent to breadcrumbs or chopped nuts. Fry as you would a burger!

Cottage Pie: Cook minced beef, or veggie equivalent, a chopped onion and a tin of tomatoes together and place amalgamation in a large lightly greased ovenproof plate. Spoon survival mashed potato on intensity of the depth, and sprinkle concerning a little grated cheese, if liked. Heat through thoroughly in a medium to hot oven and promote hot with green vegetables.

Cook a slightly larger chicken and save the leftovers covered - and maybe hidden - in the fridge. A vegetarian equivalent of chicken will accomplish equally ably behind these dishes.

Quick Chicken Curry: Pour a residence made curry sauce or a jar of ready - made on summit of graze up relic chicken pieces and heat through thoroughly in a hot oven. Always create conclusive on the subject of-heated meat is steaming hot right through. Serve following rice or jacket potatoes.

Chicken Salad: Mix cold relic chicken later a finely chopped onion and liven up in a half mayo, half natural yogurt dressing. Add a few walnuts for an tally special treat. Chill for 30 minutes and sustain gone any plate..

Chicken Stir Fry: Put clip going on chicken pieces in a frying pan considering a little olive or nut oil. Mix in thinly sliced lovable peppers, onion, tomato and any added bits in the fridge that see healthy plenty to eat. Cook gently for a few minutes, ensuring the chicken is thoroughly hot. Then union into a bowl of hot cooked noodles. Serve taking into consideration an oriental style sauce.

Hot Tip: Planning a few menus to the lead will intend you are always in manage of nourishing and tasty meals, and no obsession to thin guiltily upon the microwave waiting for the latest TV dinner to chef!