Q: I work at a caterer's for extra cash on weekends, and I always end up with a few leftovers by the end of Sunday. This week, after trimming who knows how many pounds of brisket, they gave me a gallo...
We've been baking our own weekly bread for a while now, which has been extremely satisfying. But on the downside, we've discovered that our homemade bread stales a lot quicker than store-bought bread....
Last week's Tips for Leftover Wine sparked some discussion about freezing it to cook with later. Do you ever freeze wine? Here's how we do it......
We can already hear some of you saying, "What leftover wine?!" But perhaps you do occasionally find yourself with a not-quite-empty bottle after a dinner party, or some wine cubes taking up space in t...
Recipe: "Planned" Leftover Burritos How long does it take? 10 min prep, 20 min cook Category: Omnivore Name: Jessica Why is it a favorite meal? I can change it based on my mood, what I have on hand,...
When we shared our favorite pot roast recipe yesterday, we also mentioned how much we love having the leftovers in the fridge to use for meals during the week. Our families inevitably get tired of str...
Not only does pot roast make a hearty weekend supper for the whole family, it makes some mighty excellent leftovers, too. In fact, we've started making pot roast with the specific intention of having ...
Q: I work at a nonprofit agency and every Friday, a local cupcake store donates their day-olds to us. The thing is, they give us WAY too many cupcakes. Our staff is pretty small and we always end up t...
We needed a quick, simple dinner last night, so we whipped up this pasta dish with ingredients we had around the kitchen and a bag of fresh chard from the farmers market. We'll tell you right out: the...
Bagels with cream cheese are a weekend treat for us, and if we're feeling particularly generous toward ourselves, we buy a baker's dozen for munching all weekend long. This inevitably leads to a few s...
This wouldn't work for every soup in the book, but there are certain ones that could be easily thickened up and recycled, in a way, as a dip. Don't believe us? We've actually thought it through......
When it comes to leftovers, the world splits itself into three groups (to immediately digress, there are so many things in the world that divide people into groups — mostly two groups, a.k.a. ha...
As much as we adore a steaming pot of freshly cooked rice, we've always had trouble mustering much enthusiasm once it crosses into the land of leftovers. Sure, there's fried rice, which can be delicio...
Have you been making pesto this spring? If not with basil, maybe some kale or spinach? Or other fresh herbs? Pesto is a beautiful, early summer food—that is occasionally hard to use all in one sitti...
We're out of town this weekend, but we left a culinarily challenged husband at home. When this happens, we try to leave a few dishes in the refrigerator that taste fine warmed up (and cost less than t...
As the picture suggests, these are nothing more than fried rice balls, and they are a great way to use leftover risotto or even plain white rice. Most of them have a surprise inside. Do you know what ...
Jamie is looking for spill-proof, leak-proof containers for leftover and lunch. This is a good question for all of you who bike to work or school! Can you help her?Whenever my boyfriend and I go out c...
This has become one of our go-to weeknight meals. It's fast, it's healthy, and it's a great way to use bits and pieces of things from your pantry or freezer. This dish is something of a hybrid between...
Remember these Easter egg cakes we made a few weeks ago? We had a container full of pound cake scraps sitting in the freezer that we didn't want to waste, and cake pops were too laborious for a weekni...
We made Heidi Swanson's Mushroom Casserole the other day, which uses a small scoop of sour cream to round out the flavors. The casserole was fabulous, but because we don't use a lot of sour cream in o...
Here's an interesting question from Bethany, who has also given us a very good idea for a chicken lunch dish! She asks: Yesterday for lunch I made some great chicken wraps with melted cheese and torti...
Whether we're grilling chicken breasts or braising legs and thighs, we find it just as easy to cook a large batch all at once. (Or just cook a whole chicken!) Any leftovers not immediately eaten get s...
Meat "debris" is something we saw on menus when we lived in New Orleans. It is a Louisiana invention (we're assuming), typically made from crusty slivers of meat that fall into the bottom of the pan w...
Yesterday we showed you a basic recipe for cooking and shredding a pork shoulder. It's a great recipe on its own; there are plenty of soft carrots, tomatoes, and caramelized onions to make it a stand-...
Fresh sheepsmilk ricotta cheese is our current food obsession. It’s wonderful in so many contexts: on toast with jam, in pasta dishes or scrambled eggs, with fresh berries… we could go on and on. ...
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