Leftovers, leftovers, leftovers.  You either love 'em or hate 'em.  But with a little creativity those boring leftovers can be converted into wonderful and amazing new things.  In the 5th Leftover Tuesdays Food Blog event you'll be surprised and awed at the amazing things that have been done to leftovers.

As with all of the Leftover Tuesdays events we have a very geographically diverse set of contributors with 6 Americans,  4 Canadians,  3 Australians, and 2 Europeans  But geography is not the only diversity you'll find in these creations!  This month we were also treated to some porn (well food porn that is), a Poetic Opera and tips on how to prevent people from fearing the presence of bugs in our food!  

Ok - if that doesn't get you to keep reading nothing will!  Without further ado here are this month's amazing Leftover Tuesdays creations in order of submission:

	Megan from "What's Cooking?" converted leftover roast chicken into a scrumptious Biscuit Topped Chicken Pot Pie.  Rather than the somewhat more traditional pastry pot-pie Megan choose Biscuits so that this would be a quick 30-minute dish.  And in the true "use up those leftovers" spirit she threw in half of an apple that was just hanging around!
	Photo shy Kazari from "I think I have a recipe for that…" plans leftovers and uses them for lunch or quick-grab frozen meals. In honor of Leftover Tuesdays, Kazari converted the final remaining edible (and highly tender) pieces of leftover meat from a side of lamb into a "Layered Shepards Pie".   Included in the pie was a leftover beetroot and silverbeet leaves - sounds scrumptious.
	Lisa who writes "Lisa's Vegetarian Kitchen" found herself with leftover Vegetarian Mulligatawny soup.  Her recreation turned the soup into a thick sauce for "Eggs in a Mulligatawny Sauce".  As Lisa says "the soup tastes even better the next day" so this is a perfect leftover creation!
	Our one and only Leftover Tuesdays Slashfood Food Porn star, Amy from "Nook and Pantry", made a beautiful "Nutella Stuffed Brioche French Toast".   In her creation, the Nutella is sandwiched between leftover Brioche, dipped in batter, fried and generously dusted with powdered sugar.  The result is gorgeous and yummy!
	Tigerfish from "Teczcape" not only provided us with a great leftover creation but also a heartwarming poetic saga on the fate of leftover Serrano chili's.  Her creation is "Homemade chili sauce - Thai Style" which can be used as a sauce or dip for fish.  But more importantly it saves the Serano so it can live on or as Tigerfish says "at least longer than in the raw form".
	Janet of "Janet is Hungry" turned leftover couscous into a scrumptious Quiche.  While she freely admits to having difficulty naming her creations, I'm sure no one in her household had trouble eating the "Onion and Wild Garlic Quiche with Parmesan in a Couscous Crust".  Janet used 25 bulbs of wild garlic! (which is milder than traditional garlic) in her creation but the topping of tomato, parmesan, mozzarella and cilantro was the clincher for me - yum!
	Ulrike who writes "Küchenlatein" turned a combination of leftover pasta and vegetables into "Penne al limone".  A mixture of lemon, cream and tasty leftovers has never looked so good….
	Deinin from "Cloudberry Quark" has created a scrumptious sandwich using leftover roasted chicken and breakfast rolls.  Deinin is located in Finland where it is currently HOT so this leftover creation was a cool, simple, no-cook "Roast Chicken Sandwich with Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Onions & Goat Cheese".  It is a wonderful looking sandwich that you'll love to bite into.
	Dayna, a converted carnivore who now writes "Vegan Visitor", presents us with "Vegan Rapini & Roasted Red Pepper Strata" from leftover Rapini (aka broccoli raab)!  While vegan strata might intimidate some, Dayna who has traditional training in culinary arts and has enjoyed cooking and baking for years found this creation not only a snap to make but as she says "I'd almost go on a limb to state this is a better version than the 'Original', not to mention healthier."  Guess we'll all just have to try it ourselves and see!
	Ed over at Tomato has provided us not only with a wonderful leftover creation but also with details on making the perfect sandwich.  After a recent unpleasant sandwich experience Ed decided to make his own perfect sandwich using leftover slices of tender cooked beef.  He follows with some interesting rules for the perfect sandwich including not to use breads with hard seeds in them because for some people "the unexpected crunch" may be "mistaken for small insects".  Not sure about that Ed but the sandwich does look tasty!
	Haalo who writes "Cook (almost) Anything at Least Once " found a great use from some leftover stewed quinces.  The creamy and colorful "Quince Custard Tart" also takes advantage of the leftover syrup from the stewed quinces to create a beautiful "light translucent jelly skin" over the tart that makes my mouth water…
	Kim from "lewandowski.net " has converted leftover poached salmon into "Salmon Salad".  With this creation Kim now has both a lunchtime sandwich and a dinner appetizer to enjoy!
	Dhana who writes "Fresh Kitchen" created some wonderful "Instant Pizza" entirely with leftovers!  The crust uses leftover naan while the topping uses leftover vegetable curry and feta cheese.   It's amazing how such a simple combination can easily be transform into a new meal!
	Dolores over at "Chronicles in Culinary Curiosity " slipped in her entry just in time. Her creation, "Hot Turkey Salad in Puff Pastry", uses leftover puff pastry, turkey and salad veggies.  The recipe is her adaptation of one of her father's recipes mixed with a recipe from Whole Foods.  The resulting salad sounds wonderful and is one I'm eager to try with my next leftover turkey…
	Slightly late but created within the allowed timeframe is the entry of our fearless leader David over at "Cooking Chat ".  David used some leftover chicken breasts and tomato tarragon sauce to create Tarragon Chicken Bow Tie Pasta.  This interesting pasta combines lentils, artichokes, vegetables and feta – sounds great Dave!
	And finally, last but not least my leftover creation "Spring Vegetable Panzanella " which used some leftover broccoli, asparagus and green beans to create a tasty twist on the Italian favorite.

WOW!  What an amazing set of leftover creations!  We've all seen our fair share of leftovers but honestly, who knew leftovers could be so amazing?  Thanks to all who contributed and especially thanks to David from Cooking Chat for coming up with wonderful event and offering to let Project Foodie host it - it was great fun!

Check out previous Leftover Tuesdays:  Round #1 was at Cooking Chat, Roundup #2  is over at Rachel's Bite, Round #3 is at What's Cooking, and Round #4 is at ceres & bacchus.

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