Taking a cue from a recent forum suggestion for both a quick meal and leftover use, I made some tasty shrimp Quesadillas for this month's Leftover Tuesdays Challenge.

For some reason, I had leftover shrimp in the freezer.  This is actually rather odd for me since I'm not a big seafood eater and I can't remember where they came from.  But they definitely needed to be used up.  I also found some frozen corn in the freezer.  I had one last red tomato (and many green ones yet) from the summer tomato plants, some tortillas, and even a jalapeño in the fridge.  Throw in a lemon, some grated cheese, season with some cilantro and the result is a really quick meal that used lots of leftovers! The dish is a leftover variation of Confetti Quesadillas from Cooking Light.  I really didn't measure any amounts but I know one of the main differences in the leftover variation of this dish was that I used cheddar cheese because that is what I had on hand - the original recipe calls for mozzarella.  In hindsight, mozzarella or even pepper jack cheese would have gone better but for leftovers the quesadillas were great even with the cheddar…

PermaLink

Leftover Tuesdays is back!  We'll be hosting Leftover Tuesdays's #9 this month here on Project Foodie.  This is a great way to showcase your culinary talent while cleaning out the fridge and raiding the pantry!

The Challenge

Leftover Tuesdays challenges you to convert your leftovers into new and exciting dishes.  What do we mean by leftovers?  Well, we're pretty liberal with our definition of leftovers.  The leftovers can be the remnants of a previous meal (either home cooked or bought) but they can also be the unused portions of the various components you've used to create recent (or not so recent) meals.  Basically, leftovers are anything in your fridge, pantry or freezer for which you have no intended purpose and need/want to use up!

How to submit your entry

1. Prepare a culinary creation from your leftovers.

2. Email me ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) with your entry by midnight (PST) on Wednesday October 31st, with the subject "Leftover Tuesdays". Be sure to include the following, very important information:

• Your name and location. 
• A 100 x 100 jpeg photo of your creation - if you would like it included in the roundup.
• The name of your blog, your blog URL, and the URL for your Leftover Tuesdays post or if you are not a blogger then the recipe and a description of how you came up with the creation.

Want to see previous Leftover Tuesdays?  

Round #1 was at Cooking Chat, Roundup #2  is over at Rachel's Bite, Round #3 is at What's Cooking, Round #4 is at ceres & bacchus, Round #5 is here on Project Foodie, Round #6 is at Chronicles in Culinary Curiosity, Round #7 (the Pantry Raid) is here and Round #8 is at Dispensing Happiness

Have fun creating and cooking - I'm looking forward to seeing all of your wonderful creations!

PermaLink

One thing I make a lot of in the fall and winter is Risotto.  I’d like to tell you I make my own stock for my Risotto and all my other cooking needs.  But truth be told I just don’t have the time. The result is that I use canned chicken stock.  I’ve used canned broth for years and generally am happy with it except that it takes a lot of room in my pantry and I almost always have some leftovers since the cans hold two cups.  Usually I’ll freeze the leftovers but then I end up with bunches of frozen stock because I forget to use them.  Earlier this year, I got some samples of Savory Choice chicken broth concentrate at the Fancy Food show.  But once the garden started producing I didn’t get around to using them.  With my recent cooking frenzy and pantry raiding, I found the samples and gave them a try.  They come in little pouches – you squeeze out the concentrate and mix it with water.  As usual I was skeptical, how could something I needed to reconstitute taste good?  While they were liquid my mind immediately went to those horrid highly salty chicken bouillon cubes.  My fears were unfounded though because these actually taste really good!  Better yet, I have found they are super convenient since each package makes 1 cup of broth so I don’t have leftover broth anymore and since the packages are small they don’t take up much pantry space.  I do believe I’m a convert! 

PermaLink

PermaLink