Project Foodie - Leftover Tuesdays #13: Round-up

Leftover Tuesdays #13: Round-up

Written by foodie pam

Tuesday, 06 May 2008

Leftover Tuesdays is back this month with our thirteenth challenge to transform leftovers into a something new. We've got a great assortment of leftover creations ranging from winter soups to spring vegetables to healthy desserts. Take a look and see what everyone created...

	Ginny from Just Get Floury in Washington, DC had a lot of extra egg yolks – fifteen of them actually. One of the things she created with them was some delicious Ricotta Gnocchi which as she said “seemed like a good leftover recipe”. This can also work as a leftover recipe if you have some ricotta leftover since it only takes a cup…
	Marija from Belgrade, Serbia who writes Palachinka had some leftover spring onion greens. She made these into an easy leftover meal by tossing them in a chicken stir fry.
	Tigerfish from teczcape brings us a One-dish Pasta Pipe Rigate in Light Tomato Soup that is a transformation of a Corn Minestrone. As always tigerfish has taken one great dish and made another equally unique and appealing creation!
	Lisa from Lisa’s Kitchen started with leftover bean stock. In search of a way to “shake off winter and a head cold” she created a soothing Kale and Vegetable Soup. A great way to use leftover stock and winter greens!
	Dolores from Chronicles in Culinary Curiosity has been on a panini kick lately. With some leftover chicken in the fridge she asked herself “Who needs to pay $6.00 at Safeway for a panini?”. Instead, Dolores made a salad out of the shredded chicken and using crusty wheat bread she made a panini of her own on a grill pan. The result looks awesome and not only saved her $6 but used up some leftovers as well!
	Ricki from Diet, Dessert and Dogs had two leftovers: boiled quinoa and apples. The result is a great looking and great for you Apple Quinoa Cake – yum!
	Smita from Traveling Tummy in New York City is cooking and food blogging but this didn’t stop her from rescuing some vegetables and other leftovers from death by rotting in the fridge. With half a green pepper, some mushrooms, some shredded cheese, milk and a pie crust Smita created Spicy Mushroom and Green Pepper Pie. We look forward to seeing more leftover creations from Smita!
	Laurie from Mediterranean Cooking in Alaska used an original dish for a Lamb Tagine with an error in it that Laurie didn’t catch in time. But Laurie saved the lamb by washing off the ‘nasty’ sauce and transforming it into this wonderful “Lamb and Leek Meatballs with Onion Egg-Lemon Sauce” dish. Great job Laurie! You transformed the result of a bad recipe into something wonderful.
	Wiffy from Noob Cook in Singapore started with leftover Pumpkin Rice that was a near disaster. But, after a wonderful transformation Wiffy created a Pumpkin Porridge – from “Yucks” to Yum! Great save Wiffy!
	Nilmandra from Soy and Pepper in the UK creates amazing bento boxes. As Nilmandra says “leftovers are great for packing bento boxes”. Using leftover prawns she created prawns and mushrooms in teriyaki sauce on rice and several others with leftover roast chicken. Wow – I think I’m a bento convert!
	And last is my entry that used up some leftover carrots and beets. The resulting crisp salad with ginger sauce was quick to make because these beets were simply shredded rather than baked for an hour and it tasted great!