Everyone wants to get the most out of their dollar, and with food the easiest way to do that is to buy in bulk and create meals that utilize leftovers. An easy way to make sure that you are getting the most out of your purchases is to plan a week’s menu around a couple staple food items. As stated before, many vegetables can be bought in season and then stored frozen or canned. This is a great way to buy items in bulk. Overall, there are a variety of menu ideas that can incorporate any leftovers to form an original meal. Here are a few ideas:
Chicken pot pie: utilizes the leftover chicken and broccoli very nicely. One would need to purchase pie crusts, any other veggies, and a simple gravy mix.
Sausage Jambalaya: would use leftover sausage and rice. One can easily purchase a spice packet for this meal and it’s as good as done.
Chicken soup: which would take the smaller pieces of chicken leftovers and broccoli can easily be included. Add noodles and any other veggies that you prefer.
Chicken stir fry: would use leftover chicken, rice, and broccoli. Add any other veggies such as carrots or water chestnuts. For a more colorful meal canned fruit can be added too, such as mandarin oranges or pineapple tidbits.
These are just a couple ideas to show how such meal planning should be planned in advance and can easily use every bit of food you purchase. The staple food of course does not only have to be a meat, it could be something such as potatoes or pasta. Along with being creative in your meal making combinations there are many sites that offer assistance in putting together a meal. For example LeftOverChef is a site where you simply put in the staple foods you would like to include for that week and it gives you menu ideas that can utilize that food. Planning weekly menus out in this manner saves time, wasted food, and money.
References:
http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/recipes
http://www.leftoverchef.com/
http://teriskitchen.com/leftovers.html
Healthy Eatings!
-Anth249 H
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