Tammy's Recipes

Thanks for the great ideas for leftovers!

One use for leftover rice that I thought I'd share is to use it for breakfast cereal the next day. This is especially good with brown rice. My kids actually like it better than oatmeal. Just cover the rice with milk and heat it up. The longer you simmer it the softer the rice will get, and the thicker the liquid will be. It's up to you how long to cook. Sometimes I stir an egg in with it. Then just eat it as you would any cooked cereal--with butter and brown sugar or fruit or raisins or granola or...

Thanks for a great site!

I think there should be a new tv contest show that involves taking the contestants to a random person's house, opening their fridge, and giving them 30 minutes to get dinner ready using primarily whatever is in the fridge, though they would be allowed to browse cupboards too.

The "random" person's family gets treated to a dinner, and perhaps some interesting ideas for how to better use up their food in the future.

(I want to be one of the contestants - I think that sort of cooking is my favorite.)

(BTW - got to your site based on a google midwifery news alert about the news story tomorrow. I hope it does go well - and that people actually pay attention - most of the news that has come out of Missouri lately has only been how sneaky the senator was for tricking folks into signing the bill - and no one has paid any attention to the actual content of the bill, and tried to say all sorts of strange things about what it is really about. Here in PA, the news coverage that our midwife received missed the point - that the state "had" to come in and rescue us dumb folks who were tricked into hiring a woman without "proper" midwifery credentials, and then were helpless as things didn't go as we planned. No one seems to notice that we looked long and hard to find this particular midwife, that we are college grads who theoretically aren't the dumbest people on the block, and were actively involved in the decisions in our care - and that we still testify in favor of our midwife, against the state... Who exactly is the state protecting???)

(I guess this shouldn't go on your leftover post, but I am here...)

You can also use leftover mashed potatoes as a binder (like instead of bread crumbs) for things like salmon patties or meatballs. :)

Hi Tammy,

I was given 9 jars of gourmet (Muir Glen) marinara sauce - but I'm moving in 4 weeks! Apart from spaghetti and sauce (duh!) and lasagna, could you or your readers offer suggestions for what to do with the sauce?

Oh, I also use marinara sauce in this frugal and healthy chickpea stew (that requires no fresh ingredients!): http://wheat-free-meat-free.blogspot.com/2008/01/frugal-gluten-free-chickpea-stew.html