Leftover kismet...

[Tesha]

Baked Potato with Broccoli and Cheese Sauce..

That was our veg and carb last night with a steak, except... it was a soup? :shrug:



I started with a little Leak and Potato Soup leftovers and some broccoli and stems I had to use up
I heated the soup, added steamed broccoli a little chicken stock and some cheese bits I had
ran the bar blender to make it all smooth

some salt and pepper and whoa! :toast:

Baked Potato with Broccoli and Cheese Sauce SOUP!:9



OK, what other strange leftover mixes have turned into something wonderful you never would have thought of?

[The empressof all]

1. Leftover Halloween Candy Pie...

Hey it's Kismet! I was just reading about this ...this morning

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/11/cakespy-leftover-halloween-candy-pie-recipe.html

[Tesha]

2. 10 things...

http://www.wisebread.com/10-things-to-do-with-leftover-halloween-candy


1. Homemade flavored vodka
Some candies dissolve beautifully in vodka, creating "infused" booze. If you plan on making flavored booze for holiday presents or parties, now is the time to start. Besides candies, you can add coffee, rosemary, cinnamon, pepper, citrus fruits, or dried flowers. I'll bet that Wether's Originals dissolved in vodka make for some tasty shots.


who'd thought?

[wildflower]

3. Chicken grease

at the bottom of the roasting pan. To get the pan clean, I sprinkled a bunch of salt on the grease (some of which was browned and hardened), let it sit, and scraped up the mixture with a metal spatula.

Then I said, hey, wait a minute, I could use this!

So I named it "chicken salt" and put it into a container...and for the next few days, I added bits to a meatless bean soup I had made. It was the perfect addition to my soup, which had come out a bit bland.

I'm going to freeze the rest of the "chicken salt" and use bits of it that way instead of bacon.

I'm not sure if this really qualifies as leftovers? But it was better than putting the grease down the drain or in the garbage, and that roasting pan was much, much easier to clean.

[Tesha]

4. what great idea...

it's like you made homemade pre-seasoned bouillon cubes!


I remember that one!

[wildflower]

6. Try it next time you make meat or poultry in the oven!

I always dread cleaning up that sticky mess on the bottom of the pan. This way nothing goes to waste!

I've heard of pouring salt on oven spills; I think it's the same concept.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

5. This doesn't sound odd at all

My usual "cheese" sauce is really just a concentrated potato-carrot soup with a little cheddar for oomph. It's fantastic on the baked tattie-broccoli combo, to say nothing of all those veggies people think they can't stand unless they're slathered in Campbell's Cream of Cheese glop.

FYI, the thing that really makes this meal for me is that I also add a crapload of sautéed mushrooms. :9