Leftover: Stale bread
1. What you can make: Bread Pudding
You should have enough leftover bread to yield almost an entire loaf; bread must be yeast-risen rather than flat.
Additional ingredients: milk, eggs, whipping cream, vanilla extract, butter, sugar, cinnamon, apples, walnuts.
Try this Spiced Apple Wheat Bread Pudding.
Leftover: Wine
1. What you can make: Any recipe that calls for wine
Just because it’s a day or two (or three or four) old doesn’t mean you need to toss the vino. A classic recipe that calls for wine is a red Bolognese sauce or a creative dressing for Mint Blackberry Charbroiled Lamb Chops.
You can also substitute wine for the sherry in this recipe, My Grandma’s Beef Stroganoff.
Leftover: Anything stir-fried, in a Chinese take-out container, or a vegetable going limp in your fridge
1. What you can make: Quiche
Additional Ingredients: lots of eggs, milk or heavy cream, a semi-soft cheese, parmesan cheese, flour, butter, ready-made frozen pie crust, fresh herbs.
If you are not inclined to make your own piecrust, the frozen type will do just fine. Or you don’t have to use a crust, as in this Crustless Crab Quiche.
2. What you can make: Frittata
Additional ingredients: eggs, cheese.
A frittata is an omelet that wants to be a quiche. You start cooking on a stove top and finish in the oven. So just make sure that you use a deep frying pan that can easily transfer from stove top to oven.
Many other simple dishes, such as soups, stir frys, and meatloaf are also great repositories for leftovers. When it comes to making something new out of something old, the only ingredient you really need is creativity.
