Ahhh...Leftovers Two Ways
When you only have two or three people in your family, sometimes leftovers can become a problem. We all love to roast whole chickens or beef or pork roasts, but what do you do with them after the initial meal? There's always so much leftover. I found two new ways to treat leftovers.
I cooked a beef pot roast in the crock pt the other night. At work I was thinking out loud about how to transform that into a completely different meal when a coworker said that for her family, she chunks the roast in it's gravy and serves it over baked potaotes. Sounded great to me so that's what I did tonight. I separated the beef from the gravy and while I warmed up the meat with a little of the drippings, I put the rest of the liquid, potatoes, onions, and celery into the blender and blended until smooth. This became a very flavor-filled gravy that needed no thickening agent.
The potatoes I "baked" in the microwave by putting them into a unsealed freezer bag along with about a quarter cup of water and cooking on high until soft. Then I cut them in half, smooshed the halves, and spooned over the chopped beef, gravy, and peas. It was delicious. A one plate down home meal but delicious. We all enjoyed its different incantation.
Tomorrow night I'll take the leftover beef chunks and gravy, add some sour cream and nutmeg, and serve that over buttered egg noodles for a leftover down home version of beef stroganoff.
That's what Gene and his sister, Linda, will be eating dinner of. I've alreayd pack some of the potato, beef, pea leftovers from my plate into my new pink bento box for dinner tomorrow night. We'll all be happy withour meal.
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That looks fantastic! If it were me, there wouldn't be any leftovers to make another meal out of it.
Posted by: Butta Buns | August 24, 2007 at 07:56 AM
That looks so YUM!!!! The peas are gorgeous!
Posted by: sher | August 24, 2007 at 03:00 PM
Hey Glenna I sent you an email yesterday for WBB#14 entry but somehow it has bounced back.I am trying to resend it again but in case it doesn't work can you pls add my entry:
I have blogged about Ful Medames here:
http://foodcourt.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/eat-likean-egyptian/
Thanks for hosting WBB#14
Posted by: Madhuli | August 25, 2007 at 02:21 AM
BB--Oh they were soooooooo good at work last night!
Sher--Thanks. They were tasty going down.
Madhuli--Thanks so much for your entry!
Posted by: Glenna | August 25, 2007 at 11:31 AM
This looks like a great idea! What a great use of leftover beef (and anything over a baked potato has got to be good!
Posted by: Deborah Dowd | August 26, 2007 at 08:16 PM
Deborah--I agree. i love baked potatoes and they get a bad rap. They're full of vitamin D and all the B's...
Posted by: Glenna | August 27, 2007 at 09:47 AM
Hmmm...Glenna, can you elaborate a little on that microwave cooking method for your potatoes? They look nicely baked, and not boiled, which I would expect if they were sitting in water. How exacting did you prepare them? Did you use a gallon-sized bag? Time? Temp?
Sorry for the precise questions, but a nicely cooked spud in the microwave is my holy grail!
Posted by: tom | August 27, 2007 at 11:55 PM
Tom--Sure. Tell you what--I'll run that as a full post tomorrow because I'm so excited to finally find the secret to making a microwave baker that isn't dried out and nasty.
Posted by: Glenna | August 28, 2007 at 07:16 AM
Isn't it lovely when really simple ideas turn out so tasty and beautiful!
Great photo!!
Posted by: Tanna | August 28, 2007 at 12:05 PM
Tanna-Exactly! There's a time and a place for everything: complicated and easy.
Posted by: Glenna | August 28, 2007 at 11:28 PM