One of the most common sort of question we get here at The Kitchn starts like this: What do I do with ________? Fill in the blank: onions, lemons, exotic oils, coconut jam, duck fat, an abundance of hot peppers, quinoa, barley leftover pie dough, rice, pasta — the list goes on and on. Maybe you also are discovering some leftovers or challenging ingredients as you clean out your pantry and fridge for the Cure. Well, don't throw them away!
Start here first, and see if you can find an idea or two for using up your leftovers.
posted originally from: TheKitchn
In the Fridge and Freezer
• Buttermilk
• Chicken fat
• Chicken scraps, bones, or carcass
• Coconut jam
• Cooked chicken and more leftover chicken
• Cooked broccoli
• Cooked cabbage
• Cooked potatoes
• Cranberry sauce
• Extra egg whites
• Frozen edamame
• Frozen eggs
• Hard boiled eggs, and more hard boiled eggs
• Herbs
• Inedible failed dishes
• Leftover pasta
• Leftover salmon
• Oxtail
• Pie dough or cookie dough scraps
• Pickle brine and more pickle brine
• Rice
• Ricotta
• Roast lamb
• Quail eggs
• Silken tofu
• Sour cream
• Taco night leftovers
• Whipped cream
In the Pantry or On the Countertop
• Almond meal, and more almond meal
• Amaranth
• Bad wine
• Blackstrap molasses
• Bulgur wheat
• Candy canes
• Crystallized sugar syrup
• Curry powder
• Dried dates
• Dried herbs
• Duck fat
• Fennel pollen
• Hard brown sugar
• Leftover cake
• Morello cherries in a jar
• Quinoa
• Stale tortilla chips
• Pistachio oil
• Truffle oil
• Walnut oil
• Whole wheat pasta
• Wondra flour
In the Produce Basket
• Berries
• Chive blossoms
• Citrus peels
• Cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers
• Smoked garlic
• Hot peppers
• Jalapeños
• Leeks
• Lemons, more lemons, and yet more lemons!
• Lemongrass
• Lettuce
• Green tomatoes, and more green tomatoes
• Mushroom steeping liquid
• Onions
• Potatoes
• Spaghetti squash
• Strawberries
• Turnips
• Overripe fruit
• Unripe fruit
• Vegetable scraps, and more vegetable scraps
• Yellow plums
• Zested, naked lemons
OK, what did we miss? Are you using up your leftovers or extra ingredients in creative ways? Tell us!
