What about dishes the second time around.................?

I do second time around all the time - First I do it by making a pot of something and then just eat it till it is gone - chili, sloppy joe meat, things like that. That way I don't have to "cook" every single day and make the mess. I have had my day of cooking big meals every day, and am enjoying not haveing to do the clean up! I like the cooking part, but that clean up I always hated. So now, I am in the second time of life where I can choose not to do the cleaning! I will make a dozen or so burittos, breakfast sandwiches and baby cheese burgers and freeze them and then nuke them for minute or less and a great meal awaits! Second, I love pizza the next day. These days the pizzas they have are just not that good. Don't know what happened to the pizza places, but just can't find a good one anymore. Even frozen ones are better than resturant ones! But even the bad ones, I'd much rather buy them today and just put the box in the fridge and eat it tomorrow. It is better for some reason. I think part of it is I re-heat in a toaster oven which crisps up the soggy crust adn that really helps a pizza taste better. I would love to learn how to make deep dish CHicago/NewYork style pizzas, but the problem is getting a really good tasting dough - haven't been able to find that either for making my own pizza!

Chili, soup, and stew do all taste better the next day. I also think spaghetti tastes better the next day. Also I like cold pizza better than fresh pizza sometimes.

yes I love the leftovers all of them they are just delicious, and the flavors had a chance to marinate making them even better.

yes as like you said most are alot better the 2nd day

i don't say i like them better but food does not get thrown away at my house. it's too expensive. sometimes i will freeze part of it for later if i get really tired of it. thanksgiving i made soup out of all the leftovers & shared with some friends. my neighbors like my cooking which i'm glad. it's hard to just cook for one & not have leftovers. happy new year!

Hi celticeagle! Yes, you are right! There are some foods that definitely taste better leftover or as you said the second day! And as you mentioned, chili, stew and my favorite which I made yesterday for Christmas dinner, lasagna! Some foods just do taste better the second day! Like yesterday the lasagna tasted good, but it had just come out of the oven and didn't have time to "settle" so it was falling apart when we cut into it. Now today it will be more formed and easier to cut. I put alot of meat and sauce in mine because that's how I like to make it so it is kind of messy on the first day, although it tastes great! And I also find that stew gets a better flavor when it gets re-heated the second day! And the same thing with chili and alot of other dishes. Sometimes when the ingredients have more time to meld together they do have a better flavor. At least that's my opinion!

Yes! I especially like pinto beans with ham the second day. It seems like the flavor is more intense. Soup is usually good the second day, too, but I'll pass on the chili. I like it once in awhile, but not more than once.

Hello! Yes I definitely like food when it has been stored overnight. The flavours/sauces have time to marinate into the food making it more flavoursome and therefore incredibly delicious to eat!!