What do you usually make out of leftover noodles, potatoes or rice?
By Thelma
@thelme55 (79368)
Germany
July 4, 2019 5:16pm CST
I always have leftover food like noodles, potatoes and rice. I don't know why I always cook more than 2 portions. Usually when I am hungry and then I have to cook, I cook more than my hubby and I can eat. Then the leftover would be eaten the next day.
I don't like to waste food. Whenever I have leftover boiled potatoes, I made them into fried potatoes or potato salad. When I have leftover rice, I mostly make fried rice with veggies and with or without meat. When I have leftover pasta or noodles, I add them into my soup, make a fried noodles or spaghetti. It varies depending on what I have in my fridge.
What do you make out of your leftover? Maybe you can give me a new idea how to prepare the leftover food.
The photo above is a leftover fried noodles (Pancit) made into sandwich. If you ever have a fried noodle from a Chinese take away, you can fill the leftover for making sandwiches. It is delicious and filling to the tummy.
Btw, happy 4th of July to those who celebrate. Cheers.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
5 Jul 19
Depending on what kind of rice, sometimes I make it into rice pudding.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
7 Jul 19
@cacay1 just add a little sweet, some cream and dried fruit
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@thelme55 (79368)
• Germany
5 Jul 19
Glutinous rice is good for making pudding. Delicious. Thanks @BelleStarr
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@RasmaSandra (98156)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5 Jul 19
I usually take leftover pasta, rice or potatoes and add some things to them plus make some kind of sauce and make a casserole.
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@thelme55 (79368)
• Germany
5 Jul 19
That is what I do sometimes @RasmaSandra. Thanks and happy weekend.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
5 Jul 19
I try not to make more than what we can eat, sometimes I will give them to my dogs.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
5 Jul 19
lots of good suggestions in the responses here.
that pancit sandwich reminds me of my brother when we were kids.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
6 Jul 19
@thelme55 i like menudo stuff in pandesal.
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@thelme55 (79368)
• Germany
7 Jul 19
@hereandthere Really? I have not tried that. Thanks for the idea.
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@thelme55 (79368)
• Germany
5 Jul 19
I can relate to that @hereandthere. My siblings and I put the leftover pancit on our white bread and eat it with coke when we were still small children. Thanks. Enjoy your weekend.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
9 Sep 19
If I have left over noodles I still keep them and add green onions and bacon pieces and eat it that way with some cheese too.
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@thelme55 (79368)
• Germany
10 Sep 19
I do that sometimes @TiarasOceanView. It is more delicious with bacon and cheese, isn´t it?
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@cmoneyspinner (9218)
• Austin, Texas
29 Aug 19
I add leftovers to chicken broth and make soup.
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@thelme55 (79368)
• Germany
29 Aug 19
Just the way I do it when having leftover besides frying the leftover food. Thanks @cmoneyspinner.
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
5 Jul 19
i do 'bout the same with 'em here, though 'tis rare i fix any 'f those thingies. the hubs'll not eat lefto'ers, regardless 'f how they'd be repurposed. most oft i make 'new 'n either take such to my momma'n aunt, 'r freeze 't fer myself to be eaten 't a later date.
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@thelme55 (79368)
• Germany
5 Jul 19
@crazyhorseladycx that is good that you can share your food with your relatives. Thanks and happy weekend.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
5 Jul 19
@thelme55 yer welcome 'n ditto :)
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
5 Jul 19
About the rice I usually made it into fried rice, usually adding it with onions, garlic, corned beef or instant noodles, with oyster sauce and the ginisa flavor mix.
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
6 Jul 19
I shouldn't use ginisa but I'm used to it. Sometimes I put vigan longanisa.
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@thelme55 (79368)
• Germany
7 Jul 19
@ilocosboy I have not tried vegan longganisa. How does it taste?
@thelme55 (79368)
• Germany
5 Jul 19
Believe it or not, I also do that way but I don't use the ginisa mix because of glutamate in it and I don't like oyster sauce. Fried rice with onions, garlic, spring onions and soy sauce and corned beef is sooooo delicious. Thanks @ilocosboy
@pumpkinjam (8876)
• United Kingdom
5 Jul 19
It's rare that we have leftovers but I do sometimes make extra portions which I will take with me to work. I just put some in a box and warm it up the next day. Other than that, I'm not sure I can remember the last time we even had left over food! If we had meat, I might have made a curry or a stew with the carcass and/or leftovers.
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@thelme55 (79368)
• Germany
5 Jul 19
That is a good idea for repurposing leftover meat into a curry. Thanks @pumpkinjam
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
6 Jul 19
Just like you i make those left over into new dishes, like yours. For the fried fish , i make them anew into Sarciado. Left over adobo will be added to fried rice or as the "sahog" for veggie dishes.
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
8 Jul 19
It's common to most people here, but I never really done that. Now a days, left overs are saved to be given to dogs.
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
5 Jul 19
It's been a while since I had leftovers of potatoes. I've used them in my eggs by cubing them up and scrambling the eggs with them. My mother would make that every so often growing up and it's a favorite way to eat them.
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
5 Jul 19
I just reheat the noodles; fry the rice with lots of garlic.
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@thelme55 (79368)
• Germany
5 Jul 19
I do that sometimes @acelawrites. It depends on what I like at that moment. Thanks.
