What's for din? 3.13.23
By April
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
Defuniak Springs, Florida
March 13, 2023 7:41pm CST
Happy Monday night!
I did a thing. I took a page out of @TheSoujourner 's book and improvised with two different things in the fridge to use them up before they went bad.
I knew I wanted to make meatloaf. I had about a third of a pound of Jimmy dean Hot sausage and about a pound of ground beef that needed to be used up before they went a little south and became doggo food. So I mixed up both of those, added crushed-up Ritz crackers, a couple of eggs, a dash of this and a pinch of that, and of course some Ketchup, and threw it in the oven.
The spice gave it a little extra kick and made a bigger meatloaf than I would have had if I just used the ground beef. So win-win.
I also had some hamburger buns that needed to be used up by Wednesday, so I buttered and sprinkles them with parmesan cheese and made "cheese toast". I also made some mashed potatoes and gravy.
So it turned into a pretty good meal and didn't end up costing too much since I was using up stuff.
So that's what we had for dinner. What went on the table at your house?
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@JudyEv (325651)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Mar 23
That was a very creative use of ingredients. Good for you.
@JudyEv (325651)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Mar 23
@thislittlepennyearns So no waste at all! :)
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
14 Mar 23
@JudyEv none it was a good night.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
14 Mar 23
It turned out really good. She child and Chris both had two servings. Then the dogs got the left overs on there dinner.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
14 Mar 23
That's all you had was rice
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
14 Mar 23
@Jude07 Well, then you didn't just have rice. I asked what you were having for dinner.
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@RebeccasFarm (86732)
• United States
14 Mar 23
Yours sounds very good April.
I am not sure but I was going to roast a chicken we willl see.
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
14 Mar 23
I think tonight is pigs and a blanket. Either that or breakfast for dinner.
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@FourWalls (62096)
• United States
14 Mar 23
I had buffalo chicken and mashed taters. And since I’m allegedly an adult, MY ELBOWS went on the table, too! 
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
14 Mar 23
I ate standing up at my computer. Which is what I do most nights.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
14 Mar 23
I love your cheese toast idea! I will often make garlic bread out of stale buns.
We're having Pioneer Woman's chicken spaghetti recipe, only made with leftover turkey instead of chicken.
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
14 Mar 23
I used to make croutons out of stale bread, but salad isn't a big thing around here. Sooooooooo yeah.
I also burned the $h!t out of my thumb.
I don't think I have ever had chicken spaghetti, but I do have an awesome chicken chilli recipe.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
14 Mar 23
@thislittlepennyearns
We make it around here pretty frequently.
https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a11729/chicken-spaghetti-recipe/
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
14 Mar 23
@spiderdust I have chicken in the freezer. May have to make it tomorrow night.
@allen0187 (58438)
• Philippines
14 Mar 23
Skipped dinner last night.
Haven't had breakfast yet but had oatmel.
Might have my first meal by lunch.
@MarieCoyle (28443)
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14 Mar 23
I love to repurpose foods. It sure beats tossing them, I have always hated wasting food. It looks good to me!
I made split pea with ham soup in the crockpot. The split peas were given to me by a neighbor who went to Florida, and ham and the huge ham bone were frozen from a holiday dinner over Christmas vacation. So other than a chopped onion, a bit of celery and carrot, it was an extremely frugal pot of soup--way less than $1. I will give some to my daughter tomorrow and the rest will be portioned out and frozen for another day.
