A light dinner.

@marguicha (230619)
Chile
September 26, 2026 8:50pm CST
Today, at lunchtime, I had Martín as a visitor. I cooked a delicious tomato sauce but instead of making and adding homemade meatbals, I bought the ones they sell at the supermarket. I wanted to try them because it is so easy to just place the raw balls into the sauce. It was the first and last time I´ll buy them. Later on, when I read the ingredients from the package, I discovered why mine are better. I add eggs, bread crumbs and caramelized onion. Anyway, the sauce was delicious with my favorite pasta. And there was a little bit of pasta left so I decided to have a pasta omelette for dinner. When young visitors come and do the dishes, they never wash pots and pans. So the remaining sauce was in the pot I used to cook it and the rest of the pasta was in the strainer that Martín used to take it out of the pan. When I went to the kitchen I placed the remaining sauce in a Tupperware and in the fridge but used the leftovers to add to the pasta. I beat a couple of eggs, added the pasta, some diced cheese and a bit of diced onion. With that I made the most wonderful omelette. I have found that many times the food we make from leftovers is better than the dish we cooked in the first place. In this case, the omelette was better because it had the taste of the sauce but not the bought meatballs. Do you like leftovers?
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@AmbiePam (130897)
• United States
27 Sep
I love leftovers. I am always glad when I have some.
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@marguicha (230619)
• Chile
27 Sep
There are some dishes that you annot make in too small portions.
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@LadyDuck (504298)
• Italy
27 Sep
I also tried those ready made meatballs and I did not like at all. I will continue to make them myself. I always eat leftovers, I never throw food.
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@marguicha (230619)
• Chile
30 Sep
@LadyDuck Many times I buy food because some people say it is wonderful and end up giving it away.
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@marguicha (230619)
• Chile
27 Sep
I don´t know why I keep on trying food that I should know that I won´t like. I remembber when I bought some chicken patties of sorts because Dixie had bought them for one of her grandchildren. I made a few, decided to eat the rice I had cooked with a couple of eggs and gave the rest of the chicken to Dixie for the children.
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@LadyDuck (504298)
• Italy
27 Sep
@marguicha - I do the same, this evening I cooked some frozen vegetables called "Mediterranean Mix" they were horrible, I will never buy again.
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@sallypup (69918)
• Centralia, Washington
27 Sep
Your food sounds tasty.
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@marguicha (230619)
• Chile
27 Sep
Thank you. It was.
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@MarieCoyle (64088)
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27 Sep
I do not care for those store bought frozen meatballs, either. They are not very good at all, no matter what brand they are. Your dinner sounds good, I am always glad when we have something to reheat and eat. If we don't eat our leftovers, I freeze them for later.
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@marguicha (230619)
• Chile
27 Sep
I do the same.
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@marguicha (230619)
• Chile
30 Sep
@MarieCoyle That´s a good name!
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@MarieCoyle (64088)
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27 Sep
@marguicha When we have been gone most of the day and I didn’t plan on it, it’s really nice to have a frozen homemade meal that I can microwave for myself and my son. He calls them “ Mom’s TV dinners!”
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@valherma00 (5843)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
29 Sep
i adore leftovers. i feel bad when i don't have them.
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@marguicha (230619)
• Chile
30 Sep
Sometimes I cook bigger batches just to have leftovers.
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• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
30 Sep
@marguicha i ate pasta with ground meat for 3 days. i still have some ground meat but i'll freeze it so i can eat it the next week or later so, you're right
@Wrexxo (9401)
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27 Sep
Yeah I love leftovers, sometimes they taste even better the next day. That pasta omelette sounds so good honestly, way better idea than just reheating it plain. And lesson learned on the store bought meatballs lol, homemade always wins.
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@marguicha (230619)
• Chile
27 Sep
These meatballs were quite bad.
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@wolfgirl569 (141245)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Sep
Glad you had a good time visiting. I often prefer leftovers
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@marguicha (230619)
• Chile
30 Sep
I are wonderful many times.
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@RasmaSandra (101360)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Sep
It depends on what I have made. However, if I have food, I will not eat it. I share it with some feral cats and a possum that comes on my porch at night,
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@marguicha (230619)
• Chile
30 Sep
I often make something better with the leftovers.
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@JudyEv (389406)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Sep
I love leftovers and agree that they're often more tasty than the original dish.
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@marguicha (230619)
• Chile
30 Sep
I make omelettes with many of them.
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@aureliah (25036)
• Kenya
28 Sep
My son refused the meatballs bought at the supermarket. I guess because of the ingredients the taste is weird.
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@marguicha (230619)
• Chile
30 Sep
The ones I bought were not much good. I´m eating the sauce I made with eggs and rice or pasta and probablt Luna will eat the rest of the meatballs.
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@aureliah (25036)
• Kenya
4 Oct
@marguicha at leats Luna can have them thus, it is not a total waste