Leftovers aren’t everyone’s favorite but Rebecca Wilde from Wicker and Wilde thinks that's just a shame! She loves making up new dishes, inspired by, as Ma Wilde puts it, "emptying out the fridge." But with how expensive grocery prices are nowadays, throwing away food hurts. A Redditor askied fellow Redditors to share their “’leftover’ ingredients that others throw away” but they use. Here’s what home cooks had to say.
"I collect the heels of loaves of bread and store them in an airtight container in the freezer. With eight heels, I can make a large, killer bread pudding."
"When you finish a jar of pickles, don't throw away the juice. Pickle juice is a great marinade for chicken."
"I turn my leftover bits and bobs of vegetables into pasta sauce. I usually roast them for more flavor, then freeze them in portions to serve with pasta."
"When my jars of peanut butter are nearly empty, and there's only a little bit of PB left, I use the jars as containers to make overnight oats. The oats sop up all the peanut butter flavor. And you can try this with any nut butter."
"I see a lot of people throw away the stems for cilantro and just use the leaves. I use every last inch of the cilantro! The stems contain even more flavor in my opinion."
"When I was growing up, my mom made me a special treat whenever she made pie. She would take the crust trimmings, add butter and cinnamon sugar, and bake it like a cinnamon roll."
"Potato peels! After you peel potatoes, wash and dry the peels. You can fry them later like chips, and they make a delicious snack; just need some salt."
Man, that last one sounds particularly delicious and if you need even more inspiration there are more to read! What about you, what do YOU do with leftovers?
