Eat Your Veggies

There are two categories of leftovers. The first are eating leftovers and the second are cooking leftovers. Eating leftovers are just what you think of when you think about leftovers–what’s left after you eat that you didn’t finish. Many foods can even be better when they are leftovers, a good curry, for example. The time spent in the refrigerator overnight with all of the spices infusing the veggies creates a stronger and more delicious dish. Personally, I like to eat leftovers for breakfast. But then, I like to eat breakfast foods for my evening meal, too.

The second type of leftovers, the cooking ones, are slightly different. They are still leftovers, but they are leftover from when you do your cooking, rather than when you do your eating. For instance, you may be cutting an onion and you cut the whole thing, but you don’t need a whole onion for your recipe as the recipe calls for a cup and you have a cup and a quarter once you have finished chopping the onion. So, what do you do with that extra 1/4 cup of onions? Well, what I like to do is to put it into a container and place that container in the freezer. When I am in a hurry and need some onion, I can pull out the frozen onion or other vegetables and use them. It is also handy to pull out several containers with various leftover frozen veggies and put them in a pot with some vegetable broth or a tomato base and create a delicious veggie soup.

Whatever you do with your leftovers, try to eat them in some way to avoid waste. If you absolutely can’t eat them or have left them too long and they have spoiled, try composting them. If you are new to composting, check out this other today.com blog: http://suburbansharecroppers.today.com

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