I replaced last week’s scrambled eggs night for frittatas. I found the frittatas recipe on The Frugal Engineer and felt it was more conducive to using up leftovers than scrambled eggs. And you know how I like using up leftovers!
Monday – Teriyaki Chicken, Brown Rice, Glazed Carrots
Tuesday – Use leftover chicken and carrots in stir fry, use leftover rice to make fried rice
Wednesday – Use leftover chicken to make a version of Chinese Chicken Salad
Thursday – Roast Beef, Alice Waters Swiss Chard Gratin, Garden Salad
Friday – Use leftover roast beef to make BBQ Beef, baked beans, corn on the cob, garden salad
Saturday- YOYO Dinner
Sunday – Salmon, yellow rice, Serendipitous Asparagus, garden salad
ETA: this post has been linked to Menu Plan Monday.
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Rachel says
That all sounds great! I definitely want to try making Chinese Chicken Salad, it's one of my favorites. You should check out springpad's weekly meal planner, it's a great way to organize all of your menus and recipes and I think you'd really like it.
Rachel @ springpad
Alea says
Melissa, I think fried rice turns out better if you use old and/or dry rice. Most people add the green onion at the end, but my dc were leaving egg on their plate, so I started adding the onion with the egg and the egg started disappearing.
Liz,The frittata turned out well! I added an extra splash of milk, because things tend to take a little longer to cook at altitude and extra liquid prevents things from becoming too dry. I have never put a frying pan in the oven before, so I was a little worried. But I took a walk on the wild side, tested the limits of my 14 year old circulon pans and it turned out great! I used taco meat, mexican cheese, tomatoes, and onion. I am looking forward to trying some of the other combinations that you suggested.
The Frugal Engineer says
Melissa – try adding some Worcestershire sauce to your fried rice. I did it by accident one time (used some leftover marinade that had worcestershire sauce in it), and it turned out great!
Alea – how did the frittata turn out??
Melissa says
Everything sounds good! I'd like to make better use of leftovers than just having them for lunches (although leftovers are much more fun than PB&J every day).
I'll have to try your recipe for fried rice. We make it occasionally, but it's never quite right. I do like to add a few drops of dark sesame oil to the fried rice; we like that flavor, but otherwise the recipe needs work! 🙂