Some weeks the foods are so diverse in flavor that I create a smorgasbord, other times I may only have one or two things that can simply be reheated as side dishes with the main meal. But the dinners that I take the most pleasure in are the ones where I blend several items to create a new dish.
This week included several salad items that needed to be used up. Baby lettuce, celery, small tomatoes, a partial bag of shredded carrots, and some radishes. Also a mango that was a day or two away from the compost bin. And…leftover teriyaki chicken and wanton from a trip to the local Chinese Restaurant. I cut up the vegetables, mango, and chicken and tossed with Asian Sesame Dressing. Then I topped it with the leftover wanton. My kids were alarmed when they saw me chopping up a mango for the salad, but when they tasted the salad they said the mango did not seem out of place.
The Chinese chicken salad rescued most of the items in the above picture from the food waste picture on Friday.
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