Okay, so it's really freaking cold outside, and I don't really want to go out there right now.
Which kinda sucks, because I need to pick up groceries soon.
I looked over my fridge, tossed the items that needed tossing (how did 4 month expired yogurt get missed in the last clean out?), and assessed what was left. Not much. A couple eggs, a splash of milk, some mouldy cheese and a container of spinach cheese dip from going out with a friend a couple days ago. On the counter was some bread crusts leftover from having some friends over for an english tea a little while back.
My fridge is not usually this barren. I blame the weather.
I have a reasonably stocked pantry, but I was feeling the need to use up what was in the fridge before tapping that. Well, tapping that too much anyway.
I trimmed the mould off the cheese and cut into small, meltable pieces (there was too little to shred). After cooking a pot of penne and draining it, I threw the cheese pieces to melt, and added the remaining spinach cheese dip. The result was a cheesy spinach pasta, with a little kick. For whatever reason the restaurant we got the spinach dip from does theirs with a tex-mex edge. If I find the pasta is too dry when I reheat it, I can throw some salsa in quite easily to fix that.
The bread crusts (about 1/2 a loaf's worth?) were torn up into little bite sized pieces and spread out in a baking dish. My last 3 eggs and splash of milk were whipped together with a few handfuls of homemade vanilla sugar and vanilla extract. I say handfuls, because I was too lazy to get a measuring cup out of the cupboard. 3 handfuls - That's about as precise-ish as I can get on this recipe. On top of the crust pieces I liberally sprinkled nutmeg and cinnamon, as well as a few handfuls of crushed walnuts and a handful of dark chocolate chips, before pouring the egg mixture over it. I pushed the bread down to make sure it all soaked up some egg mixture, covered the dish in tinfoil, and put it in the oven at 350 Fahrenheit for about 35 minutes.
Om nom nom.
I have some Devon cream in the fridge at work to put on that bad boy.
I now have breakfast and lunch for the rest of the week :)
Then I really have to go get groceries :s
Has anyone made anything interesting out of their leftovers lately?
5 comments:
Wow I always have a stew of soup in the works in the freezer but I would say you definitly rocked the leftovers.
Way to go
Judy
Pretty creative!
I've been sucking on the making food front lately.
Thanks ladies!
@Judy - I really need to get a soup bin going. I like the idea.
@Daisy - Hopefully the suck lets up and you can get some food made :)
You have Devon CREAM?!?! :(
I haven't had it in almost a decade!! I can't seem to find any in Toronto. You lucky lucky duck. :(
They used to have it in the dairy section, but for some reason it's been moved to the deli case around the salads. I get mine at Save On Foods (not sure what the corresponding store name would be out east), but this jar a friend of mine brought for our English tea.
Addictive :)
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