Leftovers, Not Just For Compost Anymore

Let me just say that going from 0 food blogs to 2 food blogs in just over two months is a bit daunting. If you don't know already, I have taken up a challenge to not repeat a dinner entree recipe for an entire year. Two friend have joined me in blogging about our trials and triumphs in a new blog, no reEATS, Dianne (who is brand spanking new to blogging but who inspired this challenge by starting it up four months before on her own) and Jen, at Piccante Dolce.

One of of my personal goals is to be less wasteful, use my cookbooks more and plan our meals a bit more efficiently. This has led to some meals that have been very tasty and that have consisted of food that would have probably been thrown out before. We are kind of terrible about leftovers and impulsive eating out. I used to take food out and prep it for dinner, only to have Shack call home and say "I feel like spaghetti bolognese at Gio's" and suddenly we were in the car and going out to dinner, my poor dinner forgotten and uncooked in the fridge. Sometimes I would make it the next day but sometimes the same thing would happen the next day as well.
I don't need you to look at me like that, I am painfully aware of how terrible that is and I would hang my head in shame if I could still type without ever peaking at the keys.

So, last night I roasted chicken thighs and beautiful multi coloured carrots. Because Shack had actually ordered pizza at 4pm
I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW BUT IT'S ONLY JANUARY AND OLD HABITS DIE HARD!


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