Monday Challenge:
Friday Leftovers
Leftover quinoa, lentils, kale, and zucchini makes a great lunch bowl.
Do you often toss food you didn’t remember you had? Fruits and veggies that have gone terribly bad? Maybe there was a great “buy 1, get 1 free” sale that you couldn’t resist so you bought it whether you need it or not. 🙄
Some foods, like rice, quinoa, soups, and salads can easily be frozen but some things just don’t freeze well - I call these my Friday Leftovers.
I usually do my weekly food shopping on Saturday. So on Friday I like to check out what’s left in my fridge and create my Friday meals around that.
Your leftovers, (or food that needs to be eaten sooner rather than later) can be used in simple, tasty meals using a grain, a green, and a bean and topped off with a great sauce.
Leftovers can also be easily used in smoothies, soups, stir fries, tacos, wraps, and salads.
Some of the ways I like to use my Friday leftovers:
🥦Got Hummus that’s getting old? Use it on toast for breakfast or thin out and eat it with your salad. Or use it as a spread in a wrap with some leftover veggies.
🥦Got some veggies losing their crispness? Oven roast them and use in a grain bowl . Or add them to pasta with a great sauce.
🥦Have some fruit showing signs of age? These are great to use as sweeteners in your oatmeal (apples, bananas, and pineapples are great cooked with steel cut oats).
🥦Have tofu getting close to a “use by” date? Toast it in your air fryer and serve with a nice Asian sauce and some quinoa and greens.
🥦Greens or cabbage not as fresh as you’d like? Sauté them with some broth, Braggs’ Aminos, and nutritional yeast - delicious!
Prepping your produce in different ways can add appeal to your leftovers. Spiralizing veggies like zucchini can make leftovers fun to eat. Kids love spirals too!
Your challenge this week is to create tasty “Friday Leftover” meals.
Post your creations on Facebook and tag me (@Sarandwellness)
or Instagram: @sarandwellnes or #SarandWellness
Need recipe ideas? Let me know.
How will you enjoy them this week?
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