My first post

I've decided to write a cookbook that specifically focuses on using leftovers. Not just reheating leftovers, but using them to create something new, tasty, and unrecognizable to leftover-haters. For years, friends and family have urged me to write this cookbook, so this blog will be my start.

For lunch today, I had about 2 cups of leftover spaghetti Carbonara, a few spears of leftover roasted asparagus, a quarter cup of leftover green beens, some peppers and onions (that were actually leftover from fajitas!). I diced all the vegetables, reheated them in a large stir-fry skillet. I also had half a chicken breast that had been pounded and sauteed, so I diced that as well. With a little cream and the pasta, this became a Pasta Primavera for 3 people, with ingredients that otherwise (in a week or two) would have found their way into the garbage.