Last night I repurposed some leftover gorgeous ribeye into steak fajitas. We had them on TJ’s handmade flour tortillas with a shmear of refried black beans, topped with cheddar, salsa verde and spicy guac.
Tonight i repurposed some halibut into spicy fish cakes make with a bit of potato, finely minced onion, jalapeno and cilantro. I coated with panko and spritzed with oil, then baked them, rather than pan fried them. Served with roasted broccoli and asparagus. Dipping sauce was doctored TJ’s tartar with more onion, garlic, cumin, lime, cayenne and cilantro.
My husband doesn’t love leftovers so reinventing things is a quickfire game I like to play. It’s so satisfying when I’m able to make good use of great quality leftovers in a new dish.
I love that game too! Usually when I’ve been away for my 4 days and come back, there are always dribs and drabs in the fridge. Not enough of anything to eat alone, mostly the leftovers from earlier in the week that they got sick of eating before the food was gone. So it’s a mental and cooking challenge to repurpose it in a way that seems new again. Much fun!
Also started bread last night - tried a new technique (tangzhong) for moisture retention, same no-knead recipe otherwise (Lahey).
Funny-looking loaf because I make half a recipe in a loaf pan for half vertical height so the top doesn’t burn in my little toaster oven. And I wanted a soft crust, like sandwich bread.
Mostly leftovers dinner. BF took my Vietnamese slashed chicken and made chicken fried rice, with a LOT of soy sauce. Then he decided he didn’t like it, so I gave him some pork belly my sister (“too five-spicey”) eschewed and he re-crisped that and made himself a beet/feta/candied walnut salad. I got a runny egg and topped my rice with some chili crisp, but i thought i was getting some salad too! instead, i got to finish off the extra candied walnuts.