We’ve all heard it — the lament from our family that there’s nothing to eat. Maybe we’ve even said it to ourselves at the dinner hour. Well, with these 15 dinners, you can pull them together using leftovers.
Copycat Trader Joe’s Arancini Rice Balls
Did you make risotto earlier in the week to serve with another meal? Well, discover how you can turn that leftover risotto in arancini, cheese-filled fried risotto balls. They taste like the ones Trader Joe’s used to sell.
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Pizza Toppings Bar
If you’ve got leftover plain
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Best Way to Reheat Lasagna
Have you ever tried reheated leftover lasagna in the air fryer? If not, you’ve got to try it. It’s delish. Here are other ways to reheat next-day lasagna so it tastes like it just came out of the over for the first time.
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Easy Chicken Enchilada Rice Casserole
This Easy Chicken Enchilada Rice Casserole Recipe includes three different leftovers that you can grab from the refrigerator. With leftover rice, chicken and cheese, you can make a cheesy yummy dinner in minutes.
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Easy Cheesy Hamburger Casserole
With Easy Cheesy Hamburger Casserole, you can use three different leftover items from a previous dinner in tonight’s meal. This includes ground beef, cheese, and pasta.
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Cheesy Leftover Taco Meat Pasta
Did you make too much on Taco Tuesday and not sure what to do with the leftovers? Well, this cheesy taco pasta recipe is your solution. It’s a taste combination that lets you make dinner fast.
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Sweet Potato Fajitas with Zesty Lime Sauce
If earlier this week you served sweet potato fries with burgers for dinner, here is a clever way to reuse those leftover sweet potatoes. Add them to Sweet Potato Fajitas.
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Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Dip
Who says you can’t serve an appetizer as a dinner? With this Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Dip, you’ll make excellent use of leftover rotisserie chicken. Serve with tortilla chips or as a topping for nachos.
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Leftover Mashed Potato Pancakes
Potato pancakes aren’t just for Chanukah. If you have leftover mashed potatoes from a dinner earlier in the week, you can make crispy mashed potato pancakes with fried eggs on top. It takes only 15 minutes to make.
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Chicken Pot Pies
This is a brilliant solution to leftover chicken or another kind of meat plus vegetables, like peas, potatoes and carrots. Put them all into a pot pie that you top with puff pastry.
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Brisket Fried Rice
You may not think about making fried rice with a leftover brisket. But trust me. With this Brisket Fried Rice recipe, you get to serve your family a Southwestern, spicy meal that is easy on you to make.
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Rotisserie Chicken Pasta Salad
Got leftover rotisserie chicken? What about cooked pasta, such as bowtie pasta? Cut up some vegetables and add a creamy dressing, and you’ve got Rotisserie Chicken Pasta Salad for dinner in no time.
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Salmon Pasta Salad
Another pasta salad and another brilliant use of leftovers. This time it is leftover salmon that you’ll add to leftover pasta. Add a dressing, plus a touch of dill and lemon, and dinner is served.
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Brisket Chili
Did you recently serve beef brisket at a backyard barbecue and have some leftovers? Great. You can make this easy Brisket Chili with the meat, plus beans, peppers and corn in a thick and chunky tomato base.
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Cheddar Chicken Bake
With this Cheddar Chicken Bake, you can use leftovers from a main course — rotisserie chicken — and a side dish — cooked quinoa — to create a brand new dinner in no time.
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