20 easy recipes for regulating adult your leftovers

However good a intentions many of us in a UK finish adult throwing divided a lot of food. Veg left bad during a behind of a fridge? Bananas usually too spotty? Kids didn’t like their tea? Overcatered for a cooking party? It’s not easy to equivocate chucking things away.

We pitch divided a intolerable 7 million tonnes of food and splash a year. This costs us £12.5bn a year and is terrible for a environment.

One resolution is to find engaging recipes for regulating adult your leftovers. Here are 20 juicy and elementary leftover recipes:

1. Leftover duck lasagne

Coming adult on a blog currently is a recipe for this implausible duck lasagne for a @lfhw_uk #meatyissues campaign.

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Make a whole new meal. Get a recipe.

2. Spanish omelette

A mouth watering meal. The recipe is on a blog ❤️ #healthychoices #healthyfood #healthyeats #healthy #nutrition #nutritious #parsnips #spanishomelette #omelette #healthyalternative #healthyalternatives #eatme #eatwell #eatright #eatwelllivewell #recipe #healthyrecipes #delicious #yummy #healthyeating

A print posted by MyNutriCounter (@mynutricounter) on Mar 21, 2016 during 12:45pm PDT

A great approach to to use adult contingency and ends. Get a recipe.

3. Leftover cheeseboard pie

It’s cheese, it’s pastry. It’s goooood. Head over to my Facebook page for a couple to this leftover cheeseboard pie! Facebook/gingeybites #leftovers #cheeseboard #eeeeeats #pie #cheesepie #filo #hungry #comfortfood #cheese #lovefood #lovefoodhatewaste

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Brilliant thought for regulating adult those leftover pieces of cheese. Recipe here.

4. Bubble and squeak 

NEW TO THE BLOG: Bubble and Squeak. Once again I’m branch leftovers into another meal. These are quick, bill accessible and many importantly tasty. #livelinkinprofile #ontheblog #iloveleftovers

A print posted by Cooking For Busy Mums (@cookingforbusymums) on Oct 21, 2014 during 4:47pm PDT

Leftover meat, potato, veg, eggs – and whatever else we wish to pitch in. Get a recipe.

5. Banana bread

My Best Banana Bread Ever! #banana #bananas #bananabread #bananacake #bread #cake #bestever #easyrecipe #easypeasyfoodie #recipeonblog

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Use those brownish-red bananas adult with this delicious recipe.

6. Chicken pasta salad

#liteneasy #lunch #chicken #pasta #salad #chickenpastasalad #diet #weightloss #week5 #weekA #day2 #foodstagram #fooddiary #1200cal

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If you’ve had grill duck for dinner, spin a leftovers into a pasta salad. Similar recipe.

7. Sweetcorn fritters

Indian-spiced sweetcorn fritters recipe on a blog today

A print posted by Sneaky Veg (@sneakyvegblog) on Aug 3, 2015 during 2:07pm PDT

Cooked too most sweetcorn for a kids’ tea? Got some sneaking during a bottom of a freezer? Turn it into fritters with this easy recipe.

8. Chocolate potato muffins

New on my blog today! Chocolate Potato Muffins – we would never know leftover potato crush is used in these juicy chocolate muffins. #chocolate #muffins #potato #potatomash #leftovers #ontheblog #homemade #instabake #instayum #fdbloggers #foodblogger

A print posted by Sarah James (@sarahjames456) on Mar 29, 2016 during 5:18am PDT

Without doubt a best approach to use adult leftover crushed potato I’ve ever seen! Get a recipe.

9. Bagel with leftover lamb

Last nights leftover grill lamb became todays lunch. we usually combined a bagel, avocado, goat cheese, packet and an egg usually prepared to detonate with runny goodness

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Leftover grill lamb? Simply put in a bagel with avocado, goats cheese, packet and an egg for a juicy lunch.

10. Make a overwhelming salad

Coleslaw mix, oranges, edamame beans, sunflower seeds and hunger nuts…AMAZING what we can emanate when we improvise with a usually food equipment left in your cupboard, fridge and freezer! This juicy plate would be a good further to a #picnic with #friends and ideal when we need to prove mixed dietary requirements: #glutenfree #dairyfree #vegan!

A print posted by NATALIE K SHARPE (@the_natural_kitchen) on Mar 27, 2016 during 2:34am PDT

Chuck together what you’ve got in a fridge and we competence be vacant during a results. This one is coleslaw, oranges, edamame beans, sunflower seeds and hunger nuts.

11. Rocky road

New post on blog (link in profile): Looking for a fabulous, tantalizing and easy approach to use adult all those Easter eggs afterwards take a demeanour during my Easter (very rocky) Rocky Road recipe. #baking #foodporn #recipes #recipeoftheday #bakeoftheday #chocolate

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There’s even a use for leftover chocolate should we find yourself with a surplus. Get a recipe.

12. Lamb curry

Roast Lamb again this week in a Weber Q. Roasts save my life after in a week when I’m home late from work. #iloveleftovers #makeanewmealfromleftovers

A print posted by Cooking For Busy Mums (@cookingforbusymums) on Oct 14, 2014 during 1:50am PDT

Turn leftover grill lamb into curry. Try this one for leftover grill lamb satay curry.

13. Penne frittata 

Penne Mozzarella Frittata #the5oclockapron

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Transform your leftover pasta. Similar recipe here.

14. Beef and broccoli stir fry

✨✨Dinner Stir grill beef over veggies #homecooking #yummyfood #beefandbroccoli #veggies #happycooking ❤️… Have a good Sunday night everybody !!!☺️☺️☺️

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Stir grill is a good approach to use adult leftover beef. Similar recipe here.

15. Coronation chicken

Wow your lunch guest with this shining Classic Coronation Chicken from Lucy Loves. #lucyloves #chicken #foodblog

A print posted by Lucy Loves (@lucyck) on Aug 12, 2015 during 10:43am PDT

Take a outing behind to a 1950s. Get a recipe.

16. Sweet potato pancakes

Sweet potato spelt pancakes. Link in profile!

A print posted by Sneaky Veg (@sneakyvegblog) on Jun 15, 2015 during 5:01am PDT

Use adult your leftover honeyed potato, either it’s roasted or even puréed for a baby. Get a recipe.

17. Arancini

New recipe on a site (link in profile) for these baked risotto balls. Great for #blw Baby Rory gobbled these adult and a purify adult was minimal. we adore finger dishes for that reason! If we have left over risotto afterwards because not give these a go, your kids will appreciate you! #risottoballs #risotto #arancini #instafood #blwideas #babyapproved #babyfood #toddlerapproved #kidsfood #kidfoodies #foodiekid #kidsinthekitchen #kidscooking #firstfoods #dinner #lunch #babyselffeeding #foodblogger

A print posted by Amy (Feeding Finn) (@feedingfinn) on Jul 8, 2015 during 12:37pm PDT

No need to pitch divided your leftover risotto any some-more with this recipe.

18. Vegetable hash 

Vegetables for breakfast are always a good thought #veggiehash ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: we make a large collection to eat on for a subsequent few days. Recipe: preheat oven to 375*F. Chop 1 honeyed potato and 1 russet potato into half in. pieces. Toss in olive oil, salt and pepper, place on piece vessel and in oven for 15-20 mins or until flare tender. Meanwhile, supplement 1 tbsp of high feverishness oil (I use a mix of safflower, avocado, and coconut) to a skillet and supplement half a yellow onion, 1 clove of garlic, and 3 immature onions all chopped – prepare until translucent. Add 1/2 crater of a following chopped: broccoli, carrots, red pepper, 1/4 crater of mushrooms, zucchini, summer squish and prepare until proposal (about 10-15 minutes). Add 1 crater chopped spinach and prepare until wilted. Add potatoes to skillet when finished in oven. Add salt and peppers to taste. Great with eggs, in a quiche, or an omelette.

A print posted by Jessica T. Monroe PhD, RD, LDN (@thefreshdietitian) on Nov 2, 2015 during 3:58am PST

Turn those veggies sneaking during a behind of a fridge into dinner.

19. Bread and butter pudding

Check out what Skint Mum done in a delayed cooker Bread and butter pudding is now my new favourite dessert! Recipe will be on my site tomorrow. Sign adult to my newsletter to get told of when it’s published. Link in form @skintdad #pudding #dessert #foodporn #instafood #slowcooker

A print posted by Ricky Willis SkintDad (@skintdad) on Mar 21, 2015 during 12:18pm PDT

The classical approach to use adult seared bread. Get a recipe.

20. Chicken soup

Magical. Italian Herb Chicken Soup.

A print posted by The Baking Doctor (@the_baking_doctor) on Mar 28, 2016 during 11:08am PDT

Waste not wish not – use adult your duck body and make it into soup. Similar recipe here.

Mandy Mazliah is a vegetarian silent of three, whose kids all hatred vegetables! She blogs about her efforts to get her kids to eat some-more veg at Sneaky Veg.

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