This Week's Menu: Utilizing Leftovers

If you are like me, you despise eating the same thing day after day...thus leftovers are a sore subject in our house.  Jake LOVES eating leftovers.  Strange.  Anyway, I at least recognize the cost savings in using up leftovers, so I have embarked on a new journey - creating *new* dishes using frozen/refrigerated leftovers.  I figure this way I am able to eat new things each day, but still use up expensive chicken/beef that we have leftover from other meals.  Here is the menu for the week at our house...


Monday - Crock Pot Baked Potatoes, fully loaded with whatever we have in the fridge (shredded cheddar, butter, sour cream, salsa) & 2 Ingredient Lemon Bars

Tuesday - Beef Stroganoff w/ Egg Noodles (freezing leftover beef for next week)




Wednesday - Buffalo Chicken Flautas, using leftover chicken from last week's lime chicken tacos




Thursday - Chili Cheese Cornbread Bake, using leftover chili that I froze from last week




Friday - frozen pizza (super cheap Totino's of course) & Morton's Steakhouse Wedge Salad


 

Saturday - shredded Chicken Caesar sandwiches (freezing leftover chicken for next week)




Sunday - chili w/ spaghetti (freezing leftover chili to use next week for Sloppy Tater Tot Casserole)





I am *hoping* that this menu means only a very small trip to the grocery tomorrow...we'll see.


Here are my ideas for next week's menu...thinking more on leftovers...


Monday - Buffalo Chicken Soup, using leftover shredded Caesar chicken
Tuesday - Puff Pastry Pot Pie, using leftover beef stroganoff
Wednesday - Crock Pot Baked Potatoes Fully Loaded
Thursday - Sloppy Tater Tot Casserole, using leftover chili
Friday - Lakehouse
Saturday - Lakehouse
Sunday - Taco Night, (save leftover taco meat for Mexican Casserole)


How do you all use up your leftovers?  PLEASE enlighten me!

P.S.  Check out my Pinterest page for the recipes for the vast majority of these meals...