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Leftovers On Purpose -LOP- is about how I make meals ahead and store in my freezer :). It includes ideas for feeding daycare toddlers, as well as what I do to keep Weight Watcher's Point-friendly items available for myself. The same ideas would work for feeding a busy family.
I've tried different recipes for play dough and even bought commercial play dough, but nothing beats this recipe: 1 c. flour1/2 c. salt2 tsp. cream of tartar1 c. water2 tbsp. oil1 tsp. food coloring Combine 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup salt and 2 teaspoons c (read full article)
I've tried different recipes for play dough and even bought commercial play dough, but nothing beats this recipe: 1 c. flour1/2 c. salt2 tsp. cream of tartar1 c. water2 tbsp. oil1 tsp. food coloring Combine 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup salt and 2 teaspoons c (read full article)
I'm always writing down a recipe here and a recipe there, sometimes printing a recipe I find interesting. When things get busy, I stack the recipes to file or try later. I was going through a pile of recipes, putting them in the proper place to fil (read full article)
This recipe came in handy after our big Christmas meal.Grate one apple in a bowl. Add stuffing. Add shredded leftover turkey. Heat in mini crock pot. It would heat well in the microwave, too. My stomach is growling now just thinking about it. I w (read full article)
In my effort to try to use food I already have on-hand, I found a Budding package of pastrami and remembered my mom's "recipe" for a hot pastrami.Melt a pat of butter in a fry pan on medium heat. Add the pastrami in the pan, separating the pieces. (read full article)
With the child care my hands are so dry and, at times, my hands start to crack and it's painful. With all the baby wipes, cleaning, and constant hand washing, I'm literally wearing my hands out. I've tried all sorts of lotions and creams; everythin (read full article)
Christmas is over and time to take down the Christmas cards. Do you save yours? I always save them, but not always sure what to do with them.Sometimes I add them to our reading corner for the toddlers to 'read' during the Christmas season, I've mad (read full article)
After Thanksgiving I had a lot of sweet potatoes leftover and sweet potatoes with rice sounded great. I searched for some sort of recipe and found lots of recipes for Sweet Potato Risotto, all with a few ingredients I didn't have on-hand, lol. I de (read full article)
I am overjoyed when there's a little bit of green beans leftover. I put them in the fridge with my name on them so they will be ready for my next meal.I leave them cold and put a little Italian dressing them. That's it! It turns the green beans i (read full article)
I have some rice cakes that need to be eaten and I was trying to come up with a creative way to eat them.I sprinkled Cheddar cheese on two rice cakes then baked in a 400 degree oven for 5 minutes (just until the cheese melted). It turned out yummy! (read full article)
On shopping night, I got a supermarket Chinese dinner. I ate a little of it when I got home, then put it in the fridge. The next day, I thought it would make a great lunch. Usually, the rice dries out and I wanted to try something to moisten it up. (read full article)
Easy, easy, easy!Spaghetti EggsMelt a tablespoon or two of butter in a frying pan over medium heat.Add a handful of leftover, cooked spaghetti. In the photo below, I was serving it to young toddlers, so I cut up the spaghetti into small pieces. But (read full article)
I needed a quick dinner. I found some cheese and bacon.....just had to figure out how to put it together. I also found some English Muffins. So I came up with this.......Bacon & Cheese MuffinEnglish muffin, split and toastedmayo or Miracle Whi (read full article)
Here I am again, with a bit of boneless, skinless chicken breast leftover. Looking in my fridge, I have tortillas and cheese, too.Spray the pan with cooking spray, put a tortilla down and turned the heat to medium.Spread some shredded cheese on the (read full article)
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