- Cut any leftover meat off the bone. Cut the meat into bite-size pieces. If you have more than a cup of meat, you can use it to make a pasta casserole. Add it to cooked pasta along with minced onions, a can of cream of mushroom soup, and a bag of frozen chopped broccoli. Sprinkle shredded cheese on top and bake to warm through. If you have less than a cup of meat left, add it to a green salad or use it to make a sandwich.
- Save the ends of celery, little bits of leftover onions, broccoli, carrots and other vegetables in an airtight container for up to a week. Use them to make broth by covering them with water and simmering for an hour with some garlic and herbs. Then add meat, cooked rice and canned tomatoes to make a hearty soup that you serve with homemade bread. Another way to use leftover fresh vegetables to maximize your nutrition and your food budget is to mince them in a food processor. Then add the mixture to a spaghetti sauce.
- Whenever you have leftover bread or donuts, break them into small bite-size pieces. Spread the pieces in a buttered 9 by 13-inch casserole dish. Add cream, butter, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Then bake for about 45 minutes in a 350-degree oven. Leftover oatmeal from breakfast can be saved to make a cake using the recipe listed below in the resources. You can experiment by adding chocolate chips, cranberries, coconut and frosting to the cake.
