Leftover Friendly Dinners

angienofrills

I work abroad in France and have been managing to cook for myself and eat on my own time schedule while being here.

Now I am returning home and will be staying between family and friends for 2-3 days at a time who don't eat mindfully at all.

I'm looking for some yummy low calorie dinners that are leftover friendly that I can make a batch of and then eat that when they are eating dinners as I don't want to be offensive and be cooking my own food all the time.

I love vegan and vegetarian food but I do eat meat and fish too so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

tequila5000

Make a big pot of hearty soup!

laurenmjenkin

Or ( can use legumes or meats) casserole, stews, curries, slow cook, pilaffs left over veggies make burgers (or make a batch from scratch to freeze) pasta left over can be pasta pan bake on a day you don’t mind the carbs, little cheese maybe. Possibilities are endless. Just let us know what u like to eat, and not like, and how much effort u want to put in than maybe easier to write a few things for u

tinkerbellang83

I am a meal-prepper and have a bunch of mostly freezable/reheat friendly recipes on my personal blog website.

https://www.exercisenotextrafries.com/recipes

Lounmoun

Soup was my first thought.
Tomato, potato, lentil, fassolatha, minestrone, chili, meatball soup, chicken tortilla soup

http://allrecipes.com/recipes/16369/soups-stews-and-chili/soup/
http://www.cookinglight.com/food/top-rated-recipes/best-soup-recipes
https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/course/soup-recipes

theabsentmindednurse

RED LENTIL AND PUMPKIN SOUP

2 cups red split lentils
1.5kg pumpkin (grated)
1 large sweet potato (grated)
2 brown onions (diced)
1 litre vegetable stock
2 tablespoons yellow curry paste
1 tablespoons crushed garlic
1 litre water

Add vegetables to a large stock pot with a little olive oil. Simmer five minutes with curry paste and garlic.
Add vegetable stock and water. Bring to boil. Place on lid. Simmer for 25 minutes until tender.
Serve.
Suitable to freeze.


busyPK

My go to recipes for yummy leftovers are...

- crockpot beef roast with carrots, potatoes and onions (or anything you'd like to add really). I add in some water and 1 dry packet of ranch, Italian and brown gravy seasoning (gives it a good juice flavor, but you don't eat all that)
- breakfast casserole with eggs, milk, cheese, spinach and cooked sausage or bacon crumbles on top. Yummy with hot sauce/salsa and toast/English muffin

angienofrills

This all sounds great, thank you for your replies!!

I love cooking so am happy to put in effort in, but as I will be in other people's kitchens I am wary of taking over the kitchen so I guess minimal pot dishes is great, although I guess things can be done in stages.

I literally like all foods so am happy to experiment with new recipes as I tend to stick to my go tos which are:

Veggie bolognese
Prawn & spinach curry
Veg Curry
Stir fries
Asian salad
Soup
Egg white omelettes

Gosh listing these makes me sound so boring but as we are working constantly out on the boat in France it's been easier to stick to what i know!

Looking forward to trying out some of these recipes!

Francl27

Soup
Stew
Zucchini lasagna