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COOKED RICE: If you have enough leftover rice, you can make a wonderful rice pudding or fried rice. If you have a small amount, mix it into ground beef for your next meatloaf or into your meatballs. You can also add it to canned soup, such as cream of tomato, or mix it into a salad.

PASTA: Heat leftover pasta in a pan with some butter or margarine and parmesan cheese...delicious side dish!

: or NUKE it in a microwave for about 3-4 minutes at 50% power.

MEATLOAF: Crumbled meatloaf can be used in any meal calling for cooked ground beef, such as tacos.

BAKED BEANS: This summer I made a large batch of homemade baked beans for a family get-together, and I had quite a bit of leftovers. To makeover the baked beans, I put them in the crock-pot with 1 lb. of cooked ground beef, a large can of crushed tomatoes, and chili seasoning to make chili.

BREAD: If your bread is getting a little stale, consider letting it dry out to make your own breadcrumbs. Another option is to make French toast with day-old bread. Just follow your usual recipe, and then place the French toast on a cookie sheet and "flash freeze" in your freezer. When frozen, remove and place in a freezer-suitable container for easy breakfast any morning.

HAMBURGER/HOTDOG BUNS: Do you have just one or two buns left in the package? Freeze them each time you do, and when you have several saved up, make cheesy toast with them. Just remove them from the freezer, let them thaw slightly (no need to be fully thawed), separate the top from the bottom, spread with soft margarine or butter and top with parmesan cheese. Broil until lightly brown in your broiler. Also dry and grind to make bread crumbs.

...also makes great toasted garlic bread.

ROAST: Leftover roast can be used in a variety of ways, but my favorite way is to cook it in a crock-pot with seasonings until you are able to shred it. I then use it to make shredded beef tacos.

STEAK: Much like the roast above, I enjoy using leftover steak by slicing it very thin, cooking it in a pan with sliced green bell pepper and onion, adding some fajita seasoning and making fajitas.

One of my favorites for leftover rice is to make Spanish Rice with it. Add tomato soup or spaghetti sauce to it, some onion and bell pepper, some ground meat, and maybe a dash of cumin or chili/taco powder. This from Jo G

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