So, today I decided to make some vegetable stock, that went well and now I have portions of frozen stock in my freezer. Since I didn't want to waste the vegetables, I put them and some of the stock into my blender and made vegetable soup. The thing is, because it's made of mostly carrots and onions, it's sweet. Being Chinese, I have a dislike of ( Read more... )

I have four or five HUGE courgettes in the fridge and I'm about to leave for a week away, and I'd like to save them for use in something, it'd be such a waste if they just sat there because they'll be off by the time I come back. :(

Any ideas on what I could do with them?

I had a large catered party this weekend, and ended up with a huge tray of penne with tomato sauce mixed in. It's pretty good (though not spectacular), but it's going to take my husband and me a loooong time to get through it. We'll freeze some, and we've already given some of it away to friends, but I wondered what ideas you guys had to make loads ( Read more... )

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I'm not a big fan of chicken, but every once in awhile I'll roast one for my family. We then have days worth of leftovers ( Read more... )

As I'm sure some of you do, I like cooking for real one day of the week, like Sunday, cooking a lot of food, and living on leftovers for a week. Here are some of the best things I've ever done with leftovers ( Read more... )