Monday 27 July 2015

Waste Less Journey

I don't like wasting food. I like to plan my menu in advance so that I don't have to throw food away.

When I roast a chicken on Sunday for my family I always use up all the leftover for meals or snack for the following week. Below is how I used up the leftover food from Sunday



Roast Chicken on Sunday with roast potatoes and all the trimmings.

Any left over chicken I use it to make Toasted Curry Chicken Sandwiches for lunch on the next day


Recipe:
100g leftover Chicken
2 slices of  leftover bread ( I keep bread in the freezer)
2 tablespoon Tikka Masala curry paste
2 tablespoon leftover vegetables ( carrots, peas, potatoes or sweetcorns)
Butter 
Method:
1. Cut chicken and vegetable into small pieces and mix in curry paste.
2. Butter the bread on one side. Place the filling in between the bread to make a round of sandwich with the buttered sides on the outside.
3. Heat up an electric toasted sandwich maker. Place the curry sandwich inside. Toast the sandwich till golden brown and piping hot on the inside.
What a hot and spicy quick lunch.

Sometime I also use leftover chicken and vegetables for Chicken fried Fried Like the dish I made below or Chicken and vegetable chow mein

Leftover Chicken fried Rice


Chicken and vegetable Chow Mein

 Leftover Chicken bone
 With the chicken bones, I boil it up with a few carrots , onions and bay leaves to make some lovely chicken stock.
With chicken stock, I add some leftover sweetcorn, chicken meat, beaten egg and spring onions. This made a delicious chicken sweet corn soup.



Leftover Bread

I definitely don't throw away leftover bread. I keep it in the freezer. I use it for toasted sandwiches, bread and butter pudding. Sometimes I make it into breadcrumbs for coating meat like schnitzel.


Bread and butter pudding: made with leftover bread, beaten eggs, milk, spices and raisins

Hunter's Veal Schnitzel  
made with veal and coated with leftover breadcrumbs and fried till golden brown, serve with a delicious mushrooms and sweet pepper sauce.



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