Anyone ever have a "whatever I can find at home tonight" dinner?

Something in the freezer, fridge, or pantry. Piece it together. Have had a can of tuna or leftover taco meat with mac-n-cheese or Hamburger Helper many times.

Wife is working tonight so I invoked the question in the OP......what can I find?
Found some Oscar Meyer Angus dogs in the freezer. A can of hot dog chili (and a Ramen as a side) in the cupboard. Two leftover brioche buns from last weekend. Viola! Supper!



Gotta ask, do most of you eat leftovers? I was raised that you don't waste food (the old "starving kid in Africa" spiel Mom would give). Wife and I freeze leftover meat or veggies of any decent amount, comes in handy later on. Had a small Omaha Steaks prime rib roast the other night, it was 3.5lbs. We ate what we could without being gluttons, so that left a good deal to freeze. Was thinking of maybe taking some out this weekend and cutting it relatively thin (while it is half-frozen so it is easier to cut) to make prime rib Phillies or Italian beef sandwiches.

I always have, at the bare minimum, a few cans of beans and some type of link sausage in the fridge or freezer. Add some spices and some cheese and it qualifies as comfort food.

I get three meals out of a pizza. In fact when I do get take out or sit down food, I order it with leftovers in mind.

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Originally Posted by SteyrAUG

I get three meals out of a pizza. In fact when I do get take out or sit down food, I order it with leftovers in mind.

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Oh Yeah.....similar to Pizza, I get a chicken Shwarma plate with Rice from a local establishment and it can nearly feed me for a week. I can get several lunches and dinners out of it.

The last hurrah is when I’m down to one frozen burger. I fry it up and add to a large can of baked beans. Much better if you have a couple of bacon strips to add.

Some chips and microwave velveeta cheese with some salsa.

Seriously, breakfast for dinner isnt just for Dad’s when mom is sick- before home delivery. Stack of pancakes. Couple of scrambled eggs, maybe. French toast. Breakfast for dinner.

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Originally Posted by FromMyColdDeadHand

Seriously, breakfast for dinner isnt just for Dad’s when mom is sick- before home delivery. Stack of pancakes. Couple of scrambled eggs, maybe. French toast. Breakfast for dinner.

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I'm a huge fan. The kids loved it when I made waffles, sausage and eggs for dinner. Now the kids are out of the house, I just do it when the wife is away. I don't eat breakfast, but I often make eggs and sausage for lunch if there's no leftovers from the night before.

Cooking for two has escaped us after raising three kids, we always make too much. Our leftovers are lunch for the next day. We started saving an astounding amount of money this way. Both in not wasting food, and in not buying lunch. It doesn't always work out, but it does probably 75% of the time.

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Originally Posted by FromMyColdDeadHand

Seriously, breakfast for dinner isnt just for Dad’s when mom is sick- before home delivery. Stack of pancakes. Couple of scrambled eggs, maybe. French toast. Breakfast for dinner.

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LOL. This is always late nite dinner and I go way overboard.

Bacon, scrambled eggs with cheese, hash browns, possibly ham. Of course the best thing about a nice bone in ham is cooking slices at night with hash browns and cheese.

B-fast has never appealed to me, only eat it when I am doing something different. It used to be if I ate before 11 am I'd get an upset stomach, so that trained me to skip it entirely.

I'm good with 2 cups of Joe in the morning, no more, no less.