Food: Tips - Recycling Leftovers by Seasoning, Sautéing, Spicing and Hash

• -        Ingredient can be cooked more quickly when it is diced, chopped or shredded in finer sizes.

• -        Seasoning can be tasted and adjusted only after a minute or two after adding all the ingredients or after sautéing.

• -        Leftovers are likely to be seasoned. For a change, vary the spices and herbs used for seasoning.

• -        Leftovers can be sautéed with different cooking oils to create a new dish from the same ingredients. Consider using healthy oil available from the store.

• -        Hash ingredients can be sautéed in clarified butter or fat skimmed from the used oil of a roast.

• -        Hash food can be turned into a crusty “pancake” when puréed or thickened ingredients are added. The binding ingredients may include leftover mashed potatoes, puréed squash, bread crumbs soaked in milk, gravy, leftover oatmeal, egg beaten with milk, grated hard cheese, leftover stuffing thinned with small amount of milk or cream, etc.