Risotto...as long as I have arborio rice and stock in some form (liquid, powder, cubes), then I'm set. I just add whatever else I have to it! Great way to use up leftovers too...a little bit of this and that.
I flesh things out with tinned tomato or chickpeas where I can.
All in one quiche - really a frittata and use up whatever is around
Fried rice/risotto variations
Pasta bakes
Vege pies
Make pizza bases - sauce from tomatoes etc
Pasta with simple chilli/garlic/oil
Bake cakes/cookies/scones
dice and lightly fry all the veg that works together (spud, sweet spud, carrot, onion, bit of garlic, celery, parsnip, swede, turnip, cauli, broc) - add some pasta, cheese sauce - serve as is or baked in the oven
great way to use up left over veg, and white/cheese sauce can be as cheesey or bland as you like.
we use this as a side dish if we dont have many vegies, or will toss through some cubed browned chicken and make it a main. it freezes and reheats in the oven really well too.
the more veg, the tastier it is - but you can do it pretty simply if you just want to clean out the fridge (we do it most fortnights before we go shopping so nothing goes to waste)
Grate and steam a few veggies in the micro (zucchini, pumpkin, potato, sweet potato, whatever you have, really) , crack a few eggs (2-3), bit of salt, half a cup of flour or cornflour, some grated cheese, then fry spoonfuls to make veggie fritters. We *never* have fried food & fritters is the closest we ever get so they're always a winner here. Serve with whatever you have - sour cream, tzatziki, salsa, tomato sauce, leftover sloppy foods like casserole, or - in summer - fried tomatoes. YUM
We also do a pilaf rice...which is essentially basmati rice fried then cooked in stock, and whatever spices and other goodies you want to throw in there. Chuck a can of tuna in with it and it's a large vat of food that will do for a night or two.
i make vegie fritters-saute off some onion with whatever vegies you have, cool, then mix with a little flour, milk and some grated cheese (or ricotta/fetta)-panfry till brown on both sides.
Soup with homemade scones-cheese scones are easy, or damper.
Mexican soup-a tin of diced tomatoes, tin corn, tin creamed corn, tin kidney beans, 1 diced onion, chilli powder, cumin, garlic
Saute the onion off in a pan, add the spices and garlic, tinned tomatoes, creamed corn, and drained rinsed kidney beans and corn kernels. Add 1-2 cups of water (or chicken stock/vegie stock) and simmer for a few minutes. I eat it with tortillas, or just on its own.
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