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La Patite Ferme
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenn
CA
USA
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 Posted - Dec 19 2006 : 9:55:44 PM
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All the posts about frugal living and saving money on groceries put me into action the other night and I wanted to share the results.
The night we decorated our tree I made chicken soup and grilled cheese sandwiches so we could picnic in the livingroom while decorating. As I was cutting veggies I noticed leftover rice pilaf in the fridge (not enough for two and nothing to go with it anyway) and figured what the heck lets not waste it - so into the soup pot it went.
My daughter frowned - mom cleaning out the fridge always makes her nervous and my sister was less than thrilled because "there's no receipe for it". Receipe for soup I said? - what a city girl:)
Well, the results were fabulous. Better than I would have thought. The spices from the rice blended well with the seasoning in the soup, plus it helped extend the soup to the point I had enough to freeze for lunches later on.
A second life for what's hiding in the fridge. I'll never look at leftovers in the same way again.
Jenn |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Dec 19 2006 : 10:04:07 PM
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Sounds yummy!! I don't tend to use recipes for soup either..and I think that was the perfect way to use leftover rice pilaf...yum!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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grace gerber
True Blue Farmgirl
2804 Posts
grace
larkspur
colorado
USA
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Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 08:23:10 AM
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My boys at one time would give me that look when I would be adding things to the soup pot, but it always turned out just wonderful. My oldest had a short apprenticeship in a french pastry shop that we knew the owners, he came home one day and said "Mom do not order the soup - EVER", when I finally got him to stop repeating the same thing over and over he stated that Nick (my son) was to cut off the too mushy spots of the vegies and put it into the soup pot. He tried to talk with the owner about what he was told to do and the owner stated that is the way he has been doing it for twenty years and that is how you make soup. My son lasted only two more days because he just could not get over their food preparation practices. We love the shop dearly but now when we go in Nick is very carefull about telling me what to order. Last night we made a great big pot of creamed tomatoe soup with jasmine rice and homemade herb bread.
Not a recipe in site and no mushy compost ready vegies. Stay warm and well fell today - we have had 3 feet of snow and still coming down.
Grace Gerber
Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio
Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep
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cmandle
True Blue Farmgirl
846 Posts
Catherine
Minneapolis
MN
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Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 08:41:50 AM
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Yum! I have some rice pilaf and was thinking about soup for the weekend...sounds great!
Grace - your yarns on your Etsy shop are beautiful! I love the "Rose Fairies" yarn from your goat, Sugar. Too pretty!
Catherine
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ByHzGrace
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 09:47:29 AM
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well ever the frugal scrapper and after witnessing the powers of TheBabe's immune broth
http://www.farmatcoventry.com/shop/?shop=1&cat=9&cart=8393 I've become addicted to souperbroth. I have this mornings fishfumet=heads boiling right now....all together now  ewwwwwwww  In Accordance With The Prophecy
hey Beth makes that ramen noodle frugal land seem tame    hohoho... |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4206 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Dec 22 2006 : 5:33:35 PM
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| Hey girls, I have taken to saving those little amounts of veggies left over, that no one will clean up. I put them in a freezer bag, and just keep adding to it. Then when I go to make soup, I get out the frozen leftovers, and throw them in. So easy. I also have thrown rice in leftover chicken and dumpling soup, when all the dumplings are gone. Yummy. You do what you have to. My grandma used to have a mustgo night. I never could figure out the meaning of it, when she talked about what was for supper. Finally it dawned on me MUST GO!! Okay, sometimes I am slow!! :) |
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La Patite Ferme
True Blue Farmgirl
623 Posts
Jenn
CA
USA
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Posted - Dec 22 2006 : 7:17:59 PM
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Windy,
Your Grandma's "must go" is priceless. My mom did the same thing in summer with a big salad made with all kinds of leftovers. It was perfect for a hot evening. |
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ponyexpress
True Blue Farmgirl
320 Posts
Sandy
Kirkwood
Missouri
USA
320 Posts |
Posted - Dec 22 2006 : 9:23:29 PM
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After reading Michele's post, I just remembered a soup that my mom made a vegetable soup that she could never get us to eat. No way was I going to put leftover bits and pieces in my tummy! Well, the next batch of soup was delicious..kind of a beef noodle with a delicious broth. Her secret....the leftover veggies and broth were run through blender so as not to be recognizable by finicky children. Necessity is the mother of invention!
Sandy in Missouri
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