I love leftovers

There’s something very reassuring about good food…which I why I like foods that are good as left overs. Yesterday, I posted a recipe for ratatouille, which was absolutely FABULOUS! Today, I had a dish COLD, with some chopped kalamata olives for dinner, and OH MY was it good! I love finding dishes that are even better the next day, and this was one of them. It’s AWESOME cold, or even room-temperature. Ish asks for the black bean chili recipe from Sarah Kramer’s La Dolce Vegan!: Vegan Livin’ Made Easy, which is SO super easy to make. AND it’s better the next day. I love making food that smells as good as it tastes, and whenever I make ratatouille or chili, the whole house smells absolutely good enough to eat. I also make sloppy joes with TVP (for some SUPER yummy TVP, check this out: Minced Textured Vegetable Protein, 1 lb.), and they’re great cold the next day. I love topping my salads with leftovers, to. I made some bbq seitan riblets last week, and made sure to save some for a bbq seitan salad. It was YUM-O! I also tend to cook in large batches (for soups) and freeze pre-portioned bags for later. I’ll do this with minestrone, potato, vegetable…you name it, I’ll freeze it. It’s super easy to re-heat on the stove and have a quick, but SUPER healthy lunch. How do you like your leftovers?

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