Good dinner & good leftovers in one?!
Answers: What's a good meal to make for dinner that also makes decent leftovers to eat the next night?
Meatloaf! It reheats well, and you can always make delicious meatloaf sandwiches.
If you make something with chicken, save a portion of the cooked chicken to make chicken salad the next day.
Pasta with meatballs is always good, and the next day you can have meatball sandwiches.
A whole roasted chicken - even one bought at the market - makes a great chicken salad, chicken soup, chicken enchilada, or chicken casserole the next night!
Meatballs make great grinders (subs) the next day!
Cold, leftover cooked pasta can be made into pasta salad.
Baked potatoes can be chunked up and made into an egg, veggie and cheese casserole.
Grilled or broiled salmon is great the next day in a salad or made into salmon cakes!
Pork shoulder roast can become pulled pork bbq sandwiches.
Leftover steak can be steak sandwiches or sliced with a salad and blue cheese dressing.
spagetti, salad and garlic bread
Chili is a good meal to make for dinner and it gets better the next day. But you aren't limited to dinner for leftovers - you can put it on an omelet for breakfast too.
stew
chili
pork chops with potatoes and veggies
Hungarian Goulash
I make a pot roast in my crock pot that makes amazing leftovers. This can also be done in the oven using the recipe linked below.
CROCKPOT POT ROAST
1 (2-pound) blade cut chuck roast
2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 teaspoons cumin
Vegetable oil
1 medium onion, chopped
5 to 6 cloves garlic, smashed
1-2 cans (8 oz) tomato juice or V-8
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
1 cup cocktail olives, drained and broken
1/2 cup dark raisins
Carrots (baby carrots or approx. 1” chunks of peeled carrots)
Potatoes, cubed (approx. 1”) (waxy potatoes like Yukon Gold or redskin)
Place a wide, heavy skillet or fry pan over high heat for 2 minutes. Place half of the potatoes and carrots in the crock pot. Meanwhile, rub both sides of meat with the salt and cumin. When the pan is hot (really hot) brown meat on both sides and remove from pan and place in crock pot and cover with remaining carrots and potatoes. Add just enough vegetable oil to cover the bottom of the pan then add the onion and garlic. Stir constantly until onion is softened. Add the tomato juice, vinegar, olives, and raisins. Bring to a boil and reduce the liquid slightly. Pour the sauce over everything and cook on low for 8 hours. Slice meat thinly, or pull apart with a fork. Serve with sauce and a nice crusty bread. Leftovers – if you have any – will be even more delicious the second day.
Feel free to add any veggies you prefer, such as turnips or parsnips instead of or in addition to carrots and potatoes. Veggies like green beans, corn or peas can be added for the last hour or so of cooking.
My recipe is modified from the original recipe by Alton Brown “Good Eats” and can be found at http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/...
Casseroles
Meatballs/meatsauce & spaghetti
Soups/stews
pasta dishes
chicken or tuna salad