tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post116498001902370715..comments2024-01-11T18:39:50.665+00:00Comments on Painting With Shadows: Leftovers soupKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-30243090029933057032008-01-13T22:17:00.000+00:002008-01-13T22:17:00.000+00:00Would that I had the culinary skills exhibited by ...Would that I had the culinary skills exhibited by Maggie on a regular basis.Brave Astronauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13893671129001583065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-12493855921316099942008-01-13T18:20:00.000+00:002008-01-13T18:20:00.000+00:00I think being able to make leftovers into somethin...I think being able to make leftovers into something nutritious and palatable is a far greater talent than anything I've seen a celebrity chef come up with. That said, I have a friend who has gone so far as to blend leftover borsht and mashed potatoes with crumbs from peanut butter cookies and serve it all up with a flourish. But then I did say nutritious AND palatable...Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1165248437650234212006-12-04T16:07:00.000+00:002006-12-04T16:07:00.000+00:00I love Maggie! She's a woman after my own heart. ...I love Maggie! She's a woman after my own heart. LOLAttila the Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02158308703617226652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1165177117053209842006-12-03T20:18:00.000+00:002006-12-03T20:18:00.000+00:00Made from chick peas and spices there are various ...Made from chick peas and spices there are various recipes about. Ours was from a reduced to clear packet from the supermarket.Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1165093029555464792006-12-02T20:57:00.000+00:002006-12-02T20:57:00.000+00:00You can't beat leftovers, I make full use of ours,...You can't beat leftovers, I make full use of ours, mainly because I can't bear to throw anything away. (I come from a mostly Irish background, we have this thing about not wasting food, and feeding people - I offer people food as they come through the door LOL) But seriously, you can make some jolly nice meals with leftovers. The trouble is, if everyone enjoys the end result it can be hard to reproduce. <BR/><BR/>I don't have a clue what falafel is, but I'm sure it's lovely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1165051052155107822006-12-02T09:17:00.000+00:002006-12-02T09:17:00.000+00:00Dr Maroon - sigh. I know.Birdwatcher - not to ment...<B>Dr Maroon</B> - sigh. I know.<BR/><BR/><B>Birdwatcher</B> - not to mention the chicken curry on Tuesday and the chicken enchiladas on Wednesday<BR/><BR/><B>Layla</B> - your mum says if you oven roast the vegetables it makes them sweeter, but if the kids are into building, then mashing up other vegetables in with the potato, such as carrot, sweet potato, turnip etc, is a way of getting more vegetable into them<BR/><BR/><B>Andraste</B> - We have so many built in rules about food. Not wasting food has helped to contribute to over eating problems - especially when combined with the idea that you must always provide more than people can eat.<BR/><BR/><B>Jo</B> - She is an incredible cook. The problem is her cakes and home baking are to die for too.Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1165048875399020662006-12-02T08:41:00.000+00:002006-12-02T08:41:00.000+00:00Your wife sounds like my kind of cook.Your wife sounds like my kind of cook.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1165024223429929202006-12-02T01:50:00.000+00:002006-12-02T01:50:00.000+00:00It's an art form. Monday's potatoes become Thursda...It's an art form. Monday's potatoes become Thursday's Shepherd's pie, and the cheddar and ale soup I make on Sunday will become macaroni & cheese by Friday. My parents grew up in the depression, so food is NOT to be wasted...not on my watch, anyway.Andrastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17995089221441792487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1165023031554164312006-12-02T01:30:00.000+00:002006-12-02T01:30:00.000+00:00Hi Kim,how does mum do it? That soup sounds delici...Hi Kim,<BR/>how does mum do it? That soup sounds delicious! I think she should write a cookbook or something. it's really hard to make something the whole family enjoys.<BR/>Sean has got a throat infection (thats why I'm up so late)<BR/>I don't understand, they used to love eating vegetables and the fact that james has taught poppy how to make a cake or a castle out of her tea doesn't help!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1165009389685097062006-12-01T21:43:00.000+00:002006-12-01T21:43:00.000+00:00One of the pleasures of having roast chicken on a ...One of the pleasures of having roast chicken on a sunday is knowing that we will have chicken soup on a monday. Fantastic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1165007842362844352006-12-01T21:17:00.000+00:002006-12-01T21:17:00.000+00:00Ohhhh...Nigella...arggle glug choke...I won't slee...Ohhhh...Nigella...arggle glug choke...<BR/><BR/><BR/>I won't sleep this night.Dr Maroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639939963726199699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1164996663176416952006-12-01T18:11:00.000+00:002006-12-01T18:11:00.000+00:00Quinn - 19 years? You could probably have made a s...<B>Quinn</B> - 19 years? You could probably have made a small fortune selling it as an antique on eBay.<BR/><BR/><B>Pendullum</B> - You're always welcome to join us. If you gave Maggie a potato and a single carrot and invited 19 people round for dinner, she'd somehow manage to have everyone feeling stuffed, sated and singing her praises for a damn fine meal, while still having enough left over to make a small cauldron of soup the following day.<BR/><BR/><B>BStrong</B> - Have you tried falafel in your soup? You're missing a treat.Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1164994367174258372006-12-01T17:32:00.000+00:002006-12-01T17:32:00.000+00:00Fridays soup in grade school was Mon-Thurs leftove...Fridays soup in grade school was Mon-Thurs leftover lunch. I think thats where I developed my phobia of leftovers. However, after I moved out and lived on my own for a short while until I got married that's all I ate. I don't mind them anymore, but my wife avoids leftovers like the pleague.<BR/><BR/>We like falafel in our house, I'm just not sure we like it in our soup.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1164987751460856272006-12-01T15:42:00.000+00:002006-12-01T15:42:00.000+00:00I am the left over queen...I love the challenge of...I am the left over queen...<BR/>I love the challenge of coming up with something after the main meal...<BR/>But I think I am handing over the crown and my bowl...Scoot on over Kim,I am comingfor dinner,,,Pendullumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11833881250780345533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1164980676164255962006-12-01T13:44:00.000+00:002006-12-01T13:44:00.000+00:00I love leftovers....and I love to save /stretch my...I love leftovers....and I love to save /stretch my families budget.<BR/><BR/>I must admit I am not a domestic goddess.<BR/><BR/>It is always a fun challenge to see just how far we are able to stretch our dollars... a couple of months ago our microwave overn of 19 years died/croaked/stopped competely....the nerve!!!...<BR/><BR/>Another unexpected expense ugh....but we collect canadian tire money ( a store here in canada that when you shop they give you bills that equal 5/10/15/50 cents etc..every time you buy something or fill up your car at their gas station).<BR/><BR/>we had managed over time to have quite a huge wad of this "money" we were able to go and purchase a new microwave that was priced at just over a hundred dollars for all our canadian tire money and about 30 dollars "real" money...but wait it gets better.....<BR/>The next week the same microwave went on sale..and we took the receipt back to the store and they gave us the difference...after all was said and done we paid 13 dollars "real money" for our new microwave...<BR/>hopefully this one can last another 19 years....now that is stretching a dollar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com