Sunday 10 July 2011

Better the second time round

I love the forced creativity that opening the fridge door sometimes creates. That simple act of opening the door focuses your thoughts on the contents of the fridge, and what you can do with them. Sometimes that doesn't go so well, and sometimes you surprise yourself. Like this day.

I had some left over cooked chicken. Chicken that hadn't really worked the night before. I used a recipe I'd made before but not for some time. It used to be fabulous, not quite sure what happened this night. A simple baked chicken with mustard powder, curry powder, butter and honey. Somehow I managed to make it really quite hot this time, when previously it was quite mild. The family didn't really like it, so I had leftovers...

And it made an absolutely delicious toasted sandwich the next day for lunch!

Curried chicken and mashed kumara toasted sandwich on rye


This post is linked to Weekend Cooking, a fabulous weekly meme at Beth Fish Reads.
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9 comments:

  1. Nan10 July 2011 at 01:04

    I so loved your first paragraph. Just wonderful.

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  2. Margot10 July 2011 at 01:11

    I'm in agreement with you. Some times when I open the refrig I see possibilities I never thought of before.

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  3. Col (Col Reads)10 July 2011 at 02:03

    Learning to work with leftovers removes so much of the guilt from cooking -- I just hate wasting food. The sandwich looks great!

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  4. TheBookGirl10 July 2011 at 07:02

    That looks like a great use of leftovers :)
    The chicken really was better the second time around!

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  5. Taste of Beirut10 July 2011 at 12:01

    You know what? I just love leftover chicken, especially with some bread in a sandwich; if I see some in the fridge, I feel like I hit the jackpot! Love your sandwich, very tasty and very colorful!

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  6. Carol10 July 2011 at 13:40

    Looks great! Nice it was even better the second day!

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  7. Beth F10 July 2011 at 20:01

    I love pulling out things from the refrigerator and getting creative. Glad you found a way to turn the chicken in to something yummy.

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  8. Dawn @ sheIsTooFondOfBooks11 July 2011 at 12:18

    Looks like you made great use of that leftover chicken; glad it was a hit for you, if not for the rest of the family.

    I hope you're able to find those "zone beets" I wrote about. If I find the true name of them (or, the more formal name, anyway), I'll let you know.

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  9. Anonymous6 August 2011 at 06:02

    I agree, fridge-forced creativity is the best... especially when it turns out something hitherto unimagined, but delicious!

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