Occasionally, when I’ve been cooking a lot and we have a large variety of leftovers around the house, I’ll pull everything out of the fridge and set it on our kitchen island, put out plates and let everyone choose what things they want. This is always a big hit, especially with Boy and Girl. Tonight, I did a variation of leftover night: “Stuff-Your-Own-Pita Night”. I made some meatballs (spiced with cumin, cinnamon and a bit of cayenne, with some garlic, finely chopped red onion and cottage cheese mixed in) and tzatziki and grilled some halloumi and then pulled out everything else that we had around and let the family dig in.
The options were (from top left, going clockwise):
Israeli Couscous salad, diced zucchini and yellow squash (leftover from making the salad), baby carrots, Parisian carrots, fresh romaine, pitas, diced bell pepper (also leftover from making the salad), leftover grilled romaine, grilled halloumi, leftover grilled chicken, leftover Buttermilk-Chive dressing, “Cherub” tomatoes, tzatziki, leftover grilled onion, spiced beef meatballs.
Here’s how I chose, for my dinner:
Yummy!