Leftover Busting Recipes - Storr Cupboard

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Egg and bacon quiche

Egg and bacon quiche

by Ann Storr | Jun 23, 2019 | healthy lunch, Lazy afternoon cooking, Leftover baking, Leftover meat, Little bit of meat, Lots of little leftovers, Main meal, No food waste, Recipes, Skill, Soft Vegetables, Vegetarian recipes

Egg and bacon quiche. Okay, there is more than one egg yolk in this dish, but what I want is to inspire you to have a zero waste, adaptable set of recipes. If you're veggie, or don't have bacon, then just leave it out. Add in more onions, or leeks. Or some tuna and...

Squashed strawberry Bellini

Squashed strawberry Bellini

by Ann Storr | Jun 13, 2019 | Drinks, Leftover crushing snacks, Quick Quick, Recipes, Sad fruit, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian recipes

Squashed Strawberry Bellini I confess, this was a spur of the moment deal. It had been a long week (month/year). The strawberry sauce was almost finished. I was running a bath Of course the real deal is a white peach Bellini at Harry's Bar in Venice. Jesus, I love...

Crispy schmaltz mashed potato

Crispy schmaltz mashed potato

by Ann Storr | Jun 2, 2019 | Cooking with kids, Food Waste News, Lazy afternoon cooking, Leftover meat, Little bit of meat, Main meal, No food waste, Recipes, Skill

Crispy schmaltz mash potatoes Okay, so you could eat these as a side dish. But, for me, these chicken fat rich mashed potatoes, drowned in gravy, are good enough on their own. Maybe some broccoli and peas so that the whole meal isn't beige. Don't skip the rosemary,...

Crispy chicken skin chow mien

Crispy chicken skin chow mien

by Ann Storr | May 30, 2019 | Cooking with kids, Leftover meat, Little bit of meat, Lots of little leftovers, Main meal, Midweek recipes, No food waste, Quick Quick, Recipes, Skill

Crispy chicken skin chow mien So you've rendered the fat from your chicken skin, but maybe you want something a little more adventurous than just, you know, eating it? Remember, relay race - what ideas do you get from this crunchy, deeply savoury, salty goodness?...

Crispy chicken skin – with extra rewards…

Crispy chicken skin – with extra rewards…

by Ann Storr | May 29, 2019 | Cooking with kids, Leftover crushing snacks, Leftover meat, Lots of little leftovers, Quick Quick, Recipes, Skill

Crispy chicken skin with benefits I was veggie for 8 years. I most missed roast chicken, picking at all the good bits with my dad, like little Henry VIIIs at the end of Sunday lunch. Rediscovering the joys of crispy chicken skin has been a joy of my later adult life....

Fishfinger fish cakes

Fishfinger fish cakes

by Ann Storr | May 26, 2019 | Cooking with kids, Lazy afternoon cooking, Leftover baking, Leftover fish, Main meal, Midweek recipes, Recipes

Fishfinger fish cakes My first job, aged 15 or 16, was washing pots. I'd make £16 a week for the Saturday lunch session. I took the job over after one of my brothers didn't want it any more. One Saturday morning I knocked on the fire door, said "I'm Tom's sister -...

Fishfinger rice bowl

Fishfinger rice bowl

by Ann Storr | May 22, 2019 | healthy lunch, Leftover fish, Lots of little leftovers, Midweek recipes, Recipes

Fishfinger rice bowl Sometimes I think of a leftover recipe. I imagine different reactions: younger me "Cold fish and RICE? ARE YOU ON DRUGS? Where's the white sauce?!" My parents: "Gosh, it is interesting how you combine different things isn't it?" My brothers: "Oh,...

Milk Bread

Milk Bread

by Ann Storr | May 19, 2019 | Breakfast, Cooking with kids, Dodgy Dairy, Lazy afternoon cooking, Leftover baking, Lots of little leftovers, Recipes, Skill, Vegetarian recipes

Milk Bread from worrisome milk My bread isn’t going to win any beauty prizes, but milk bread is a perfect way to deal with “oh lord I forgot to cancel the milk” or “we both bought milk and now - is it sodding off?!?!” problems. When I first made this Rachel Roddy...

Rice Pudding

Rice Pudding

by Ann Storr | May 16, 2019 | Breakfast, Cooking with kids, Dodgy Dairy, Lots of little leftovers, One pot meals, Puddings, Recipes, Skill, Vegetarian recipes

Rice pudding from worrisome milk Years ago, I worked with a wonderful woman called Jadz. We worked on the same study at the Institute of Psychiatry, looking at how nature and nuture affect behaviour. I’d feel insecure that my colleagues were all researchers and...

Classic American/Scotch Pancakes

Classic American/Scotch Pancakes

by Ann Storr | May 14, 2019 | Breakfast, Cooking with kids, Dodgy Dairy, healthy lunch, Leftover baking, Lots of little leftovers, Quick Quick, Recipes, Skill, Soft Vegetables, Vegetarian recipes

Scotch pancakes with worrisome milk Pancakes are a useful recipe to have always in the back of your mind for leftover milk, yoghurt, cream or even porridge. They are cheap, they are healthy. If you are so inclined, you can start experimenting with mixes of wholegrain...

Dried Mushrooms

Dried Mushrooms

by Ann Storr | May 12, 2019 | Lots of little leftovers, Main meal, Midweek recipes, Recipes, Soft Vegetables, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian recipes

Zero-waste home dried mushrooms A couple of years ago, I spent too much money on veg in a farm shop. This is not unusual. A barbecue for all fifteen members of the Storr clan was needed; about half of the adults insist on vegetables (the other half seem to find them...

Mushroom Ragout

Mushroom Ragout

by Ann Storr | May 10, 2019 | Lots of little leftovers, Main meal, Midweek recipes, Recipes, Soft Vegetables, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian recipes

Leftover Mushroom Ragout Mushrooms are where lots of us head for a meat-free feast. This mushroom ragout is perfect for any cold damp evenings. Polenta – a word. If you can, avoid the quick cook. Unless you’re going to cook loads of polenta, then it’s a false economy....

Leftover Mushrooms with Scrambled Eggs

Leftover Mushrooms with Scrambled Eggs

by Ann Storr | May 8, 2019 | Breakfast, Cooking with kids, healthy lunch, Lots of little leftovers, Main meal, Midweek recipes, One pot meals, Quick Quick, Recipes, Skill, Soft Vegetables, Vegetarian recipes

Leftover mushrooms 90% of the mushrooms we eat in the world are good old button mushrooms. Cheap, easy to cultivate all year round, a nice little package. They’re the 3rd most chosen veg, after potatoes and tomatoes. So why, then, when I was at Wellness HQ in...

Leftover Veg Fritti

Leftover Veg Fritti

by Ann Storr | May 4, 2019 | Lazy afternoon cooking, Leftover crushing snacks, Lots of little leftovers, Main meal, Recipes, Sad fruit, Soft Vegetables, Vegetarian recipes

Leftover green bean fritti Deep frying used to terrify me. Tracey Barlow setting the house on fire. 1990s fat worries. Public safety films. My ex-husband taught me the ways of deep frying; he grew up with home-made scotch eggs and battered courgettes. Everything’s...

Leftover Green Beans with Soy Pork

Leftover Green Beans with Soy Pork

by Ann Storr | May 2, 2019 | Leftover meat, Little bit of meat, Lots of little leftovers, Midweek recipes, Quick Quick, Recipes, Soft Vegetables

Leftover Green Beans with Soy Pork This Chinese recipe for green bean stir fry shows one of the food rules I like to teach: pork and green stuff work well together. Every culture pairs them (bacon and cabbage! Ham and peas! Frisee lettuce and lardons!). Sweet and/or...

Leftover Green Beans with Pasta and Pesto

Leftover Green Beans with Pasta and Pesto

by Ann Storr | Apr 30, 2019 | Cooking with kids, Half a jar, healthy lunch, Lots of little leftovers, Main meal, One pot meals, Quick Quick, Recipes, Skill, Soft Vegetables, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian recipes

I love green beans but they are a problematic veggie. We’re so used to having them week in and out when, really, they need a lot of warmth to grow. We don’t have a lot of warmth in the UK. So, if you’re going to be buying a packet of green beans that have been flown...

Leftover sausage and bacon stuffed potatoes

Leftover sausage and bacon stuffed potatoes

by Ann Storr | Apr 28, 2019 | Dodgy Dairy, Lazy afternoon cooking, Leftover meat, Little bit of meat, Lots of little leftovers, Main meal, Midweek recipes, Recipes

Leftover bacon and sausage chowder My friend Chloe scooped out the middle of potatoes in her aunt's Harringey kitchen, scorching her fingers whilst a bemused bunch of her Italian friends watched. Chloe was living in Italy and a group of mates had come over for New...

Leftover sausage and bacon chowder

Leftover sausage and bacon chowder

by Ann Storr | Apr 28, 2019 | Lazy afternoon cooking, Leftover meat, Little bit of meat, Lots of little leftovers, Midweek recipes, Recipes

Leftover bacon and sausage chowder What angel first paired smokey food and milk? Comfort food of the highest order. Chowder, an American soup from the east coast, has hundreds of iterations (I once sat with a cookbook devoted to chowder. Totally ignored the friend...

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Using up leftovers doesn’t have to cost you loads of cash or take forever; all StorrCupboard recipes are catagorized as “quick quick”, “right in the middle” or “lazy afternoon cooking”.

Veggie? Vegan? Omnivore? Flexitarian? Recipes for ALL of you! Meat should be *part* of your plates, not the main event. And if you buy don’t, damn well never, ever waste it.

Weird leftover? Annoying leftover? Search via ingredient and hopefully you’ll find something. Totally stuck? Email me at ann @ storrcupboard.com and I’ll be right on it.

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