Leftover Busting Recipes - Storr Cupboard

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(Seriously?!) Leftover Oil Foccacia

by Ann Storr | Nov 18, 2018 | Good for freezing, In the middle, Lazy afternoon cooking, Leftover baking, Lots of little leftovers, Packet size too big, Recipes, Skill

The first time I ever made foccaccia (I know I hate me a little bit, too), I couldn't believe *how* much oil I needed to use. So, what better way to use up those one, two, three jars of leftover sun-dried tomato or sweet roasted pepper oil? Now this is no 'five...

(Seriously?!) Leftover Oil Roasted Veg

by Ann Storr | Nov 15, 2018 | In the middle, Lots of little leftovers, Packet size too big, Recipes, Skill, Soft Vegetables

This recipe is as '90s throwback as short puffa jackets, Body Shop Spice lipliner and velvet chokers. Well, if the Youth of 2018 say it's okay for them, who am I to argue? So, grab your Joe Bloggs jeans and your Vodka Reef my 90s friends, and let's talk sun-dried...

(Seriously?!) Leftover Oil Pasta

by Ann Storr | Nov 13, 2018 | Lots of little leftovers, Packet size too big, Quick Quick, Recipes, Skill, Soft Vegetables

We all love those jars of sun-dried tomatoes and roasted peppers. Hey, I even sometimes make them (I know I'm fucking insufferable sometimes). What about all that oil though? Okay, it's probably not the *best* olive oil but so what? The tomatoes or peppers have been...

(Slightly Soft) Leftover Pears with Pork Belly

by Ann Storr | Nov 11, 2018 | Lazy afternoon cooking, Leftover meat, Lots of little leftovers, Packet size too big, Recipes, Sad fruit, Skill

My ode to autumn pears As part of my "well if you like redcurrant jelly with roast lamb" and "how about your apple sauce with roast pork" series, may I present - roasting your pears underneath your pork belly joint? Cook a pork belly joint in the normal way that you...

(Slightly Soft) Leftover Pear & Vanilla crumble

by Ann Storr | Nov 8, 2018 | Good for freezing, In the middle, Leftover baking, Lots of little leftovers, Packet size too big, Recipes, Sad fruit, Skill

So roasted pears with cheese and nuts isn't for everyone - fair enough! As I said, a younger me would not have touched it with a bargepole. What else to do with 2, 3, or 4 too soft pears? In The Fruit Testing Fruit Demolishing Toddler Years, my resident Fruit Bat...

(Slightly Soft) Roasted Leftover Pear, Stilton & Walnut salad

by Ann Storr | Nov 7, 2018 | Dodgy Dairy, Lots of little leftovers, Packet size too big, Quick Quick, Recipes, Sad fruit, Skill, Soft Vegetables

Pears are a tricky beast. Buy a bag of 6, and how many do you really eat, every time? 3? 4? All?! GTAF. I make like Nigel Slater and put four in a bowl to ripen, give those round little bottoms a little squeeze a couple of times a day, until they are perfectly...

Pumpkin seed flapjacks

by Ann Storr | Nov 3, 2018 | Lazy afternoon cooking, Leftover baking, Lots of little leftovers, Recipes, Skill

Flapjacks are the leftover hoarders friend. Clear out your nuts! Your dried fruit and even your old cereal! Now, some CRAZY people out there will tell you to put flour in your flapjacks. NEVER EVER EVER DO THIS. Those grim flapjacks that you get at dodgy train...

Pumpkin seed dip

by Ann Storr | Nov 2, 2018 | In the middle, Recipes, Skill

So if you can't snack on as many spiced pumpkin seeds as me and mine, then what's a food waste warrior to do? What else to do? I confess; I'm 37. I am as pasty white and English as a half baked eccles cake. Before 1999 I hadn't eaten hummus, olives, anchovies or...

Spiced pumpkin seeds

by Ann Storr | Nov 1, 2018 | Leftover baking, Quick Quick, Recipes, Skill, Soft Vegetables

So... I'm going to say something a little controversial ... I don't think that chucking some watery pumpkin flesh is the end of the world. Carving pumpkins aren't grown to taste good. In comparison: I buy a real Christmas tree and it gets chipped, and back into the...

Bought-too-many-herbs corn bread

by Ann Storr | Oct 29, 2018 | Dodgy Dairy, Good for freezing, Lazy afternoon cooking, Leftover baking, Packet size too big, Recipes, Skill

I love cornbread, corn chips, corn crackers, corn fed chicken and sweetcorn. Big bowls of polenta (grits) all rich with corn, butter and cheese, topped with heaps of veg or ragu/bolognese. It's the warm flavour of corn that does it for me. So, for my final 'good...

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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.