Magic of Leftovers

When I was a young, growing up in the restaurant business I never had leftovers. I ate fresh, to order food for every meal, everyday. When I got older and moved in with my ex I couldn't stand the thought of eating anything that was leftover. He would eat things that sat in the fridge for a week. My current husband is the same way and they both think I'm crazy.

Once I started buying organic food I had a change of heart. The darn stuff is so expensive that I don't want to throw anything away. Slowly but surely I got used to the idea of eating day old food and now I can even make it to 3 days! Pretty amazing huh?

So today my lunch was quite a strange combination of things I found in the fridge. It was a nice lunch and it was surprisingly tasty. I took some romaine lettuce and red cabbage. I used 1/2 an avocado and some leftover marinara for the dressing. Then I topped it with my leftover rice from yesterday. It's not in the picture but I sliced up some olives and that made it really good.

For my afternoon dinner I had nori rolls again. It's funny, they were good but not as good as they were the other day. How is that possible? I ate them at my son's baseball game in the bleachers.

When I got home I made an avocado, tomato, spinach, onion sandwich on the bread I made in the dehydrator. It was really good. I enjoyed it so much. I should have taken more pictures but honestly I don't think about it at night. It is usually my lunch that gets photographed.

I was planning on making a big Mediterranean meal for tomorrow with hummus, falafel, tabbouleh and tzatziki but I am not sure if I will be able to. My little guy is off school and the others have a half day. I am going to yoga in the morning and then to the movies with them. Then I have 2 baseball games and a volleyball game to try and watch all around the same time. Doesn't leave much time for fun in the kitchen. We'll see how I feel tonight. Maybe I can get some of it done. If not, I will have something else. Who knows what it will be.