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WHAT I DO WITH LEFT OVER FOOD


What do you do with left over food that nobody wants to eat or term "boring"? I remember when I was growing up and my mum would take it upon herself to eat all the leftover food in the fridge until they are all gone instead of having us chuck them in the bin simply because we've had it twice and nobody wants to eat it anymore. Now that i have my own little family, I try to revamp any leftovers, I add either  vegetable, salad on the side or meat and plate it so beautifully so that the kids wil jump on it as soon as they sight the plate not knowing its the same food they rejected...cheek right, it works for me all the time.

We normally get "Treat Days" most weekends usually takeouts either Pizza, Nandos, KFC, Mac Donalds, Five Guys, Chinese etc depending on what the kids prefer really and last Sunday was one of those days. The kids choose to have Pizza Hut's Meat Feast pizza and I asked to have the Veggie pizza that had mixed peppers, red onions, mushrooms and spinach. They both shared the box of large meat feast that day while I had half of my large box remaining. They got back from school the next day and asked what they are having for dinner and I said rice...they both paused for a while and said "wish we still have some of the pizza from yesterday" not yours though went the younger one Amaka who chooses when to like or dislike vegetables but her sister Kamdi didn't mind having the veggie pizza. I quickly decided to make chicken wings to go with the pizza knowing that will make Amaka want to eat as I do not want the pizza to go to waste and also not to encourage making different meals for each person at the same tie, I do not have that time.

Chicken wings was seasoned with salt, garlic,ginger, pepper, some spring onions, honey and corn flour (i added the corn flour after 20 minutes of frying the wings in 5 tbsp of oil just cos it makes the chicken stick to the pan and i don't like that) Cooked everything for 35 minutes, added 2 tbsp of honey and served hot with the leftover pizza which they both enjoyed and couldnt stop telling me how amazing i am and the best chef in the world...makes my heart melt. This is to encourage you guys to try changing things up in the kitchen to reduce food wastage. Cheers! 

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