{"id":9436,"date":"2020-08-28T11:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T05:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/?p=9436"},"modified":"2020-12-16T10:33:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T05:03:52","slug":"get-smart-and-use-leftover-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/28\/get-smart-and-use-leftover-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Smart And Use Leftover Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10211\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/28\/get-smart-and-use-leftover-food\/food-collage-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Food-Collage-min.jpg?fit=3268%2C1589&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3268,1589\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food Collage-min\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Food-Collage-min.jpg?fit=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Food-Collage-min.jpg?fit=800%2C389&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10211\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Food-Collage-min.jpg?resize=300%2C146&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Food-Collage-min.jpg?resize=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Food-Collage-min.jpg?resize=768%2C373&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Food-Collage-min.jpg?resize=1024%2C498&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Food-Collage-min.jpg?resize=150%2C73&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Food-Collage-min.jpg?resize=600%2C292&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Food-Collage-min.jpg?resize=1080%2C525&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Food-Collage-min.jpg?resize=483%2C235&amp;ssl=1 483w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Food-Collage-min.jpg?resize=360%2C175&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Food-Collage-min.jpg?resize=263%2C128&amp;ssl=1 263w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Food-Collage-min.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Food-Collage-min.jpg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Corona Virus Crisis <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People around us are hoarding groceries and other food ingredients and are under severe food panic<\/li>\n<li>Awareness: People must buy only what is required so that others too can use these lifesaving resources.<\/li>\n<li>As a Chef and culinary expert, I have immense respect for food and therefore today I\u00a0am going to share a few tips that would help you curate a new dishes which includes zero waste of food.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>How to get to Zero-Waste?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Remember that food\u00a0safety is our priority while we store stems, roots, leafs, crumbs and the list goes on\u2026\u2026 appropriately which is of\u00a0 great significance.<\/p>\n<p>Zero-waste cooking:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To reduce packaging<\/li>\n<li>Utilizing max. percentage of food ingredients\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eat every part of the ingredient you\u2019re cooking with. This is nose-to-tail, root-to-stem cooking.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Re-purposing the leftovers \u2026..And<\/li>\n<li>Composting the rest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Tips that will definitely help:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Store foods at proper \/ accurate temperatures in the refrigerators.<\/li>\n<li>Each set of ingredients need to be stored in different slots of refrigerator with the respective temperatures required.<\/li>\n<li>Place nuts and dry fruits in the refrigerator in airtight glass jars \/ bottles, this prevents it from going rancid.<\/li>\n<li>In fact I store grains, semolina and vermicelli too in the refrigerator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>There are times when we have leftover foods in our refrigerator and thinking that the\u00a0leftover food will no longer serve a purpose, we discard it.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>As a Chef and culinary expert, I have immense respect for food and therefore today I\u00a0am going to share a few tips that would help you curate a new dish or use the leftover<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>food in such a way that everyone who eats it will simply love it.<\/strong> <strong>Remember that food\u00a0safety is our priority while we are using leftovers; handling leftovers in an appropriate<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>way is of great significance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips that help you with leftovers:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u25cf You need to refrigerate the leftovers covered in airtight containers at an accurate temperature.<br \/>\n\u25cf Choose the right way of refrigerating\/freezing food i.e. Mason Jars, Zip-Top freezer bags and many more.<br \/>\n\u25cf Consider the ingredients in the leftover food rather than considering the entire\u00a0preparation.<br \/>\n\u25cf Vegetable scraps can be used for making vegetable stock.<br \/>\n\u25cf Indian Blackberry (Jamun) which is leftover in the refrigerator can be frozen and then in the future can be used to make Jamun Raita or Jamun Chutney.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MV16ze2ok6\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/17\/indian-blackberry-raita-jamun-raita\/\">Indian Blackberry Raita (Jamun Raita)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/17\/indian-blackberry-raita-jamun-raita\/embed\/#?secret=MV16ze2ok6\" data-secret=\"MV16ze2ok6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Indian Blackberry Raita (Jamun Raita)&#8221; &#8212; Chef Reetu Uday Kugaji\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9Ak939rWQc\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/16\/indian-blackberry-dip-chutney-jamun-chutney\/\">Indian Blackberry Dip \/ Chutney (Jamun Chutney)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/16\/indian-blackberry-dip-chutney-jamun-chutney\/embed\/#?secret=9Ak939rWQc\" data-secret=\"9Ak939rWQc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Indian Blackberry Dip \/ Chutney (Jamun Chutney)&#8221; &#8212; Chef Reetu Uday Kugaji\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u25cfBananas that are turning brown can be kept in a freezer and one can use it to make a smoothie, pancakes, Banana Bread, Banana Cakes and the list goes on.<br \/>\n\u25cf Leftover bread can be baked until it is dry, cool it down and prepare breadcrumbs or croutons and store them for further use. It could be for coating cutlets and can be used for topping gratinated dishes.<br \/>\n\u25cf You may also prepare bread pudding with stale bread.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Leftover lemongrass can be added to the rice to give a great fragrance.<br \/>\n\u25cf Leftover cooked beetroot can make wonderful accompaniments like Beetroot Raita.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf You can prepare Arancini with leftover Arborio Rice. You can prepare Beetroot Arancini by using leftover cooked beetroot, leftover Arborio Rice and roll them in breadcrumbs prepared with leftover stale bread.<br \/>\n\u25cf Kadai Paneer \/ Paneer Makhani \/ Paneer Bhurji can be used to make a fantastic topping for a pizza.<br \/>\n\u25cf Leftover vegetables like squash, broccoli and cauliflower can be frozen and a scrumptious pureed soup can be prepared.<br \/>\n\u25cf One can prepare mind-boggling Biryani or fried rice with leftover rice.<br \/>\n\u25cf Leftover cooked beetroot and chickpeas can make some delectable Beetroot Falafel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"12Oftghm2g\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/23\/beetroot-falafel-with-cilantro-tahini\/\">Beetroot Falafel with Cilantro Tahini<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/23\/beetroot-falafel-with-cilantro-tahini\/embed\/#?secret=12Oftghm2g\" data-secret=\"12Oftghm2g\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Beetroot Falafel with Cilantro Tahini&#8221; &#8212; Chef Reetu Uday Kugaji\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Leftover cooked chicken can be used in salads, wraps, sandwiches, and rolls.<\/p>\n<p>You can get more creative with various cooked\/uncooked leftovers thus minimizing\u00a0wasting food and also considering the Financial, Environmental and Social factors.<\/p>\n<p>To keep yourself safe, it\u2019s best to discard any food that looks or smells bad.\u00a0One more very effective way of using leftovers that go bad is by putting them in a compost bin and turning it into a fertilizer for your evergreen garden at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" 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