WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE LEFT OVER FOODS..??

Leftover food waste is a serious problem because
how to use it and not waste the food but to bring to 
best use needs few ideas, hints and tips.
why are people throwing away the left over food ?
There are so many things you can do with leftovers.   
Use them in soups, salads, main dishes and desserts.
Any leftover vegetables transform them  into soups.
Keep the leftover food safe in the freezer.
Use the leftover vegetables as soup, add in gravies.
Go ahead add leftover steak or chicken into a salad.
Use leftover chicken or ground beef on pizza as toppings.
Leftover pasta can be used in a fresh sauce or add to a salad.
Leftover beans can be added to Tacos or Burritos, Spaghetti Sauce.
Use any left over breads as breadcrumbs or croutons and 
add to fruit chaat or salads...
Make tasty muffins using leftover vegetables by grinding 
them and mixing in flour, add salt and any other seasoning
of your choice, also add little grated cheese and pour in
greased molds and put in oven to bake.
Leftover fruits that are not fresh enough, make a puree, put 
in a pan to heat, add little juice, sugar and let it thicken to become a sauce. Use it on ice creams.
Use any leftover sponge or chocolate cake that has gone a
little dry to make a tasty ‘trifle’ pudding..
Don't throw out leftover coffee. Freeze it into coffee 
ice cubes  and add to iced or cold  coffee.
The same goes for any leftover black tea, freeze as ice,
serve in iced teas.
Besides this the peels of various vegetables  work as
‘pot pourri’ and will make your
house smell good.  The peels of lemon, orange, apple and grapefruit. Make potpourri with citrus peels, apple peels, vanilla flavoring, cloves and cinnamon or any other
combination of good smelling things to freshen the air.
The Cucumber peels kept in places where there are ants, 
will keep them away.

A OLD RECIPE BROUGHT 4WARD AS IT IS RELATED 2 THIS TOPIC...
 IDLIS WITH LEFTOVER TOPPING OF LEFTOVER POTATO DOSA MASALA..   
 TIP: USE A COOKIE MOULD TO CUT AND DESIGN THE SIDES OF IDLIS.....
 USE MASALA DOSA'S  POTATO SUBZI AS TOPPING
AND MAKE INSTANT IDLIS.
METHOD FOR POTATO SUBZI:  PUT A PAN TO HEAT, 
IN THE TEMPERING TAKE 1 TSP OIL, SOME MUSTARD SEEDS, FEW CURRY LEAVES AND 1\4 TSP URAD DAL. IN THIS ADD SLICED ONION, STIR FOR FEW MINUTES, SPRINKLE LITTLE SALT. NOW ADD BOILED AND MASHED POTATOES, CHECK THE SALT AND ADD LITTLE RED CHILLY POWDER AND TURMERIC POWDER.  
IN THE IDLI MOULD AT THE BASE SPREAD SOME POTATO SUBZI AND ON IT POUR THE IDLI BATTER,
PUT IN STEAMER UNTIL DONE.  GIVE SHAPE TO THE DONE IDLIS BY USING COOKIE MOLD.
SERVE WITH COCONUT CHUTNEY.

TIP USE LEFTOVER RICE TO STUFF IN PARATHAS BY ADDING SALT AND SOME RED CHILLY POWDER.