Fridge Purge Dinner

[Mik]

I had a lot of leftover stuff sitting around. So I thought 'pasta sauce'

Made a kind of Spanish pasta sauce with tomatoes, garlic, onion, smoked paprika, leftover chorizo and andouille sausage. A little wine, olive oil, butter and salt and it's turning out great. All leftovers except the pasta.

[brenda]

Perfect! That's a great use for that group of ingredients, and I bet it will be even better tomorrow, if there is any left. We call those a 'free' meal, because it's dabs of things that might not be useful in a few days, and would otherwise be wasted.

[Horace]

Sounds great. I love a good pasta with red sauce.

[jon-nyc]

I’m in. What time should I come over?

[Mik]

It was quite delicious, plenty left for a lunch. More leftovers!

The sauce with smoked paprika rather than basil or Italian herbs was excellent.

Fresh blackberries for dessert. Yum.

[jon-nyc]

I roasted a chicken. Hadn't done that in a while.

[Mik]

Classic. In a dutch oven?

[jon-nyc]

Nope. just in the oven.

Brined it most of the day. It was juicy and perfectly salty.

I had thawed out the last of the leftover cranberry sauce but I didn't want to use it.