"There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven." Ecclesiastes 3:1

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Chowder from Leftovers

What to do with leftovers . . . the cook is happy to find them in the fridge . . . sometimes a life saver . . .  but the ones grabbing the food might think otherwise . . . so we try to hide them in another meal. I think I may have some ideas to share . . . it may take a few boring random posts to cover these.

 
 
Corn Chowder is a simple soup that can be ready in a few minutes.You can use a can of potato soup mixed with a can of milk, a can of creamed corn and a cup of grated cheese.
This week I happened to have about a cup of leftover mashed potatoes, a cup or so of cooked corn and a serving or two of leftover BBQ'd salmon . . . actually I had baked it in the oven.You can also use leftover chopped farmer sausage instead of fish.
Mash the cold mashed potatoes with a fork, blending in the potato soup ... add the corn, 1% milk, grated cheddar and salmon, separated into small chunks. Heat and serve.

I toasted some bagels and lunch was ready. Completely different from the salmon dinner we had earlier.
With leftover salmon you can also make these yummy salmon melts or just mix it up with some mayo to make cold sandwiches.

9 comments:

Lovella ♥ said...

Anneliese the leftover salmon ideas are wonderful. I had never thought about putting salmon in a chowder. The challenge is to not send it home for the lunchkits the next day.

ellen b. said...

These are my favorite kind of meals. You did great with your leftovers Anneliese. It looks so yummy!

Anonymous said...

Haha. In your list of what you can start the soup with.

"You can use"...

How about leftovers from the scalloped potatoes on MGCC today?

Well, if there are any leftovers. Doubtful.

Pitterle Postings said...

Oh, this looks so good and so easy!! I think I will have to give it a try the next time the leftovers are calling my name!!

Karin said...

Sounds delicious! It's so much fun to be creative with left-overs. I actually have always called them 'plan-overs'.

Judy said...

Salmon chowder sounds good to me! Good idea.

Miss Debbie said...

I keep thinking I will try corn chowder...this encourages me to give it a try! I'm sure it was comforting on a cold day!

Betty said...

Good way to use up leftovers..the chowder looks delicious!

Marg said...

this is such a good time of year to work with soup combinations. We just had a fresh piece of Salmon last nice...guess what I will be putting together? Thanks.