{"id":1264,"date":"2013-12-02T17:11:59","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T17:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2021-05-08T14:40:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T14:40:58","slug":"leftovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/leftovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftovers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"leftovers3\"<\/a>Dispensing some very 60\u2019s era, sorority house suitable advice, my older sister used to tell me, \u201cA girl can never be too rich, too thin, or have too much Tupperware.\u201d<\/p>\n

While I might get a good chuckle out of the thought now, that this simple prescriptive could cover the complexities of being a modern woman, I can\u2019t disagree totally about the Tupperware part. Without a suitable assortment of containers, there would be many fewer possibilities for mealtime transformations<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Maybe transformation<\/i> is too strong a word, and yet I\u2019m not so sure.<\/p>\n

I love using fresh ingredients when I cook. I\u2019ll use meats freshly wrapped by a white paper capped butcher. I try to pick out vegetables from what looks to be the best in my grocery\u2019s produce section. I\u2019ll even read expiration labels on dry goods or nuts.<\/p>\n

But knowing I have leftovers in my fridge thrills me too. Years ago, taking leftovers home from a restaurant or from a family potluck was referred to as taking home a doggie bag. <\/i>It was as if people should either share their excess with their furry friends or be ashamed to eat leftovers themselves. I was never sure.<\/p>\n

Making use of leftovers is about re-purposing and transformation.<\/p>\n

Re-purposing leftovers can be a challenge. How do you take disparate things and put them together in a new way?<\/p>\n

For me, re-purposing leftovers has often begun with an ecological intent (not wasting) and has turned into a creative mission. It can be a surprise and a delight to see what I\u2019m able to come up with.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve turned a previous evening\u2019s broiled salmon into a salmon and dill omelet or flaky fish cake.\u00a0 \u00a0Remnants of a Thanksgiving feast can present special challenges, but I have come up with surprising mains and side dishes from turkey drumsticks and sweet potatoes.<\/p>\n

I love leftovers!<\/p>\n

I love it when I can open my refrigerator door and find cold pizza or chunks of pot roast, salad remnants, or turkey slices from the day before and I don\u2019t have to fix anything in order to eat. I like to challenge myself creatively to make something new out of what I have on hand.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s something else that makes leftovers a special delight to me\u2026and a great cause for thanks.<\/p>\n

Leftovers remind me I have more<\/i><\/b> than enough \u2013 and that\u2019s no small thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dispensing some very 60\u2019s era, sorority house suitable advice, my older sister used to tell…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","grateful-dozen-noticing-small-things"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLeftovers – No Small Thing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/leftovers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leftovers – No Small Thing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dispensing some very 60\u2019s era, sorority house suitable advice, my older sister used to tell...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/leftovers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"No Small Thing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NoSmallThingMindfulMeditations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-12-02T17:11:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-05-08T14:40:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/leftovers3.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"nosmalladmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"nosmalladmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/leftovers\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/leftovers\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"nosmalladmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/068a68011d8a650958cb95074ba6251b\"},\"headline\":\"Leftovers\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-12-02T17:11:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-08T14:40:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/leftovers\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":407,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/leftovers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/leftovers3.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/leftovers\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/leftovers\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/leftovers\\\/\",\"name\":\"Leftovers – No Small Thing\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/leftovers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/leftovers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/leftovers3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-12-02T17:11:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-08T14:40:58+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/leftovers\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/leftovers\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/leftovers\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/leftovers3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/leftovers3.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/leftovers\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Leftovers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/\",\"name\":\"No Small Thing\",\"description\":\"Mindful Meditations\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"No Small Thing Mindful Meditations\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/NoSmallThing-MindfulMeditations-Deborah-Hawkins2021-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/NoSmallThing-MindfulMeditations-Deborah-Hawkins2021-1.png\",\"width\":448,\"height\":144,\"caption\":\"No Small Thing Mindful Meditations\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/NoSmallThingMindfulMeditations\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/nosmallthingdeborah\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/deborah-hawkins-08958012\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nosmallthing.net\\\/main\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/068a68011d8a650958cb95074ba6251b\",\"name\":\"nosmalladmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b5b02579b0ef8b6e2bb1dde5b72a3a336d4ede128ab2c79fb0dd996649644a56?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b5b02579b0ef8b6e2bb1dde5b72a3a336d4ede128ab2c79fb0dd996649644a56?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b5b02579b0ef8b6e2bb1dde5b72a3a336d4ede128ab2c79fb0dd996649644a56?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"nosmalladmin\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Leftovers – No Small Thing","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/leftovers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Leftovers – No Small Thing","og_description":"Dispensing some very 60\u2019s era, sorority house suitable advice, my older sister used to tell...","og_url":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/leftovers\/","og_site_name":"No Small Thing","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NoSmallThingMindfulMeditations\/","article_published_time":"2013-12-02T17:11:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-05-08T14:40:58+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/leftovers3.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"nosmalladmin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"nosmalladmin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/leftovers\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/leftovers\/"},"author":{"name":"nosmalladmin","@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/#\/schema\/person\/068a68011d8a650958cb95074ba6251b"},"headline":"Leftovers","datePublished":"2013-12-02T17:11:59+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-08T14:40:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/leftovers\/"},"wordCount":407,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/leftovers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/leftovers3.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/leftovers\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/leftovers\/","url":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/leftovers\/","name":"Leftovers – No Small Thing","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/leftovers\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/leftovers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/leftovers3.jpg","datePublished":"2013-12-02T17:11:59+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-08T14:40:58+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/leftovers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/leftovers\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/leftovers\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/leftovers3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/leftovers3.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/leftovers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Leftovers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/","name":"No Small Thing","description":"Mindful Meditations","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/#organization","name":"No Small Thing Mindful Meditations","url":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/NoSmallThing-MindfulMeditations-Deborah-Hawkins2021-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/NoSmallThing-MindfulMeditations-Deborah-Hawkins2021-1.png","width":448,"height":144,"caption":"No Small Thing Mindful Meditations"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NoSmallThingMindfulMeditations\/","https:\/\/instagram.com\/nosmallthingdeborah","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/deborah-hawkins-08958012"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/#\/schema\/person\/068a68011d8a650958cb95074ba6251b","name":"nosmalladmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b5b02579b0ef8b6e2bb1dde5b72a3a336d4ede128ab2c79fb0dd996649644a56?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b5b02579b0ef8b6e2bb1dde5b72a3a336d4ede128ab2c79fb0dd996649644a56?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b5b02579b0ef8b6e2bb1dde5b72a3a336d4ede128ab2c79fb0dd996649644a56?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"nosmalladmin"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"nosmalladmin","author_link":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/author\/nosmalladmin\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Dispensing some very 60\u2019s era, sorority house suitable advice, my older sister used to tell...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}