Leftover Pumpkin Polenta

Grilled Polenta

OK, so what do you do with that leftover polenta? That is of course, if any is left over. One of my favorite ways to serve it is grilled.

Lima Beans? You Dehydrated Lima Beans?

Cook and Dehydrate Your Dried Beans

Well of course!  Why not?  Think about it. First, you must soak your dried beans overnight, or boil them for thirty minutes. Then simmer them for two to three hours.  It takes a long time to prepare dried beans, any kind of dried beans.

Dehydrating Leftover Sweet Potatoes

Leftovers

It seems when I get sweet potatoes, there are always more than Mike and I can eat before the last few go bad.  This time, I decided to prevent that from happening. I tossed a bunch of sweet potatoes in the crock pot the other day and cooked them; no liquids, just dry roasted them in the crock pot. That’s pretty easy.

Don't Become a Statistic! Use That Leftover Turkey!

Leftover Turkey - Dehdyrate and Use Later 

Americans will waste 200 million pounds of Thanksgiving turkey every year!

By Tiffany Hsu; November 19, 2012

http://www.fox59.com/lifestyle/holiday/thanksgiving/la-fi-mo-thanksgiving-turkey-waste-20121119,0,2770647.story  

Americans will buy 581 million pounds of turkey meat for Thanksgiving this year but will trash more than one-third of it, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Dehydrating Leftover Broccoli

Check your fridge:

Got any leftover veggies?  If you have veggies that have not been seasoned with some sort of oil or fat, you can dehydrate them for later use.

Here is the remains of a large pot of steamed broccoli. I cut them into even sized slices and put them in the dehydrator.