Leftovers that become new dishes

Yesterday’s potatoes are fried potatoes, rice is fried rice, bread is dumplings. Cooking extra on purpose is a plan, not a mistake.

German cooking is leftover cooking — half the classics grew out of what was left the day before. Plan for it and you cook once on Monday and eat from it three times.

Boiled potatoes → fried potatoes, farmer’s breakfast, potato salad, potato pancakes, mash
Rice → fried rice with egg, rice salad, rice pan
Pasta → pasta bake, pasta salad, fried in butter with cheese
Stale bread → bread dumplings, poor knights, croutons, breadcrumbs, bread salad, cheese on toast
Roast → sandwich filling, solyanka, goulash soup, meat salad
Pancakes → pancake soup, filled and baked
Vegetable scraps → stew, gratin, stir-fry, blended soup
Dumplings → sliced and fried in butter, with egg
Red cabbage, sauerkraut → better reheated than fresh; freeze.