Whenever we go to restaurants, it seems like such a waste to throw away all of those bread sticks or rolls that they give you. Often their servings are so large, we end up with 5 to 6 leftover. Here is a recipe that uses those bread sticks or rolls. If you don't have the bread sticks, simply substitute torn up bread pieces. If you don't have leftover pasta salad, use leftover or fresh cooked pasta. To make this recipe a complete meal, add cooked chicken and serve a salad on the side. Enjoy!
Baked Pasta Salad
Ingredients:
4 Cups Bread sticks, toasted
4 Cups Pasta Salad
1 Egg
1/2 Cup Sour Cream
1 Can Cream of Soup
1/2 Cup Milk
1 Cup Mozzarella Cheese
1/2 Envelope Onion Soup Mix
Parmesan Cheese
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut or tear bread sticks into large chunks and put in the oven until lightly toasted. Let cool before mixing with other ingredients.
2. Mix together bread sticks, pasta salad, egg, sour cream, soup, milk, mozzarella cheese, and onions soup mix in a large bowl.
3. Spray a large baking dish with Pam. Pour mixture into dish. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 to 35 minutes. Dish is finished when top is starting to brown and bubbly.
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Good Afternoon What's for Leftovers readers! This past weekend, I wasn't feeling well, so my fabulous brother brought my family dinner from Concetta's. Now, if you've ever been to Concetta's, you know how great their Italian food is. He brought salads, lasagna, and bread. Yum! Concetta's house salad dressing is a creamy parmesan dressing. It is delicious and very fresh. There were 2 giant containers of this dressing. It was way more dressing than we could ever use on the salads. Since it was fresh, I knew the dressing would not be good for very long. To use up a whole bunch of it, I made it into a dip last night. The dip was great and it was a perfect addition to chips and carrot sticks I served with our hamburgers at dinner. This recipe makes about a cup of dip. If you're going to serve it at a party, I would double the dip.
Creamy Parmesan Dip
Ingredients:
1/2 Cup Creamy Parmesan Salad Dressing (You could also use Creamy Italian or Ranch)
1/3 Cup Cream Cheese or Neufchatel Cheese
1/4 Cup Mayonnaise
1 TBSP Onion Soup Dip Mix
1 TBSP Taco Seasoning
1. Let cream cheese sit on counter until softened.
2. Mix together salad dressing, cream cheese, and mayonnaise until smooth. Add onion soup mix and taco seasoning. Serve with chips or fresh vegetables.
When I was in college, my friend Christy used to make this great dip. She would bring it to all our sorority get-togethers and it was known as Christy's dip. When I looked in the fridge tonight, I realized I had a whole bunch of little bits in there: a little bit of mayo, a little bit of cheese and a little bit of sour cream. I tried to recreate Christy's dip with it. It didn't turn out exactly the same, but it was still yummy! Serve it with salsa and tortilla chips and it's an instant party.
Christy's Dip
Ingredients:
3/4 Cup Cream Cheese
1/3 Cup Sour Cream
1/4 Cup Mayonnaise
1 Pack Taco or Burrito Seasoning
1/2 TBSP Onion Soup Mix
1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1/2 Cup Chopped Black Olives
1 Cup Thick Salsa
Mix together cream cheese, sour cream and mayo until smooth. Add taco seasoning and onion soup mix. Stir until mixed in. Finally mix in cheddar cheese, black olives, and salsa. Serve with tortilla chips and salsa.
So the last two leftover recipes I tried did not go to well. I tried to make banana pancakes for Celia and Charlie for breakfast, but they had too much banana and not enough pancake. Charlie fed Celia's to our dog, Hammie, when I wasn't looking. Then, tonight I made a cucumber bean salad for dinner. It tasted okay, but just okay. I think it's missing a spice. As soon as I figure out what needs to be added, I'll post the recipe. So my recipe tonight is not actually a leftover recipe, instead it's a beginning recipe for pork chops. It's really good and smells great when cooking. It's a recipe I created a while ago, so there's not as much detail as there is in my newer recipes.
Creamy Pork Chops
Ingredients:
4-6 Pork Chops
1 Can Cream Corn
1 Can Cream of Chicken Soup
1/2 Envelope of Onion Soup Mix
1/2 Can of Milk (use cream of soup can)
Layer pork chops in a crock pot or baking pan. Pour all ingredients on top. Cook in the crockpot on high for 2 to 2 1/2 hours or cook in the oven at 300 degrees until pork is completely cooked. While cooking, baste pork chops with gravy several times to keep them moist. Remove from oven or crockpot when pork is at correct temperature and let cool a bit.
