Frugal Friday - Leftover Pumpkin
Hosted by Biblical Womanhood
I am not the best at using leftovers, but I am trying hard. I usually plan for leftovers - ie, I make sure I have enough for two days. It’s the leftovers from the leftovers (if that makes sense!) that I often end up wasting. Little bits of food in little containers in the fridge that get pushed to the back and then start to grow…..
I am collecting recipes so that I can deal with some of those leftovers as we go. Here is one that I had at a friend’s house years ago. She had this beautiful cake for our morning tea, with such a pretty bright color. I was surprised to learn that it had pumpkin in it, because I couldn’t taste it. But of course it explained the color. It is quick and easy to make, and oh so yummy!! It’s also a great way to use up a little bit of leftover pumpkin.
1 cup mashed pumpkin
8 oz margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sultanas
1 cup Self Raising Flour
1 cup Plain Flour
lemon essence
Cream margarine, sugar and essence.
Using leftovers wisely can stretch the grocery budget little bit by little bit. Do you have any great recipes for leftovers? If you do, I’ll love to hear about them!
We just had a leftovers meal tonight - fried rice. The rice part was a “planned-over”, but I threw in the rest of the roast chicken, some frozen corn that’s not very nice so is languishing in the freezer, a bit of leftover ham. It’s quite versatile!
Speaking of leftover pumpkin, I think I still have some mashed pumpkin in the freezer from who-knows-when - this recipe looks a great one to use it up. Thanks
Comment by Kerrie - October 5, 2007 9:10 pm
You’re right about the fried rice, Kerrie. I don’t make it enough. Rice is one of the things that I often have leftover and I should do what you mentioned - add some yummies to it and fry it all up. Thanks for the suggestion!
Love,
Joy
Comment by jam - October 7, 2007 9:00 pm