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Completely off topic, Emmy, but I just had to tell you that today was my husband's last day at work - and we are now officially RETIRED! I've long 'envied' you and Paul and the life and time you have together, and now we can finally join you! I've been watching your channel for quite awhile in preparation for this day, enjoying all your tips and tricks for living a frugal, yet abundantly blessed lifestyle in retirement and now, here it is! It's going to seem strange to go to bed tonight and not have to set the alarm!

Everything looks great! My dear MIL used to say, “a dog would starve in this house” as she used up every bit of food😉 she lived through the Depression so nothing was ever wasted.

Since I've been watching your channel for the past few months, I've noticed that I've wasted a LOT LESS food. I hear your voice in my head, and then I find ways of using up the food that I would have previously thrown out. Emmy, you and Paul are a true blessing! Keep on encouraging us! I, for one, am listening! Thank you so much!

My sister had 7 kids. The way she dealt with leftovers was on Friday night, all the leftovers were set out on the kitchen counter. Everybody drew a number from a hat. #1 got first pick, #2 second, etc….It kept the refrigerator cleared out and they didn’t waste food. By the way, she was an excellent cook so even #6 and #7 ate well.

Our leftover gravy always goes either into a casserole or a stew. No one ever says, "oh, so this is how you used the leftover gravy?" It gives it a salty richness that no one can really identify as gravy

And I love turning leftovers into quesadillas! Chicken, pork, meat, veggies... almost anything works with some shredded cheese in between two tortillas. Delicious and kid-approved!

Emmy I am so excited I have always been frugal and save a lot. Tomorrow is my 60th and my husband has booked for us to go to New York this Saturday from the U.K.. I am worried about coved but you have to live and enjoy yourself. We will be careful but so excited to visit your part of the world. Great video as usual x

I now waste very little food. Your food looks so yummy. I adore cooking and baking.

It is very easy to make tahini at home. You just need some sesame seeds, oil and optionally salt and lemon juice. Grind everything in a food processor and you will have just as much tahini as you need. And you can store sesame seeds for quite a while :)

I love having a leftover shelf

Oh, how I love how real you two are! Even though we’ve never met, you two are my dear friends ❤️ So motivational in the kitchen! I always stand at the fridge, look at what’s there and say, what would Emmy do? 😊 For Thanksgiving leftovers, it great to use your stuffing as your crust, leftover gravy, veggies and turkey as your filling and mash potatoes as your topping. A pot pie of sorts. Great to freeze for next month when time is wonky with gatherings and commitments.

Rarely have wasted food. Got chickens. Make lots if soups. Enjoying your channel.

If I make a new meal out of leftovers I often have a new set of leftover leftovers!

I have been doing the freezer leftover trick for years. My family used to ask me what we were having for dinner and as soon as they saw it exclaimed 'why, its mother's mystery' again. But they ate it and usually liked it.

Emmie and Paul I just love all your videos , I can’t seem to get enough of them! I started being frugal in the 70’s and have just loved it! It drives me nuts to see my friends waste so much food, and than I enjoy hearing them say how can you get this or that on just what he makes is that wrong of me? I would love to be in your kitchen and cook with you! What I do when I have left over egg nog is I make bread pudding or egg nog French toast. Left over Carmel donuts and raisin bread make fantastic bread pudding! ………..Dorina Meyer

Pot roast hash. Chop up leftover pot roast, potato, and carrots. Fry in a little butter and serve with fried eggs on top. A great breakfast!

Paul has the best job, chief tester..lol..the smile on his face...

I put a discreet little sign on my back door near the handle.."think before throwing "...and it works..love the show

I'm pretty good with food waste, but this year we had an unexpected event that prevented family from coming to the beach for the holiday. I had a 14 lb turkey for just me and my dad. SOOOO .... After eating leftovers for several days, I took the wings and legs (dad and I aren't into those pieces) and made a bone broth. I then took the meat, some pumpkin, a random baked sweet potato and some of the broth and pureed it in my Vita Mix. Froze it in freezer bags and now the dog has some homemade supplemental food. Frugal and he loves it. Just a spoon full a couple times a week. Loved the video!

Hi Emmy….so excited to let you know that we had leftovers at my Sister’s house the day after Thanksgiving and when we were cleaning her kitchen she was going to throw out the carcass and I told her no there is lots of meat still on it and she said do you want it and I said yes…..today I boiled the carcass, made stock and made Turkey vegetable and noodle soup whic was delicious. There was also enough Turkey meat for another dinner so tomorrow will be Turkey tetrazzini! Thanks for all your great zero waste videos which have encouraged me so much!! ❤️

We use leftover Turkey or ham and make croquettes! Mmmm

That was so cute when you said, now be honest. 🙂

In my portugeese family, the gizzard, giblets & some liver go into the dressing.

My absolutely favorite Turkey leftover recipe came from Cooking Light Annual from years ago. It called for a can of sliced mushrooms cooked in butter, but I think I remember you saying that Paul didn’t care for mushrooms… I remembered because my dad didn’t like them either … called them toadstools. But it’s such a great leftover recipe, I felt free to personalize it in lots of ways. Cream of celery soup, sour cream and grated Parmesan, plus your fav pasta or egg noodles. You layered the ingrs like a casserole and baked it at 375 for 25 minutes. Yumm!

My favorite leftover remake is to make potato cakes from left over mashed potatoes, yummy!!

just found you I love been frugal I am from Maine

After dinner, I put everything on my counter and give everyone a container. I invite them to take whatever they would like. I'm retired but most of my family is still working, so a nice, premade meal is always a treat! No food waste and lots of happy people!

I use left over frozen beef very little tin drained beans left over bits bacon chopped leak celery onion carrot frozen peas that freezer cleared out all in slow cooker served on rice you my

If you want a quiche with a super easy crust, check out Bisquick Impossible Pies. The bisquick sinks to the bottom and creates a crust with no fuss! I make so many different versions with leftovers.

Making the cranberry muffins for the actual Thanksgiving dinner would also be good and the extra muffins already made for company or Christmas.

I would totally love it if you would do a video about how to store fresh produce so that it keep longer.

You can freeze tahini in ice cube trays and then a ziplock bag.

I love your channel and grateful I found you a little over a year ago. Love you and Paul! Now I get to watch a few older videos 😊

Great ideas as usual! I love binge watching your older shows. Dixie cracked me up when you were getting the baggies for soup ready!

Great video. Leftover recipes look good. I usually do chicken noodle soup with our leftovers

For the holidays my dad always makes Yuca con Mojo, it’s a Cuban side dish made with cassava, oil, garlic, and bitter orange (naranja agria in Latin markets). I love taking the leftovers, putting them in the air frier so they get all crispy and then I top it with cilantro 🤤 then I make a garlic aioli dipping sauce and oh my….by far my favorite leftover ☺️😍

How smart to use the 3 items for the muffins. I like figuring out how to use nits and pieces up and not just reheat them. I just pulled 3 apples out of the crisper that are becoming a wrinkled. I will use an Amish recipe for fried apples to use as a side dish. Yum. Thank you for all the ideas you share.

I made turkey tortilla soup two years in a row. We also made turkey flautas.

One of my favorite things to do is to create new meals with leftovers. I do this all the time because I enjoy the variety and not eat the same thing for days. It makes cooking more creative for sure. Thanks for sharing your ideas on leftover meals!

Such beautiful scenery 😍 wishing Everyone all the best!!!

I use up different tiny small portions of veggies to make stir fry veggies medley. I chopped them to smaller pieces n pan fry them with crushed garlic, salt and pepper.

Yummy!!

Your recipes always look delicious! I wish we were neighbors so you could teach me your tips/tricks on the regular. 😁😎

Very clever use of leftovers.

Turkey tettrazinni always follows Thanksgiving at my house!

Unfortunately too much food waste while many are hungry on this continent. I bee line for the reduced clearance racks and always find items to share with my Foodbank box at my local store , the quiche recipe am trying to try as I dont know what to do with leftover eggs. Refreshing to learn from both you and Paul after all we never stop learning. Hugs to Dixie

Tahini can be frozen in ice cube trays in the amounts you would use to make hummus, so it will last a lot longer. Great idea for the muffins.

Great tip to swap Tahini for peanut butter ❤

I love using up leftover ham. I can get so so many meals! The big ham dinner, fried ham and egg sandwiches for breakfast, and then split up and freeze for potato soup, monte cristo sandwiches, homemade pizza, and egg roll in a bowl. My mom is always bringing us her leftovers. I’m using her ham leftovers tonight for the egg roll in a bowl!🤣🤣 I love it!

I love your videos, Emmy, and I love to read all the comments and ideas your subs have to offer. I would love one of those muffins with a morning coffee. :)

This year I made turkey fettucine alfredo with leftover turkey for the first time. Oh my, it was delicious. Leftover turkey is my all time favorite. I did make a couple of turkey sandwiches, too - even ate a turkey sandwich for breakfast one morning! I love your ideas for leftovers so as not to waste anything. Thanks! Diane

I can’t digest apple peels.. so I collect them in the freezer with carrot’s and boiled sweets potatoes’ to make a fiber enriched smoothies.

I just made the quiche recipe. I had some broccoli, tomatoes, and olives I mended to use. I used dairy free cheese and added in the cortège cheeses. Wow oh wow it’s so good.

I’m so going to make the Quiche for breakfast tomorrow morning. What a great idea. I have those items on hand

I love you guys, you're such sweet people! I've been binge watching your videos and have learned so much in such a small amount of time. Being in Ontario Canada, our food prices are about double for some things, so learning to stretch our food is one of my top priorities right now Thank you 🥰

I will do soups with the leftovers

I went to the 'discounted pile 'in the grocery store today. Have to get use to the stares though.... It can be intimidating Anyway I found a pack of grapes discounted 50% It's Near Xpiry date but still OK. So I put them the dehydrator And after they shriveled up a bit- I just freeze them. So please with myself . Hummus is our staple breakfast In our household Tahinni does not have time to Xpire it's all clean up way before that!!!! Tq for all the tips.

Interesting about your tahini spoiling. In our home, Tahini is a staple, hahaha. We make salad dressings with it: tahini, olive oil, ACV, honey and salt and it is delicious!!!! Great idea with using peanut butter for hummus. Good to know 👍🏼

I watched this while eating soup all made from leftovers in my fridge. I laughed when I saw what today's video was about

I found a recipe on you tube how to make tahini. It’s so easy with sesame seeds.

I absolutely LOVE ❤️ casseroles and feel bad for people’s families that don’t care for casseroles…… Leftovers,especially meat, is bagged and frozen then used for stir fry, casseroles, omelettes, quiches, soups, etc. Even leftover above things mentioned can be put in a freezer container for a future lunch or even smorgasbord of items for dinners. I used to love my leftovers for my lunch when I was still working…no store bought frozen dinners for me! The internet is so full of information for recipes if anyone needs ideas, like you have mentioned in prior videos. I love your dishes. Beautiful pattern!!! Paul’s quote of “ not sickly sweet” was so unique. You both are a great team which has made the evolution of your channel move forward so fast. Congratulations 🎊

Leftovers: Rolls- use the next day at breakfast Lunch‐ potatoe soup with bits of ham side of small salad with cut diced turkey Dinner‐ Thanksgiving day Leftovers...momma is not cooking. Thanks for the great video!

I love when you make something wonderful with scraps! You inspire me!

Our left over tips: we usually have vegetable left overs so we either make a stir fry or make what I call a Piccadilly salad, which is a combo of every left over veggie (usually we some roasted veggies, too) with whatever bit of protein we have, then either make a homemade honey mustard or tahini-honey dressing and have a salad feast.

I enjoy making a flaky pie crust for a pot pie, but this year I did something different. I made the Turkey Dinner Pie over on King Arthur’s website. It uses a hot water crust pastry that if you watch Great British Bake Off, then you have heard of it. It’s easy and makes a sturdy enough crust for a loaf shaped pie. They give you suggested fillings, but you can use whatever you have leftover. Just keep adding layers until the pan is full. My 9x5 loaf shaped pie baked for 75 minutes which is longer than the recipe stated.

Great ideas thank you and when Paul approves it really makes me feel happy!

When I was young my grandmother would take full advantage of the leftover turkey after Thanksgiving. She would grind the turkey to make turkey salad for sandwiches and then use the scraps and carcass for turkey soup. After about a week all of us grandkids would be whining for a hamburger. I've now passed that tradition down to my own granddaughters!

Another great video both - I love watching how you transform random leftovers into a new yummy meal Emmy, everytime I have leftovers and feel stumped for an idea I think of you 😉😊 Loved the blooper too, you always make me smile ❤

👍Paul approved

Loved this video (like all with you, Paul, and Dixie!). What awesome ideas for using leftovers creatively. And your frugal tips and tricks never disappoint!!! Thanks for being real as always. 🥰 My guy Ray always makes ham roll-ups to take to my family's Thanksgiving on the Saturday after. He uses cream cheese, garlic, and chives for the filling. He makes them the day before Thanksgiving so the flavors can meld together well by Saturday. After filling the roll-ups there is always a cup or more of filling left so we use it for dip for veggies and crackers. This year he came up with the idea of putting that leftover filling into our mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving. Oh my goodness Emmy! 😲😋 They were OVER THE TOP delicious! 👏🤩🌟 He says now we'll make them all the time and call them Herbal Mashed Potatoes Supreme! 😂🤣😂 (He loves to watch Gordon Ramsey and therefore likes to create new recipes and give them "Ramsey" names. 😂🤣😂) We're so happy you guys had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Give Dixie a hug for us and tell Paul hello as well. Ray even watches your videos with me now, he really enjoys when Paul has a segment too. We are a retired couple living (and loving it!) a frugal life in Illinois. 💖👌🤗

Our favorite thing to do with leftover mashed potatoes, is to make potato cakes! We are having them tonight with enchilada zucchini boats.🥰

Great ideas……and the bloopers 😱😱😱

I got behind on watching your videos, so I just binge watched the last 3. Thoroughly enjoyed myself as always. Thank you for all of the great tips. 😃

Emmy i always buy lots of cranberry’s because I like to make cranberry juice I mixed with raspberry or pineapple so I make my own juice

I can make a good pie crust but understand how intimidating it can be. This is something I learned making a crustless quiche- I spray the pie plate with Pam and then sprinkle two tablespoons of bread crumbs on the bottom and make as usual. We have a goat farm nearby and I made crustless quiche with their Italian spice goat cheese and it was amazing! Thank you for this video. We have overspent on take out the past week because of unexpected company and spent $150 on pizza, wings and antipasto. Unfortunately, my husband and I had to get Covid tests today and I knew he would want to get lunch. I made two tunafish sandwiches and packed them with some potato chips and drinks. It saved us a lot of money. Your videos brought me back down to reality. Thank you for that. 💝💝💝

Two left-over meals I learned from my mom are mashed potatoes turned into potato cakes --potatoes, bisquick, onion, and some egg shaped into patties and fried...and....cut up cooked chicken added to a cream sauce and served over toast. (Or instead of toast you can put it over the potato cakes!)

you can make your own small b atch of tahini . Recipes are on online.

Hi Emmy! Thank you for another great video! I would love to hear more about how you and Paul made decisions to help you retire early. I'm in my early 40s and thinking about how to move towards an early retirement. My first step has been to pay off all debt and we will be mortgage free by 2023!

Brilliant minds - I made sweet potato muffins. -)

Wonderful video, guys! Very nice, encouraging, lovely! I think, this is my favorite channel (I've been very sick so I'm home and watching for now....stay well yourselves and blessings to you) Dawn @ Rich & Dawn in MN :)

My favorite way to use leftover baked potatoes is to dice them up and make hashbrowns. I do this by adding onion and peppers if we have or a jar of roasted red peppers from the dollar tree into the pan with some oil, salt n pepp, additional preferred seasonings. I serve them with scrambled eggs and a leftnover meat. Walah, makes a great dinner.

These are such great videos, especially for those of who are novice cooks! I hate it when I buy expensive fresh produce, like asparagus, and end up putting it in the compost. $3.99 or $6.99 for compost fodder is DUMB! If it gets pushed to the back of the fridge or freezer, it won't be used. Thank you for helping us be healthy and save money!

Any leftover meats and veggies I turn into egg cups for my husband! I just added some shredded cheese...but I save that too!! He loves them and it makes my morning super easy .. just pop into microwave to reheat and serve with some fresh fruit!!

Last night I made a turkey pot pie version… no pie, but I toasted texas style sliced bread and had it as an open face sandwich… delicious!

I make egg cups/crust less quiches all the time. I find myself with random bits of frozen veggies and always too many eggs. (Our hens haven't gotten the message to slow down for the cold weather). 4 oz of spinach or peppers isn't enough for a side dish, but it's enough for an egg dish.

Sweet potatoes. I am going to look for a sweet potato muffin recipe.

I have used eggnog in bread pudding which my husband loves I am lactose intolerant so I can only have a little piece but wasn’t to bad

Hi Emmy and Paul! This is my first time commenting, though I have been watching for a while. I loved your Thanksgiving leftover recipes. I had never thought to put gravy with the meat before freezing. That was a great tip! I made a Thanksgiving leftover casserole a little different than yours. I made a white sauce and added chopped turkey meat and peas and carrots (like the filling for pot pie). I put that in a 2 qt casserole dish. Then I added blobs of leftover mashed potatoes and sprinkled the top with leftover stuffing. I served it with a salad and it was delicious! I often make cornbread to go with chili and we love when we have leftovers. Our favorite way to eat leftover cornbread is to crumble it in a bowl, drizzle honey over it and add milk. Then we heat it in the microwave. Yum!

I use leftover turkey and gravy to make turkey pot pie. Just add a package of frozen mixed vegetables, some potatoes and top with a frozen pie shell and bake. It’s one of the few ways my husband, Ron actually likes leftovers. You share so many wonderful recipes, I wish you would write a cookbook! I can look them up on your site but I’m kind of old school and would love to have a real book to refer to. Please keep blessing us with your positive attitude and practical advice. I feel like you’ve become a dear friend.

I make Turkey tortilla soup with leftover turkey and turkey flautas😋😋😋.

Good morning Emmi and Paul thank you for your great frugal ideas I love them all especialey turkey and muffin ideas I hate wasting food i turkey love watching you both such warm kind caring people you are when I watch you I feel happy and blessed I live in England so look forward to seeing you thank you

I enjoy both you and Paul's enthusiasm and great ideas.

Soup with veg and beans

I realy love your Videos. So much great ideas. Even if some things are very different in Germany.

About 4 inches of snow and temperatures in the teens in Southern Vermont. Piling on the clothes to stay warm!

Inonce had fight my FILmoverbthe turkey csrcas, he wanted to throw it out,I was like NOoooooo,that turkey noodle soup on fri- sun. Hebloojed st me dumbfounded he didnt know anyone who stilk made soup from poultry carcasses!, I told him he was hangingnoutbwith the wrong people! His wife asked if my mother did this( usually not) but I always do!

I love ❤️ your videos

We have a lot of stuffed cabbage and I searched on the internet what should I do with it after I saw your video,I will make some kind of pie with sour cream with the stuffed cabbage.Thanks a lot :)

Wow, your zero-waste recipes look so good! I have used up leftover turkey in soup, chili, and a broccoli, cheese, and rice casserole. I think the turkey chili was my favorite. Right now, our fridge is making funny noises, so I am trying to use up food in case it dies. Fortunately, there isn't too much in there, because we have been traveling. I don't really want to go grocery shopping now until the fridge is fixed or replaced, so we are having some interesting meals. Haha...

I save everything...I even keep orange peels. I candy them or keep the rind in the freezer to add to just about everything. I take the old root veggies and roast them...I make stock and add leftover veggies and sometimes meat. I use half the meat called for all the time. I make meals around what I have before going to the store. I loved hearing Dixie's voice!