FOOD BLOG | UPCYCLE YOUR LEFTOVERS | BURRITO TO LASAGNA

UPCYCLE YOUR LEFTOVERS | Meeting up with friends in Park Slope, Brooklyn means grabbing Pink Lemonade Frozen Margaritas and enormous burritos from Rachel's Taqueria.  A favorite of ours is the Red Hook Special Burrito which is a meal enough for two filled with mesquite grilled skirt steak, black beans, and homestyle pico and then topped with chile verde pork and tons of melted cheese.  I have taken to ordering my own, eating roughly half and taking home my trophy of leftovers.  Leftovers mean an easy lunch OR an upcycled dinner.  I present to you: Mexitalian Lasagna.

Half a burrito turned into taco filling within seconds of turning on my kitchen ninja food processor and with the addition of sharp cheddar cheese and a bit of plain tomato sauce I had my lasagna stuffing. 4 lasagna noodles broken in half and cooked served as the perfect framework for a tri-layered half lasagna and we topped it all off with sharp cheddar to bake for 18 minutes on 425F. We then stacked each of our plates three pieces high and had an incredible upcycled dinner for two!

How do you upcycle your leftovers?

DAILY KICKOFF SMOOTHIE!

My average daily kickoff smoothie: Fresh Coffee cooled by Coffee Cubes, a splash of Cashew Milk, a handful of Frozen Banana Chunks, Organic Chocolate Flavored Hemp Protein Powder, and today... Frozen Raspberries... all blended to perfection.

WATERMELON RUM SLUSH

So... I put 1/4 fresh Watermelon, a few ice cubes, and Malibu in a blender...

BUFFALO CHICKEN VEGGIE QUESADILLAS

RECIPE | BUFFALO CHICKEN VEGGIE QUESADILLAS

I love quick meals and using up all my leftovers, so naturally creative quesadillas are an automatic go-to for me.  This beauty made use of the roasted chicken I had for a previous dinner and was spiced up with a few versatile goodies I keep in my fridge and freezer.  You can either bake these in the oven and/or cook them stove top.  The quesadilla pictured above was actually a left-over from an oven-baked batch that I decided to reheat by pan-frying it in a bit of butter to golden crispiness!

FIRE FACE SUNNY SIDE QUINOA

Here's a super easy (and super spicy) five ingredient meal for under $5.  Nothing fancy here, but it sure looks and tastes it.  Prep takes nearly no time and uses up barely any ingredients for a fairly filling yet light and healthy dinner.  Ready to raid your fridge for the ingredients?  I'll bet you have them.  The only tricky one is the quinoa, but that's not in the fridge anyway, it's in the pantry. :)

RECIPE: BERRY CHILL PROTEIN SMOOTHIE

 

RECIPE: Chill out after you workout with this deliciously tart protein smoothie!  Antioxidants and vitamins galore!  Carrot juice and hemp protein powder compliment a cluster of all natural, fresh fruits in this perfect post-workout treat.  Try it yourself!