Leftovers
Meaning
Food remaining after a meal, often saved to be eaten later
Pronunciation
UK /ˈleftəʊvəz/
US /ˈleftoʊvərz/
Example Sentences
- Some leftovers are on one shelf.
- Cooking from leftovers is less about thrift than about strategy, and the strategy begins before you have any leftovers at all.
- Keep a running inventory on the fridge door, because leftovers spoil less from age than from being forgotten behind a jar of pickles.
- Leftovers, it turns out, are just ingredients waiting for a better idea.
Learn Leftovers in Context
What Is in the Fridge?Look in the fridge! You can find many good things there. Milk is in the fridge. Eggs are in the fridge, too. You can see some vegetables. There is fruit in there. Some leftovers are on one shelf. The...Read story 
How to Build a Week of Meals From LeftoversThe saddest thing in most refrigerators is not mould; It is half a roast chicken that nobody has the imagination to rescue. Cooking from leftovers is less about thrift than about strategy, and the str...Read story
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