#leftover-recipes

#leftover-recipes

All it takes is some shredded chicken, a quick cream sauce made from a good can of condensed soup (like Campbell's Cream of Chicken) plus a bit of sour cream, and of course, poppy seeds, and you've got a comforting classic that can bring everyone to the table, then send them off satisfied. But rather than making it from scratch, if you've got a rotisserie chicken leftover from the other night's dinner, the good news is you can have

James Beard had answers for that all the way back in 1949, when he published The Fireside Cook Book, which reads like a modern manual. It teaches two habits that still work now: buy well, use it all, and plan ahead. Beard framed thrift as quality, and his line advising to use "the best ingredients available and waste nothing" is a timeless system for great flavor and few scraps.

Just husk the corn, remove the silk and grill those cobs naked so they're lightly charred, sweet, slightly crisp with a roasty popcorn taste. While you can't beat a thick smear of butter, a sprinkle of coarse salt and pepper, I love anointing the cobs with a tangy-hot Mexican sauce and a dusting of salty cheese. The tangy-hot combination is remarkably simple. Just whisk together good mayonnaise, lime juice, chili powder, salt and pepper. It amplifies the corn's grilled flavor and balances its sweetness.