What are some things you had sitting around that you threw together in a pinch?

Question

I had some leftover spaghetti but ran out of spaghetti sauce. So I threw some butter, parmesean and capers on the spaghetti, heat it up and it was really good!

What things have you thrown together that ended up being really good?

Answer 1

Pork, heavy cream, white wine, onions, garlic, and dijon mustard.

So goooood!

or

spaghetti noodles, whipping cream, bacon, and parmesan cheese.

:DDDD

Answer 2

My favorite "we have no food" recipe is -

several frozen chicken b*****s

a can of pasta sauce

rice

Place the chicken b*****s in a glass pan, use 3/4 of the can of sauce poured over the chicken.

Bake in a 425 degree oven.

Cook rice.



Slice chicken b*****s, place on top of rice, and pour remaining sauce over top.

YUM!

Answer 3

pasta, chicken ,broccolli and cheese and cream of chicken soup

Answer 4

Just the other night I was going to bake a cake from a Devil's Food cake mix with a can of pumpkin instead of the oil and eggs.  A friend had told me you could do this to make a low fat recipe.  Sort of like using applesauce instead of the oil.  So I opened the can of pumpkin, but it was really old and had gone off.  So I had to toss it.  I looked for some applesauce to use instead but didn't have any.  I didn't want to go to the store, so was wracking my brain for what to use.  I found a can of apple pie filling and a can of pear halves.  I opened the can of apple pie filling to use, but then I thought that it was probably too sweet, so I only put in half of it.  Then I thought, "eh, pears are kind of like apples and canned ones are mushy, so I can squish them up like applesauce."  So I smushed up the pears and put them into the cake mix along with the pear juice.  Then I chickened out and figured maybe I'd better add the eggs anyways.  So I put in the eggs, but no water and no oil.  I mixed it all up and baked it and it was the BEST cake ever!  I am definitely going to do that again!!

Answer 5

Oh, we love to boil up some al dente pasta and add butter and garlic powder or salt to it.  Can throw in some veggies or chicken if you have it.

Answer 6

I done that this afternoon! I had a can of pineapple, some chocolate, cream and new tin of cocoa so I made a chocolate pineapple fudge cake =]

Answer 7

LOL this is a funny question.

Once a friend of mine invited someone over to my place and I had no fresh food. I did have left overs.  I had some red beans, some pepper steak and some rice.  The person they invited didn't eat onions at all.

I just picked the steak out of the pepper steak.  Put that into the beans, added a harbanero pepper and put that over the rice.  It was like a new meal out of leftovers, so now I do this often.  Take leftovers and make a new dish instead of just reheating the leftovers.  No one really likes leftovers because you already ate it and had your fill.