Favourite leftovers recipe - what's yours?

If it seems an unusual mix of ingredients then they get hidden in a curry, with hardboiled eggs on top.

Something more obvious, like tomatoes and courgettes, make a pasta sauce


But small leftovers from dinner, are often lunch the next day with some crusty bread TBH

Gotta be 'bubble and squeak' made from spuds and sprouts, all fried up in leftover bacon drippings (render down the skin from a boiled ham) with a soft-fried egg on the top.

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One of my favourites is ham & bean hotpot, which I make after we've had a sugar-baked ham/gammon joint at the weekend (I make sure I get a big enough piece so there's enough left over for this dish!).  I finely dice some red onion which I fry gently until softened with a clove or two of garlic; I then add diced carrot and celery, the diced leftover ham, a tin of red kidney beans (drained) and cover the lot with stock left over from par-boiling the ham for the roast.  Add a dollop of tomato puree, plenty of mixed herbs and black pepper, and cook on top of the stove until the veg are to your liking (don't add salt, as the stock will make it salty enough).  At this stage, if it needs thickening I mix a little cornflour with a glug or two of white wine and add to the hotpot, stirring until thickened.  It will then sit quite happily in a low oven until you're ready, and it's lovely served with rice or a baked potato, along with runner beans or salad from the garden.