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Hellobee Boards Topic: do you throw together random ingredients when you're low on groceries? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 21:18:54 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles on "do you throw together random ingredients when you're low on groceries?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-together-random-ingredients-when-youre-low-on-groceries#post-443451 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:02:14 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 443451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @prettylizy: oh I LOVE that term! @maybebaby: that sounds delicious! A couple nights ago I made a pasta "mash" (as my husband calls it) with leftover barbecued salmon, asparagus, farfalle noodles, homemade pasta sauce (that I just made up a weird recipe for) and parm! yay for whatchoogot meals! prettylizy on "do you throw together random ingredients when you're low on groceries?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-together-random-ingredients-when-youre-low-on-groceries#post-443359 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:26:29 +0000 prettylizy 443359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yep, last night I made a spanish rice because all I could find was a can of diced tomatoes rice and some random veggies in the fridge. Luckily baby girl like it so we had leftovers for lunch. I like to call those "Watchoogot Dinners" because you make a meal with what you got. maybebaby on "do you throw together random ingredients when you're low on groceries?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-together-random-ingredients-when-youre-low-on-groceries#post-443357 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:25:53 +0000 maybebaby 443357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Absolutely. I either make a fritatta a stew or some kind of pasta dish with odds and ends of meat, cheese and veggies. My most recent successful odds and ends meal was melting up some butter and olive oil in a pan, adding some frozen peas, some shredded chicken leftover from a while roast chicken, some whol wheat rotini, homemade chicken broth and some shredded cheddar and spinach. A hearty, cheesy, veggie and chicken packed lunch that was truly satisfying! BabyBoecksMom on "do you throw together random ingredients when you're low on groceries?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-together-random-ingredients-when-youre-low-on-groceries#post-443355 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:25:26 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 443355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH does, but I look in the fridge/pantry and think there's nothing in there. tororojo on "do you throw together random ingredients when you're low on groceries?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-together-random-ingredients-when-youre-low-on-groceries#post-443353 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:24:08 +0000 tororojo 443353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Absolutely! Usually pasta w/random veggies/cheeses thrown in or some sort of tex mex casserole--tortillas, black beans, cheese, spices or enchilada sauce and whatever veggies are laying around. ladyfingers on "do you throw together random ingredients when you're low on groceries?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-together-random-ingredients-when-youre-low-on-groceries#post-443314 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:11:55 +0000 ladyfingers 443314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Sometimes. I like trashcan eggs, pasta, or soup. Usually it's more like, "I don't feel like buying 18 random ingredients for this soup recipe so I'll just use the 18 I already have on hand, some of which may or may not be in the actual recipe." As I've grown older, I've started using recipes more as "inspiration" lol smocks on "do you throw together random ingredients when you're low on groceries?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-together-random-ingredients-when-youre-low-on-groceries#post-443244 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:42:19 +0000 smocks 443244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Haha this is pretty standard on how I cook in general. I pretty much always rebel against recipes (except for baking). Last night, I made homemade "mac & cheese" - pasta with cut up ham and an alfredo-y/cheesy sauce using milk, flour, laughing cow cheese, frozen tomato paste & green tobasco. Super random but pretty tasty if I do say so myself ;) Smurfette on "do you throw together random ingredients when you're low on groceries?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-together-random-ingredients-when-youre-low-on-groceries#post-443228 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:33:15 +0000 Smurfette 443228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No, that is when we do tuna or PB&J sandwiches. Or DH picks up something on his way home. MrsBrewer on "do you throw together random ingredients when you're low on groceries?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-together-random-ingredients-when-youre-low-on-groceries#post-443226 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:31:59 +0000 MrsBrewer 443226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Not at all! I'm not creative enough :-( If I don't have a recipe, we're eating PB&J's dagret on "do you throw together random ingredients when you're low on groceries?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-together-random-ingredients-when-youre-low-on-groceries#post-443219 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:28:57 +0000 dagret 443219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I have a CSA and never know what I will get from week to week so I kind of do this every week. ha. HLK208 on "do you throw together random ingredients when you're low on groceries?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-together-random-ingredients-when-youre-low-on-groceries#post-443199 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:19:36 +0000 HLK208 443199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ That sounds yummy. Way to be economical! I'm okay with throwing together meals, but then there's times it doesn't turn out and I end up ordering pizza so not only did I waste food but bought more :-/ My dad is the best at throwing together ingredients and making ridiculously tasty food. boiledpnut on "do you throw together random ingredients when you're low on groceries?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-together-random-ingredients-when-youre-low-on-groceries#post-443191 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:15:33 +0000 boiledpnut 443191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I can't do this. I can never come up with something that tastes good. Bookish on "do you throw together random ingredients when you're low on groceries?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-together-random-ingredients-when-youre-low-on-groceries#post-443175 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:05:24 +0000 Bookish 443175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Uhh that sounds incredible! I usually do this with pasta. I buy some refrigerated buitoni noodles every week and then use whatever is leftover in my fridge to make a dish! I've done a olive oil/pesto/sauteed onion.... a vodka sauce/chunky tomatoes/basil... things like that! It's great for getting rid of about to go bad veggies Rainbow Sprinkles on "do you throw together random ingredients when you're low on groceries?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-together-random-ingredients-when-youre-low-on-groceries#post-443168 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:58:40 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 443168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ This morning for breakfast I scrambled up eggs, portabella mushrooms, leftover taco meat, and shredded mozzarella cheese. I am seriously low on groceries and it was all I could come up with. Surprisingly, it was delicious! Baby liked it too! Do you ever do this? What are some good combinations you have come up with?