I get home from work after 5 PM, and like many of you, I don’t plan anything to make for dinner. I know, there are many websites out there that will teach you to plan your meals a week ahead, or cook all day Sunday for the whole week. Are you kidding me? I don’t enjoy cooking that much! My youngest son is a vegetarian in the midst of meat-lovers, so in addition to cooking dinner every night, we have to fix something for him. Here how we do it. Tonight, once I ransacked the refrigerator, I found these ingredients to play with.

I hate wasting food. I am a proud member of the “Clean Plate Club”, and save any and all leftovers when we go out to eat (yes, even the relishes that come with a hamburger). My husband gets a chuckle when I save even 1/4 cup of leftovers. And why not? With some creativity and experimentation, you can create some tasty, economical meals from left-overs.

Many nights, I peek into my refrigerator, see what morsels of food I have, and try to concoct something yummy. Thankfully, I have a husband that will eat most anything without complaint. (Love you, hunny!)

Something spicy sounded good to me. We love fajitas sold in our neighborhood Mexican restaurant, but at $15 per plate, it’s a pricey meal. Plus many times it contains too much oil and fat for my liking.

Let’s find creative ways to use leftovers to make economical tasty meals, such as fajitas.

Not only does using leftovers make financial sense, it’ll stretch your dollar even farther by using less meat to serve more people.