Tired of eating leftovers? Turn your odds and ends into creative meals

厌倦了吃剩菜吗?把你的零碎食材变成创意佳肴

Life Kit

2026-06-11

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Do you always buy cucumbers just to watch them slowly become mush in the fridge? Or save your half-eaten pasta only to forget about it for a month? If you're done with chucking half-used ingredients in the compost bin, this episode is for you. Reporter Emily Siner shares tips on reducing food waste by repurposing leftovers, getting creative with odds and ends and shifting your perspective on the chore of cooking. Follow us on Instagram: @nprlifekitSign up for our newsletter here.Have an episode idea or feedback you want to share? Email us at lifekit@npr.orgSupport the show and listen to it sponsor-free by signing up for Life Kit+ at plus.npr.org/lifekitSign up for Life Kit's skincare newsletter: http://npr.org/skincare See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
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  • When Margaret Lee was a kid, she watched her mom doing something that was a little unusual.

  • She used to like to save takeout sauces from every restaurant.

  • So she would have ketchup from one restaurant, barbecue sauce from another restaurant,

  • maybe some kind of soy sauce or duck sauce from a Chinese restaurant.

  • After she collected a bunch of them, she would mix them all together.

  • And then she would use it to make a sauce for barbecue chicken, almost always barbecue chicken.

  • And honestly, it was usually really good.

  • Years later, when Margaret and her sister wrote a cookbook called Perfectly Good Food.

  • They dedicated it to their mom and the way she would rescue takeout sauces.

  • Because this was a formative lesson for Margaret.

  • It showed her that you don't always need a recipe to make something delicious,

  • and you could find creative ways to use up just about any ingredient in your kitchen.

  • You have these great intentions to cook and eat the things