8 Two-For-One Dinner Recipes
Two-for-one dinner recipes
Seared Flank Steak with Chimichurri & Grilled Corn
Make this delicious flank steak with chimichurri sauce and transform the leftovers into tacos! Get our seared flank steak with chimichurri and grilled corn recipe.
Chimichurri Steak Tacos
Make these with the leftovers! Get our chimichurri steak tacos recipe.
Haddock with tomatoes, olives and feta
Save your extra fillets and tomato relish, because tomorrow’s pasta night, and these pre-prepped ingredients (a.k.a. leftovers) mean it’s on the table in just over 20 minutes. Get the recipe.
2. Haddock fettuccine
That’s right, the leftover haddock gets turned into a beuatiful tomato fettuccine. Secret ingredient: White wine. (It adds an instant flavour boost to this pasta sauce.) Get the recipe.
1. Lentil bolognese
Tonight it’s hearty vegetarian bolognese, and the best part is, you can’t even tell the difference. Get the lentil bolognese recipe.
2. Lentil ragu over polenta
Do more with those lentil leftovers! Heat up last night’s bolognese, cook up some creamy polenta, and voila! Lentil ragu. Get the recipe.
1. Cauliflower tacos
Roast extra cauliflower for these gluten-free tacos, and you can whirl up a cozy favourite tomorrow. Get the cauliflower tacos recipe.
2. Roasted cauliflower soup
It’s soup season! This recipe takes yesterday’s leftovers and—with a few extra ingredients—turns them into a delicious soup. Get the recipe.
1. Caprese Grilled Portobellos With Zucchini Salad
Make this delicious and filling meal tonight, save some grilled veggies to make salad the next day. Get our caprese grilled portobellos with zucchini salad recipe.
2. Mushroom, Zucchini & Tomato Pasta Salad
We love an easy pasta salad! Get this mushroom, zucchini and tomato pasta salad recipe.
1. Pomegranate and spice beef wraps
These beef wraps are great . . . but you’ve never been so excited for tomorrow’s leftovers, just sayin’. Get the recipe.
2. Turkish pizza
It’s pizza! The secret ingredient (aside from the leftovers) is pomegranate molasses, commonly used in Middle Eastern cuisine. Can’t find it? Adding easy-to-find pomegranate juice and simmering gently adds a similar sweet-tart flavour. Get the recipe.
1. Portobello Mushroom Fajitas
A vegetarian fajita that pulls double duty (grill extra mushrooms to add to tomorrow’s dinner bowl). Get the Portobello mushroom fajitas recipe.
2. Mushroom Rice Bowl
Yesterday’s leftover’s get this meal on the table in no time. And a healthy rice bowl is just the thing after all the holiday feasting. Get the mushroom rice bowl recipe.
1. Trout With Arugula Relish
Fresh tout gets topped with a simple arugula, garlic and lemon zest relish for a simple meal rich in flavour. And did we mention that extra trout makes fabulous tacos? Get the trout with arugula relish recipe.
Crunchy Fish Tacos With Trout
Enjoy the leftovers in tacos the next day. Get this crunchy trout tacos recipe.
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