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Epoch Times
6 days ago
- General
- Epoch Times
Cleverly Delicious Ways to Use Up Leftovers
If your refrigerator is at all like mine, it harbors an odd assortment of leftovers and 'almost gones.' After all, it's hard to throw out what appears to be perfectly good food, but what can you do with a little of this and not very much of that? Here are some suggestions that may get your creative juices flowing to come up with your own ideas for what's lurking in your refrigerator. Bottled Salad Dressing It's a rare refrigerator that doesn't have an assortment of almost empty salad dressing bottles. Here's what you can do with any oil and vinegar-based dressings like Caesar, Italian, or other vinaigrettes, even the low-fat varieties: Mix all those small amounts together in one bottle, then label for marinade for beef, pork, or chicken. The oil adds flavor, and the vinegar (or another acid such as lemon juice) tenderizes. You need enough to coat the meat or poultry, then cover and refrigerate for at least an hour before roasting, grilling, or baking. Applesauce That last bit of applesauce in the jar will make a wonderful coleslaw dressing. Make sure you have about 1/2 cup applesauce left in the jar and then add about 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 1/4 teaspoon onion powder, 1/3 teaspoon celery salt, 1 teaspoon prepared mustard, 1 teaspoon sugar, and 2 tablespoons water. Apply the lid and shake well. To use: Toss with about 4 cups shredded cabbage or packaged coleslaw mix. Refrigerate overnight to allow flavors to meld. Yield: 8 servings. Mashed Potatoes Leftover mashed potatoes make a great topper for almost any casserole, such as Shepherd's Pie, for example. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. In a skillet, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil and saute 1 pound ground or shredded turkey (you can also use chicken, beef, or other meat), 1/4 cup minced celery, and 1/2 cup chopped onion until brown. Add 3/4 cup beef or chicken broth, 1 tablespoon ketchup, 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard, and 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce. Cook for 5 minutes. Mix in frozen or drained canned green peas. Pour mixture into an 8-by-8-inch square baking pan. Spread the leftover mashed potatoes over the top. Sprinkle with a little paprika for color (optional). Bake for 30 minutes. Yield: 6 servings. Cooked Rice Turn that leftover rice into a wonderful quiche crust. Mix together 2 cups white or brown leftover cooked rice, 1 beaten egg, and 1 teaspoon soy sauce. Spread evenly to cover a well-buttered quiche or pie pan. Bake crust at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Place any kind of fresh or frozen vegetables (broccoli is a good choice) or meat on the crust. Mix together 4 beaten eggs, 1 1/2 cups milk or half-and-half, salt and pepper to taste, and a dash of nutmeg. Pour over vegetables and meat. Top with 1 cup grated cheese (Swiss, cheddar, Monterey Jack, or any combination). Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 to 50 minutes or until a knife inserted near center of pie comes out clean. Remove from oven and let sit 10 minutes before serving. You can practically clean out the refrigerator right into your quiche pan. Just remember to add the cheese last to make a beautiful, golden-brown crust on the top. Buttermilk Lots of recipes call for a fairly small amount of buttermilk. That's great, but what to do with the rest of a quart or pint? That 1/2 cup of buttermilk languishing in the back of the fridge won't last forever. Here's an awesome suggestion: Before it goes bad, use it to make fabulous overfried fish. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking pan or cookie sheet with aluminum foil and spray it with cooking spray. In a flat dish or pan, mix together 1/2 cup cornmeal, 1/2 teaspoon paprika, 1/2 teaspoon oregano, 1/8 teaspoon cayenne, salt, and pepper to taste, stirring with a fork until blended. Pour the buttermilk into a shallow bowl. Cut fish fillets to equal 4 servings into portion-sized pieces (Catfish is perfect for this recipe, but any white fish works really well.) Dip each piece in the buttermilk and then in the cornmeal mixture, making sure to dip both sides of each piece. Place on the sprayed foil. Drizzle olive oil over the fillets or spray with olive oil-flavored cooking spray. Bake for 25 minutes.
Daily Maverick
20-06-2025
- General
- Daily Maverick
Cottage Pie, Shepherd's Pie: what's in a name?
Once upon a time, there was only Cottage Pie, no matter what meat was used in it. The term 'Shepherd's Pie' would only surface six decades later. So, when next an uppity food snob corrects you for calling a lamb version 'Cottage Pie', correct them right back. Cottage Pie dates to early 1790s England and had been around for six decades before Shepherd's Pie came along, the latter only appearing in the 1850s. For a very long time both were called Cottage Pie, because regardless of what we call it, it really is the same thing, whether the meat is beef or mutton. Cottagers in Britain in the late 18th century made potatoes a key part of their diet, so it made its way into various dishes, not least 'Cottage Pie', and whether the meat in it was beef or lamb, or for that matter venison nabbed in the wilds for the pot, it was simply the name of a 'pie' the cottagers made and ate. 'Pie' being a broader definition, for the British, than merely a description of a dish with a pastry crust; just as 'pudding' in the land of Blighty could be savoury or sweet. By the 1850s people began making a distinction if the meat in its making was lamb/mutton, which explains why even now many people are happy to call either of them 'cottage pie', given that the name does not indicate any type of meat. The 'Shepherd's Pie' entry in Wikipedia makes the puzzling claim that 'since the 21st century' (like, right now), 'the term shepherd's pie is used more commonly when the meat is lamb'. In the UK, that is. Honestly, does it really matter? Either way, it's the same thing: A layered 'pie' (we would say 'bake' in our time) of savoury minced/ground meat below, containing onions, other vegetables and aromatics, almost always including Worcestershire sauce, and creamy mashed potato on top, with or without cheese added. Some of the better recipes today call for Cheddar cheese to be grated and stirred into the mash before covering the top, and for beaten egg yolk to be brushed over to give it a pleasing golden glow. But it wasn't always layered in this way. Wikipedia explains that in earlier forms it was a way to use up leftover roasted meats, which were ground (after having been cooked, obviously). Mashed potato was used to line the bottom and sides of a dish, the meat was spooned in the middle, and it was topped with more mashed potatoes. Meanwhile, a Cumberland Pie can be either lamb or beef, with vegetables, but there's an extra topping of breadcrumbs mixed with grated cheese. Here's how I made a Cottage Pie this week: Ingredients 800 g beef mince/ ground beef 3 Tbsp olive oil 2 medium onions 2 or 3 garlic cloves 1 stick celery 2 carrots 2 lemon leaves (or bay) Zest of 1 lemon, grated finely 1 x 400 g can chopped tomatoes 2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce Salt and pepper to taste For the topping: 700 g potatoes, peeled 2 heaped Tbsp butter 4 Tbsp cream 1 cup/ 225 g grated Cheddar Salt and pepper to taste 2 egg yolks Method Peel the potatoes and cut into smaller chunks. Boil them in plenty of salted water until al dente. Drain and reserve. Preheat the oven to 220℃ or a little higher. Chop and dice the onions, garlic, carrots and celery and sauté in olive oil until softened. Add the lemon leaves (or bay) and grated lemon zest and cook, stirring, for a minute. Add the tomatoes and Worcestershire sauce, season with salt and pepper, then add the minced beef and work it with a wooden spoon so that it does not form clumps. Simmer on a low heat for about half an hour for the meat to cook through and tenderise. Stir now and then to ensure it does not catch at the bottom of the pot. Mash the potatoes on a low heat, adding the butter and stirring until it melts and is absorbed, then adding cream and cooking until that has melted into the mash. Season to taste with salt and pepper; it's important to taste the mash while adding the salt until the right level of saltiness is achieved, so add only a little at a time, taste, add more, and so on, until you're happy with it. Grate the Cheddar and stir it into the mashed potato. Grease a suitable oven dish. Spoon in the meat mixture. Spoon the mash over the top and work it to all edges and corners, as evenly as possible. Beat the egg yolks with a fork and brush it all over the topping. Use a fork to make patterns on top of the mash. Bake until the topping turns golden. For me it took about 40 minutes, but all ovens are different so just check it every five minutes until it looks perfect. It doesn't need an accompaniment. DM
Boston Globe
07-06-2025
- General
- Boston Globe
Archbishop Henning to lead 'Into the Deep,' a first-ever eucharistic procession by sea for Boston archdiocese
Henning, who is serving his first year of archbishop, decided to take the procession in a new direction, inspired by Boston's long history with the sea. 'When I look out on the ocean, I just find it a place where it's easy to pray, easy to sense the presence of God,' Henning said in a Over the two days, Henning will stop at seven North Shore communities and four Boston neighborhoods. Advertisement 'What if we just brought the Lord to them? What if [people] just have to go as far as the town dock?' Henning said in the video. At each stop, the boat will pause for brief blessings and prayer. The two-day voyage ends with a closing Mass at Gate of Heaven in South Boston. 'The mayors of all the towns we are visiting have been invited, including Mayor Wu,' said Liz Cotrupi, Director of Family Life & Ecclesial Movements at the archdiocese. Harbormasters from multiple towns will guide the Shepherd's Pie into their local harbors, and State Police and fire boats will escort it into Boston Harbor on Sunday morning, Cotrupi added. Advertisement The boat—donated by the Winchester-based Shepherd family—will be captained by Mark Shepherd, Frank Harrington, Winthrop Harbormaster Charles Famolare, and Father Dan Hennessey of Topsfield and Middleton. Below is the full schedule of stops and estimated arrival times. Saturday, June 21 8:30AM – Mass at 10:50AM – 12:20PM – 1:30PM – 2:50PM – 4:15PM – 6:00PM – Prayer Service at Sunday, June 22 8:15AM – 9:20AM – 10:15AM – 11:05AM – 12:00PM – Mass at Rita Chandler can be reached at
Daily Mail
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Celebrity Big Brother fans convinced JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes have a secret code to say 'I love you' amid their close friendship
JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes have been using a secret code to say 'I love you' following their exit from the Celebrity Big Brother house, fans have claimed. The pair raised eyebrows with their very close bond during their time on the reality show, before spending the first weekend after their exit enjoying 'Sunday massages' and walks in the park. The Dance Moms star, 21, then headed back to Los Angeles on Monday night to reunite with her mother Jessalyn following her memorable visit to the UK. But viewers have suggested JoJo and Chris's time in the iconic house was enough for them to form their own special code to communicate their feelings for one another. Responding to a TikTok posted by This Morning, in which the duo were asked who they would choose to spend a day with in the Big Brother House, many fans noticed they both have a persistent habit of tapping each other twice. With fans convinced it had a hidden meaning, comments included: 'Does anyone else think that them double tapping each other is code to say I love you? They do it a lot'; 'The two little taps they gave each other at the end!!! Bet they're code for 'love you''; 'lol there's a lot of tapping going on'; 'You are on to something.'; 'I thought I was the only one who realised those constant taps, like some secret code'; 'It's defo code.'; 'Omg and the last one with his index is like clearly intentioned to be twice'; 'Just watched that back and it's 100% code for love you'; 'Yes!!! They do it several times throughout'; 'Yes!!! They do it several times throughout.' During the interview, JoJo tapped Chris, 32, twice on the shoulder before he did the same on her leg and she repeated the move again. When asked about her dream Big Brother housemate, she said: 'Fairly obvious we would pick each other.' JoJo, who came third on the show to Jack P Shepherd and Danny Beard, was left in tears following her return to LA on Monday. Sharing a video compilation of her best bits in the Big Brother house, the star took to Instagram with a very emotional message. She began: 'Quite emotional today as I've landed back in LA, saying goodbye to the U.K., and one of my favorite things that I've ever done in my life. 'The last 20 days I've faced some of the highest highs and lowest lows and it's so crazy to think that all of them were public, but it's honestly quite a beautiful thing.' However Chris and her other housemates aren't the only thing JoJo is missing as she joked she 'would give anything to have a Shepherd's Pie'. Chatting with her mum on her Instagram Stories, she said the pair were deciding what to have for dinner and her mother had said she could have anything she wanted. JoJo said: 'Genuinely I would give anything right now to have a Shepherd's Pie, a sausage roll, a cheese and onion pasty.' And the star wasn't left disappointed as she later shared a picture of the pair's feast including fish and chips, sausage rolls, Shepherd's Pie, sprouts and pie and gravy. They also indulged in some Jaffa Cakes and sticky toffee pudding for dessert as she celebrated her exit from the house. She also gave a special tribute to the show's winner Jack as she shared a snap of English Breakfast tea before penning: 'Miss u @jackpshepherd'. JoJo went on an emotional rollercoaster during her time in the house and even opened up about her sexuality, admitting that she now identifies as queer. After leaving the house, she gushed: 'So very grateful for the love and support I received from you while I was in the house. 'Being so vulnerable and not know what the world will do or say was scary, but coming out of the house and seeing the absolute outpour of love and support that happened while I was in there was just wild and made me cry with tears of happiness. 'It makes me very emotional and just means so much. Thank you❤️' 'I've learned so much about my self in the Big Brother House and wouldn't change a thing about the journey. I wish I could go back in time and live it over and over again,' she added. Paying tribute to her housemates, she went on: 'To my perfectly dysfunctional functional family from inside the house…. Gosh do I love you guys. 'Thank you for becoming family, for all the good cooking, all the good chats, every laugh, every dance step, every hug, every cry, everything. 'This wouldn't have been the same with any other people, so happy to have you all in my life forever now. 'Special shout to Christopher, Jack, Donna [Preston], Chesatron [Chesney Hawkes], and Danny… my sweetest fellow finalists, getting to know you all the most, I'm gonna miss the absolute ship out of you. 'I'd cry to hear one more time 'STOP IT' from Donna, one more Rat song from Jack, one more hug from chesatron, one more song from Danny, and one more 'mmmm' from Chris. 'When it was the six of us it really felt like a home, I'll never forget the people you are and how much I love you guys.' Coming to an emotional conclusion she finished: 'Been crying while trying to write this message so I'm gonna end it now, but truly an absolutely amazing time that I have nothing but the most love and gratitude for. Thank you again. Love Joelle'. JoJo and Chris have since insisted their relationship is platonic after sparking speculation with their close relationship in the house. Meanwhile JoJo's ex Kath Ebbs took to Instagram on Saturday as they broke their silence and revealed that JoJo ended their relationship at the CBB wrap afterparty on Friday night. During their appearance on This Morning on Monday, JoJo confirmed she'd be leaving the UK despite previously hinting at her desire to stay. 'I leave tonight, well today I leave in an hour' she said mournfully, to which Chris replied: 'Sad times' and branded the news 'heartbreak hotel'. Earlier in the interview the pair confirmed their relationship as a 'platonic soul mate friendship' following weeks of speculation. He said: 'Our friendship is, it's hard to explain. It's just a really strong bond. A strong friendship. You can have a soul mate friendship. I think that's a thing.' Host Ben Shephard asked if she wanted anything more, to which JoJo said: 'Look, he's a great guy. It's platonic. We have a lot of fun together. I don't know the future, whatever life does, it will do.' JoJo also revealed more details about her split from former partner Kath, saying: 'Honestly when I went into the house, day one was fun, day two fun, but then day three I was in my own thoughts, away from everyone I know and outside opinions. 'I sat with myself and really realised things I was okay with in my life I never should have been okay with. So many things. 'Obviously I wanted to hold them inside, didn't want to air it out publicly. There were things I knew I shouldn't be okay with and I'm not happy. 'I knew as soon as I got out I wanted to fix things and make the changes I needed to make. 'The first thing you want to do is exactly what you need to make it as good as you can.' Recounting how the pair ended things at the show's wrap party, she elaborated: 'I'll be honest, that was not a plan or my intention. It wasn't supposed to happen like that'. 'They weren't going to come, then an hour into the party they attended, one thing lead to another, they asked if I was happy and I said no. The conversation took place there.'
Daily Mail
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
JoJo Siwa is left in tears after arriving back in LA and reuniting with her mum as she is overcome with emotion following 'amazing' Celebrity Big Brother stint - and Chris Hughes isn't the only thing she's missing
JoJo Siwa officially touched down in Los Angeles on Monday night as she reunited with her mum Jessalynn following her Celebrity Big Brother stint. The Dance Moms star, 21, looked in great spirits as she as seen beaming besides her mum as she wheeled her suitcases while wearing a pink beanie hat and shades. However while the singer couldn't wipe the smile off her face as she made her way through the airport, JoJo later confessed she was left in tears after returning home as she reflected on her 'amazing' experience on the ITV reality show. Sharing a video compilation of her best bits in the Big Brother house, the star took to Instagram with a very emotional message. She began: 'Quite emotional today as I've landed back in LA, saying goodbye to the U.K., and one of my favorite things that I've ever done in my life. 'The last 20 days I've faced some of the highest highs and lowest lows and it's so crazy to think that all of them were public, but it's honestly quite a beautiful thing.' JoJo and Chris Hughes raised eyebrows after developing a very close during their time in the house, before spending the weekend enjoying 'Sunday massages' and walks in the park. However Chris and her other housemates aren't the only thing JoJo is missing as she joked she 'would give anything to have a Shepherd's Pie'. Chatting with her mum on her Instagram Story she explained the pair were deciding what to have for dinner and her mum had said she could have anything she wanted. JoJo said: 'Genuinely I would give anything right now to have a Shepherd's Pie, a sausage roll, a cheese and onion pasty.' And the star wasn't left disappointed as she later shared a picture of the pair's feast including fish and chips, sausage rolls, Shepherd's Pie, sprouts and pie and gravy. They also indulged in some Jaffa Cakes and sticky toffee pudding for dessert. She also gave a special tribute to the show's winner Jack P Shepherd as she shared a snap of English Breakfast tea before penning: 'Miss u @jackpshepherd'. JoJo went on an emotional rollercoaster during her time in the house and even opened up about her sexuality, admitting that she now identifies as queer. JoJo went on an emotional rollercoaster during her time in the house and even opened up about her sexuality, admitting that she now identifies as queer However Chris and her other housemates aren't the only thing JoJo is missing as she joked she 'would give anything to have a Shepherd's Pie' She continued in her Instagram caption: 'So very grateful for the love and support I received from you while I was in the house. 'Being so vulnerable and not know what the world will do or say was scary, but coming out of the house and seeing the absolute outpour of love and support that happened while I was in there was just wild and made me cry with tears of happiness. 'It makes me very emotional and just means so much. Thank you❤️' She added: 'I've learned so much about my self in the Big Brother House and wouldn't change a thing about the journey. I wish I could go back in time and live it over and over again.' Paying tribute to her housemates she penned: 'To my perfectly dysfunctional functional family from inside the house…. Gosh do I love you guys. 'Thank you for becoming family, for all the good cooking, all the good chats, every laugh, every dance step, every hug, every cry, everything. 'This wouldn't have been the same with any other people, so happy to have you all in my life forever now.' 'Special shout to Christopher, Jack, Donna, Chesatron, and Danny… my sweetest fellow finalists, getting to know you all the most, I'm gonna miss the absolute ship out of you. She wrote in the emotional caption: 'I've learned so much about my self in the Big Brother House and wouldn't change a thing about the journey' 'I'd cry to hear one more time 'STOP IT' from Donna, one more Rat song from Jack, one more hug from chesatron, one more song from Danny, and one more 'mmmm' from Chris. 'When it was the six of us it really felt like a home, I'll never forget the people you are and how much I love you guys.' Coming to an emotional conclusion she finished: 'Been crying while trying to write this message so I'm gonna end it now, but truly an absolutely amazing time that I have nothing but the most love and gratitude for. Thank you again. Love Joelle'.
