Leftovers: The Round Two of dinner

Over the course of last week I had made the caponata receipe- the same one from a blog I did back in August. Karen really liked it and illness or not she was going to put me to work. LOL Just kidding she said we should have it again and like a dork I decided to make it. No worries I did not sneeze or cough into it. I maintain my professionalism..well semi-professionalism as blasting music and probably other antics probably aren't full professional like. 

That recipe makes quite a bit and like any leftover you kind of think "what else can I do with it?" I know Tina enjoys freezing things which you would think would transfer over to my mindset but it doesn't cause I'm forgetful. Actually just had a realization that the way we grew up is the real reason.  My mom or dad would make a big meal that would last for a couple of days. So we actually would eat the same dinner/meal for the next day or two. There was no freezing of anything outside of pita bread we would buy. Not sure why that passed the don't freeze rules but it did. Anything that lasted after a couple days- which was hardly ever- was tossed out. Guess that's always stuck with me. 

As far as the leftover caponata, the logic from what I remember was "it has tomato paste in it and kind of marinara consistency...how about pizza?" So a caponata pizza was born. Ran out and got some individual thin pizza crust. Put a good layer of caponata as the sauce, added Italian blend cheese, goat cheese, and some parmesan cheese. The outcome:

Disregard the bite mark as I was hungry: Caponata Pizza

Came out pretty good. I think next time would like to try it out with some cheddar or some stronger cheese. Still very good. Props to Karen who put it all together as she's the cheese master in this house. Unless you count my jokes, then I might be the cheesiest person in this place.

Somewhere in the week I ended up at Walgreens - mostly to pick up a drink after a dentist visit. I ran across this as i was waiting in line:

Trail Mix

I don't typically buy trail mix cause mostly that stuff is calorie killers so out of habit I typically stay away. I think this intrigued me because I've never seen or heard of a pecan pie flavored/blend of trail mix. So while the old lady in front of me took forever to ask and pay for her cigarettes, I picked up and figured it needed to be bought. The final verdict was very tasty and enjoyable. Does it taste like pecan pie? No friggin' clue as I don't really eat pecan pie. Either way definitely has been added to the buy again list. Calorie wise for you health nuts (no pun intended) its was 190 calories for the bag so not too shabby.

Also during the week had ventured to get some items for the Caponata, we ran across a new flavor of Twinkies. Not sure I know anyone personally who hates Twinkies. Going to guess they will speak up as of this blog to be that person but as I write this I had no idea. Sorry for not asking. LOL. Anyway you add the love of Twinkies and Karen's love of pumpkin spice and this was a no brainer. 

Pumpkin Spice Twinkies

Karen absolutely loved these. I can concur they actually are pretty tasty. Then again most Twinkies are. PAUSE. On the top right corner you will see one of my kryptonite "Limited Edition".  Works every damn time. Curse you marketing/design folks. Curses. Actually have bought them again for a 2nd time so they have to at least be decent if you're keeping track.

As previously mentioned in another blog, when I'm sick all I want is soup and orange juice. I'm always wanting to make fresh soup like everyday during this time and Karen is always shaming me. A part of that is her saying we have some frozen turkey soup in the freezer. Who knew? Not me. Well Karen did and she took over the defrosting as I have no experience with such things. She also made beer bread- which is fantastic. So our dinner tonight:

Beer Bread and Turkey Noodle Soup

I will go on record as saying I don't mind frozen soup. That stuff keeps real well and had no complaints about it. Maybe one day I will venture into "Hey maybe I should freeze this?" thinking....OR.... just leave it up to Karen as she will take care of it for me. I'm thinking option B will continue to win that battle.

#LeftoverGoals,

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