{"id":379,"date":"2009-05-07T11:25:38","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T18:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baconwrappedlife.com\/?p=379"},"modified":"2009-05-07T11:27:20","modified_gmt":"2009-05-07T18:27:20","slug":"falafeleftovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/?p=379","title":{"rendered":"Falafeleftovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love leftovers! I am extremely satisfied by using up random bits of leftover things throughout the week and get really frustrated when food is wasted or spoils. So last night&#8217;s dinner was very fulfilling for me.<\/p>\n<p>When we made <a href=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/archives\/357\" target=\"_blank\">falafel from scratch <\/a>the other day, Matt had 3 patties for lunch the next day, and we froze the last four for later use. Tuesday, I took them out of the freezer and defrosted them in the fridge, and then popped them in the toaster oven to heat up while I put together the rest of dinner, which largely came from our CSA box this week!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Falafel Chop Salad<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 head Red Leaf Lettuce, washed and torn<\/li>\n<li>Salad Dressing to Coat (we used parmesan pepper or something like that)<\/li>\n<li>1 carrot, chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 medium cucumber, chopped<\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00bc small white onion, chopped<\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00bc block Beecher&#8217;s Flagship cheddar, chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 small pitas<\/li>\n<li>Olive oil<\/li>\n<li>Garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>Onion powder<\/li>\n<li>Italian seasoning<\/li>\n<li>Grated Parmesan<\/li>\n<li>4 leftover falafel patties\u00c2\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Toss lettuce with dressing, just enough to coat lightly. Split between two plates and top with veggies and cheddar.<\/li>\n<li>Brush pitas with a light coating of olive oil and garlic powder, onion powder, Italian seasoning, and parmesan to taste. Place these on a baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees until toasty (10-20 minutes&#8230;keep your eye on them!). Remove from oven, let cool for a minute, then quarter.<\/li>\n<li>Toast falafel patties on a tray in the toaster over until warmed through and re-crisped.<\/li>\n<li>Serve salad topped with crumbled falafel and pita crisps on the side.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-375 alignnone\" title=\"salad2\" src=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/salad2.jpg\" alt=\"salad2\" width=\"307\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/salad2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/salad2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-376 alignnone\" title=\"salad3\" src=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/salad3.jpg\" alt=\"salad3\" width=\"307\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/salad3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/salad3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Super easy! I topped each of my pieces of pita with a heaping pile of lettuce and veggies and cheese and ate like a mini open-faced sandwich. So delicious and really satisfying for our tummies&#8230;also very very filling. We debated putting some leftover black beans (from breakfast burritos this past weekend) on the salad as well, but I&#8217;m glad we didn&#8217;t, since I probably wouldn&#8217;t have finished.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-377\" title=\"salad4\" src=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/salad4.jpg\" alt=\"salad4\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/salad4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/salad4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Matt gets no carrots because of his <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oral_allergy_syndrome\" target=\"_blank\">OAS<\/a>&#8230; stupid allergies! Also, speaking of Matt, he did an adorably <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/matt\/archive\/2009\/05\/06\/how-to-teach-your-girlfriend-hexadecimal.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">wonderful post <\/a>about the\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mallory.jemts.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mallory Color Guessing Game<\/a>, which he made for me when we started dating and he taught me hexadecimal! Fun!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-378\" title=\"salad5\" src=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/salad5.jpg\" alt=\"salad5\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/salad5.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/salad5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love leftovers! I am extremely satisfied by using up random bits of leftover things throughout the week and get really frustrated when food is wasted or spoils. So last night&#8217;s dinner was very fulfilling for me. When we made falafel from scratch the other day, Matt had 3 patties for lunch the next day, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,7,10,22,11,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-fun","category-fun","category-interwebs","category-leftovers","category-matthew","category-yum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions\/381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}