24 Creative ways To Use Leftovers (that you've probably never thought of!)

Updated on May 28, 2020

3. Leftover Ground Beef Mexican Dip

Tacos and burritos are my family’s favorite choice for dinner because they always turn out good, and they’re incredibly easy, but we always have leftover taco seasoned ground beef. What to do with it? Use it in this easy creamy mexican dip recipe! I’m thinking lunch the next day.

#3. Turn leftover ground beef into a cheesy mexican dip! | 24 Creative Ways To Use Leftovers — Source: The Weary Chef

4. Leftover Halloween Candy Brownies

If you’re wondering why anyone would have leftover Halloween candy that they don’t plan on eating, well, I don’t have a clue. My family just spends the entire month of November eating candy, but if you don’t like having all that sugar laying around, chop it up and bake it into your favorite brownie or cookie recipe, and then give them away at work, church, or the next get-together with friends. Check out this idea here.

#4. Use leftover Halloween candy for brownies or cookies to share! | 24 Creative Ways To Use Leftovers — Source: My Recipes

5. Single Portioned Leftover Soup

Leftover soup? Of course! There is always leftover soup. Instead of trying to eat it all in one week, consider freezing it into individual sized portions so that you can enjoy a bowl throughout the year. Clever! Go check out the instructions for this along with a delicious soup recipe!

#5. Freeze leftover soup into individual sized portions! | 24 Creative Ways To Use Leftovers — Source: A Ginger Mess

6. Leftover Baked Spaghetti

Did you just make spaghetti to feed an army for your family of 4? Try jazzing it up the next day into a spaghetti bake! By adding in a few ingredients to the mix to help keep the spaghetti mixture together, you have what almost looks like lasagna. This is like getting 2 meals out of just one! I think this keeps things a little more exciting, especially if you have picky eaters.

#6. Turn leftover spaghetti into baked spaghetti! | 24 Creative Ways To Use Leftovers — Source: The Girl Who Ate Everything

7. Leftover Pizza Kabobs

I think part of the reason pizza is so popular is because it tastes great leftover, but I love the idea of incorporating it into a school lunch. It’s so hard to keep school lunches exciting as we get further and further into the year– sandwiches get boring! Use leftover pizza to make kabobs by adding in a few of their other favorite fresh ingredients (tomatoes, olives, basil leaves, ham, cheese, pineapple, etc.).

#7. Use leftover pizza to make pizza skewers for school lunches! | 24 Creative Ways To Use Leftovers — Source: Bento For My Girls

8. Leftover Corn Fritters

I don’t think I’ve ever had a grilled corn fritter in my entire life, and I’m starting to feel like I’ve been missing out on something amazing. The next time you have leftover corn, don’t let it go to waste! Use it to make these easy and delicious corn fritters! Corn just got taken to a whole new level.