{"id":1335,"date":"2012-05-16T12:41:09","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T16:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2012-05-16T09:51:49","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T13:51:49","slug":"dinner-challenge-turned-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2012\/05\/16\/dinner-challenge-turned-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinner challenge turned recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1336\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2012\/05\/16\/dinner-challenge-turned-recipe\/chickencake\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/chickencake.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"358,421\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chickencake\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/chickencake-255x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/chickencake.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1336\" title=\"chickencake\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/chickencake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/chickencake.jpg 358w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/chickencake-127x150.jpg 127w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/chickencake-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/>Ok, the challenge was:\u00a0 a variety of chicken things from various dinner stops at the Fresh Market.\u00a0 That is, LEFTOVERS.\u00a0 And I hate it when food goes to waste, I mean really.\u00a0 People make fun of me for how upset I get when food is wasted in my house.<\/p>\n<p>So there was chicken from inside a chicken Ceasar wrap, market chicken salad (really nice big pieces of chicken without much goop), and chopped chicken liver.\u00a0 There were also some eggs to be used and a half bag of frozen homemade stuffing in the freezer from previous left overs. (the stuffing was crazy heavy on carrots and celery which is the reason for the picture)<\/p>\n<p>The solution:\u00a0 mix it all up into a big chicken parts stuffing cake and EAT IT.\u00a0 And serve it to others to eat.\u00a0 Mix it is what I did, in a big old bowl and used the eggs for binder before spooning it into a greased casserole dish. Then I topped with some seasoned bread crumbs and baked at 350 until I smelled all the ingredients and the bread crumbs were browned.<\/p>\n<p>Verdict:\u00a0 success!\u00a0 it was well received and loved &#8211; enough to get its own name and maybe be repeated again.\u00a0 But honestly, how often am I going to have frozen leftover stuffing, chicken salad, chicken bits, and chicken liver on hand to make it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, the challenge was:\u00a0 a variety of chicken things from various dinner stops at the Fresh Market.\u00a0 That is, LEFTOVERS.\u00a0 And I hate it when food goes to waste, I mean really.\u00a0 People make fun of me for how upset I get when food is wasted in my house. So there was chicken from inside&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2012\/05\/16\/dinner-challenge-turned-recipe\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dinner challenge turned recipe<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[89,106],"class_list":["post-1335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-challenges","tag-recipes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1253,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2012\/06\/15\/recipes-asparagus-egg-and-cheese-pie\/","url_meta":{"origin":1335,"position":0},"title":"Recipes &#8211; Asparagus egg and cheese pie","author":"leems","date":"June 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't make anything that can be called a quiche because I don't like to add milk or cream to eggs, not even to scramble 'em.\u00a0 But I do make a couple varieties of egg and cheese pie. 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