I live on the fifth floor of an apartment that doesn’t have an elevator, and this might sound a little lazy, but sometimes I just can’t be bothered to walk down (and then back up again) all those stairs in order to buy supplies for making dinner...even if the closest shop is only right across the street from our building. Good thing figuring out what to do with all the bits and bobs I tend to have leftover is basically one of my favourite activities. Call me crazy, but some of my most memorable meals have been born from simply cleaning out the fridge or rummaging through the semi-abandoned contents of my crisper. Off the top of my head, some of the greatest hits in this repertoire include the caramelized onion dip my friend Rebekah came up with, the spicy kimchi fried rice I made for lunch yesterday and the warm lamb salad made from leftovers the day after our wedding…
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