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True Dough

(26,142 posts) Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:22 AM Yesterday

How many days in a row can you go for the same leftovers? [View all]

I enjoy a fresh-cooked meal and I'm happy to have leftovers one more time within the next day or two. That's it. If there's more, it can be frozen.

My wife, on the other hand, can cook a big batch of something on the weekend and then happily take that meal to work almost every day for the week. Too much repetition for me.

How about you?

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How many days in a row can you go for the same leftovers? [View all] True Dough Yesterday OP

3 days Marthe48 Yesterday #1

Speaking of "sogs," True Dough Yesterday #3

Oh, me too! The bottom crust saturated with the juice from the filling... 3catwoman3 Yesterday #6

Cheers! True Dough Yesterday #19

It depends, but for stuff like catbyte Yesterday #2

If there's something I really like, I can happily enjoy it at least 3 days... 3catwoman3 Yesterday #4

But are you eating the same flavor and brand of chips daily, True Dough Yesterday #20

I do buy a couple of different brands, but pretty much prefer... 3catwoman3 Yesterday #25

Three malaise Yesterday #5

I have a magnet on our refrigerator that says... 3catwoman3 Yesterday #9

You win the thread malaise Yesterday #13

My husband is half Italian from his dad's side, and we lo-o-o-o-o-ove garlic. 3catwoman3 Yesterday #17

LOL malaise Yesterday #18

Well. You have plenty of that. Lochloosa Yesterday #26

All salt is sea salt! QED Yesterday #28

Depends on the recipe no_hypocrisy Yesterday #7

I am the main cook. Woodwizard Yesterday #8

Until they are all gone. hunter Yesterday #10

Depending on what is leftover... MiHale Yesterday #11

I've made things out of week-old leftovers FoxNewsSucks Yesterday #12

I cook and eat mostly Asian dishes that don't hold over well. Harker Yesterday #14

Ratatouille True Dough Yesterday #22

Mine's always rat-free! Harker Yesterday #24

two more days marigold20 Yesterday #15

Chili just keeps getting better as it ages. I Emile Yesterday #16

;-{) Chili daily ditto..... Goonch Yesterday #27

2 or 3 days Sailingdiver Yesterday #21

I cook for one but usually prepare for more, depending. quaint Yesterday #23

It really depends for me. pandr32 Yesterday #29

2-3 days, but it also depends on what it is. Luciferous 22 hrs ago #30