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02-03-2008, 12:21 PM
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I have a little bit (maybe a cup) of leftover bechamel sauce that came with some stuffed mushrooms my husband bought yesterday from an Italian restaurant. Love the sauce.
Any ideas of what I could do with the leftover, either for a main dish or a side dish? It would just be the two of us eating so I don't have to make a lot of whatever it is.
Thanks for any ideas. You guys are so helpful!
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I would scramble fry some bulk sausage and add it to the bechamel. Then I'd serve it over waffles or biscuits. It's great with breakfast.
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or...toast up some English muffins, sprinkle with crab, top with the warm bechamel, top with shredded Cheddar cheese and stick under the broiler.
or, add a little cheese - preferably swiss or Parmesan to the bechamel and have a mornay sauce and just take a spoon and start in on it!!
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I've got crab on the brain, cjs. Your ideas sound great!
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toast up some English muffins, sprinkle with crab, top with the warm bechamel, top with shredded Cheddar cheese and stick under the broiler
This sounds really good.
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Or, if you're in need of comfort food at the moment (I have a sick house) take your Mornay, add some cayenne or tabasco and cracked pepper, pour over cooked elbows and top with toasted-in-butter ritz cracker crumbs
It's what my kiddos want when they're under the weather.
Tho that crab thing sounds good
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We like to add a little cayenne, clam or shrimp broth, crab, and cooked shrimp and serve over some fish or steak....MMMM!
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After you've added the Parmesan, grab a spoon and then lick the bowl! Over elbow macaroni sounds wonderful.
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Pity, but one cup would not be enough to make pastitsio.
Maybe you could improvise, and make mini, muffin-pan pastitsio.
If blueberry muffins have blueberries in them, what do vegan muffins have?
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Shoot, now I have to make up some bechamel...thanks a lot, Trixxee!!!!
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Maybe a bit of Rigatoni and Prosciutto...add the parmesan like has been suggested and sprinkle with some fresh mozzarella and bake until all is melted and bubbly...yummy indeed. A cup would be enough for two I would think...some garlic toast or bread sticks...next time save more sauce and I'll come for dinner too!
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