Broke-Ass Mom Leftover Chicken Ideas

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article about how you can make all Broke-Ass moms proud across the world with my simple recipe for Chicken Broth.  If you haven’t read it, read it here.

But today I realized that using the contents of your refrigerator plus leftovers from dinners the night before is also a great, and challenging way to be Broke-Ass.  At 3pm this afternoon I looked in the fridge to try and figure out what we were going to have for dinner.  I found the following when I opened the door:

• Carrots
• Celery
• One onion
• Thyme
• Cooked chicken from two different dinners
• Chicken broth

It suddenly occurred to me I could make a kick ass Chicken Pot Pie, and I’ve already saved myself the trouble of having to cook the chicken first.  By 5pm I had a complete Chicken Pot Pie dinner.

If for some crazy reason, you don’t like Chicken Pot Pie, here are some other ideas about how to use leftover chicken.

• Chicken and Pasta (just add some tomato sauce and maybe a few veggies)
• Chicken Noodle Soup
• Chicken Sandwiches (either make chicken salad with mayo and celery, or the way we like it is with BBQ sauce on toasted bread)
• Chicken Enchiladas

Buy a roast chicken either already prepared (sometimes they are only $7.99 for a full rotisserie chicken), or make one yourself.  Then make all sorts of delicious dinners on the days to follow with the leftovers.  You’ll look like a superstar.  Just smile and pretend that you slaved all day over a hot stove with a crying toddler.

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