Leftovers turned into a Risotto-pasta dish

Leftovers are something we all have to deal with at times.  We are often faced with the extra rice or boiled pasta at the end of the day and very reluctantly we keep it in the refrigerator to toss it in the garbage the following day.  If we stretch our imagination a little, we can come up with innovative dish, something not available in any cookery book.  Moreover you don’t want your family to accuse you of feeding them stale food.

One such day I saw the leftover rice and boiled pasta in my refrigerator.  So I decided to turn that into something relished by everyone.  Here is my experiment.  I hope you will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed cooking it.

Ingredients:

1 cup leftover cooked rice, 1 ½ cup pasta, 1 cup washed and chopped broccoli, ½ cup chopped carrots, ¼ cup chopped green peppers (bell pepper), ¼ cup chopped onion, 1 clove of garlic crushed, 2 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp cream cheese, 1 tsp chives, 1 tsp lemon pepper, ½ tsp coriander powder, 1 tsp red wine vinegar, ¼ cup ketchup, salt to taste

Method:

Heat oil in a pan; add garlic and onion and sauté for a couple of minutes.

Add broccoli, carrots, green pepper to it till vegetables turn little tender.

Mix chives, salt, lemon pepper, coriander powder to it and stir.

Add cream cheese and mix it well so that everything gets well blended.

Now add your leftover rice and pasta and stir it for a couple of minutes.

Sprinkle the red wine vinegar and toss it.

At the end pour the ketchup over it and mix it.

Serve hot.