The key is picking the right key in of dinner recipe and upping the amount you make.
Below youll find 8 recipes that make great leftovers and can be scaled up with ease.
This one takes all of 15 minutes to pull together and can easily be doubled.
Simply Recipes
Its on the milder side, so its suitable for heat-sensitive kids and grown-ups.
Simply reheat the chili on the stove top and spoon it into a thermos.
It’s a flexible recipeswitch up the vegetables based on what everyone likes and whats in your fridge.
Elise Bauer
Double the recipe and reheat leftovers the next day in a toaster oven until piping hot.
Cut the chicken into fingers and stash them in a thermos.
Include a side of marinara sauce for dipping.
Cheyenne Cohen
Sesame Noodle Salad
This cold noodle salad is tailor made for lunch-on-the-go.
You could even toss in shredded chicken, edamame, or cubes of baked tofu for added protein.
This soup gets its lovely texture not from cream, but from white beans.
Sally Vargas
Its kid-friendly and freezer-friendly, too.
Reheat leftovers in the microwave or toaster oven and stash in a thermos to keep warm until lunch.
Theyll keep well in the fridge for up to four days and they freeze well too.
Elise Bauer
Pack them in a thermos with a fork on the side or enjoy them sandwich-style on a crusty baguette.
Theyre ideal to take on the go, since they have their own built-in travel casethe pepper!
Sally Vargas
Simply Recipes / Wanda Abraham
Alison Bickel
Simply Recipes / Alison Bickel.