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.

Meatballs, thermos, and veggie pizza on a plate.

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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.

Turkey Black Bean Chili

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.

Easy vegetable fried rice

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.

Baked Chicken Parm

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.

Sesame Noodle Salad

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!

Tomato and White Bean Soup

Sally Vargas

Burrito Casserole

Simply Recipes / Wanda Abraham

Meatballs in a slow cooker filled with tomato sauce with a spoon lifting a meatball out of the sauce.

Alison Bickel

Cheesy rice, tofu, and mushroom stuffed peppers on a black plate

Simply Recipes / Alison Bickel.