“Clean-Up” Recipes

Here’s 3 recipes I’ve made lately to use up some ingredients I had laying around:

Apple, Blueberry, & Cherry Crumble-

I totally made this up on the fly with fruit that needed to be used up in our fridge-

-Peel and chop 4 apples, add 2 cups blueberries and a cup of halved, pitted cherries (I’m sure any fruit would do, I aimed for 5-6 cups of fruit). Add to a buttered, 2 quart baking dish

-Mix the fruit with 2 tbsp cinnamon sugar (the cherries mixed with the cinnamon made for such an incredible flavor)

-For the topping melt 1/3 c butter in the microwave. Add 1/2 c oats, 1/2 c sugar (I used raw), and 1/2 c flour. Mix with a fork into a crumb mixture and spread on top of fruit

-Bake at 400 for 35 minutes or until the top is slightly browned. 

I would call this a crumble “light”. It tasted so clean and not overly sweet. I think this would be so good for breakfast with some yogurt as well as amazing for a light dessert, perhaps with a scoop of ice cream or gelato. 

Croque Monsieur Casserole-

I found this recipe while searching the internet for a breakfast casserole I could make to use up some ham I had in the fridge. This turned out to be such a wonderful Sunday breakfast, I would definitely make this for company or even for a light dinner with a green salad. It tastes exactly like my favorite French sandwich, but way less labor intensive. 

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread-

I used this recipe which I make at least once a month, but this time I added 1/2 c chocolate chips that I tossed in a little flour so they wouldn’t sink. This is such an easy recipe and I love using it for overripe bananas. 

I would definitely make all 3 things again, and it makes me so happy not to waste food. I love being creative and making sure we use everything we buy.

Do you have any favorite “clean-up” recipes? Let me know down below, I’d love to hear from you. 

Thanks for reading, have a fabulous day!