Any whole roasted bird. I look forward to the requisite carcass soup!

Anytime I make rice, I make twice as much as I need for the meal so I can have fried rice the next day

Last weekend I cooked a 4lb bone in pork shoulder. We had dinner that night. The next night I made a pork ragu (lots of leftover sauce which I froze) and last night I made pork rice stirfry. I try to do that weekly with various cuts of meat.

Potatoes, and extra bacon.

Chili!!! I always make a big batch and portion out the leftovers in the freezer for chili mac, chili cheeseburgers, baked potatoes, nachos, slingers. Pretty much everything is better with chili lol

Brisket actually.

Like I can just snack on that stuff all day straight from the fridge.

Damn, you're basically doing arancini!

For me, it's stews and stir fries. Anything can go into a stew or stir fry. And sometimes the leftover amounts are just perfect for this: not too much.

Rice. If I’m making rice I’m making a large quantity of it and there will always be leftovers I store in the fridge for other meals. Breakfast? Looks like it’s some kind of eggs/rice/hot sauce combo. Lunch? Looks like it’s rice with whatever vegetables I have on hand stir-fried with some kind of sauce made from other leftovers.

Big batch of Spaghetti so we can make baked Spaghetti the next day.

Chili.

I love doing pulled pork in my instant pot, served with mashed potatoes and baked beans. Freeze some of that in meal prep containers, but I found I really love bbq pork quesadillas with sour cream and guacamole with some of it a couple days later too.

Nearly all of our dishes are duel purpose - it’s what happens when you love to cook but it’s just the two of you. My risotto is used for Italian rice balls (Arancini). We make our own taco meat and the leftovers are used for nachos. Rotisserie chicken on night two becomes quesadillas, other leftovers are frozen for sandwiches. Mashed potatoes will be boxty (potato pancakes) the next weekend morning.

We turn all the leftovers into Bibimbap. It’s basically a tradition for us.

Mashed potatoes! I always make way more than we'll eat and use the extra for "leftovers gnocchi" 💕

Pork butt for sandwiches then on sweet potatoes. Crock pot dips and soups.

Steak, specifically overcooked steak.

My dad was one of those people that used to grill leather belts. Inevitably, we had a lot of steak leftovers. My mom would slice them thin then pan fry with onions, garlic, jalapeños, and gochujang. I hated steaks but looked forward to steak stir fry. Amazing with a bowl of hot rice and kimchi

Chili, Shepard pie, yogurt, black bean bake, soups, stews

Spaghetti, turned to baked ziti

Or hamburger steak and gravy, to Loco Moco

Or baked potato into breakfast skillet potatoes

Or Tetrazzini with left over pot pie filling

Roast veg. Every time I cook a roast Ido masses of veg.

Then I make roast veg salad, soups etc.

Anything with any kind of gravy 😋 chicken pot pie, any chicken curry dishes, any creamy/saucy/stuffed pasta dishes.

I almost never cook a meal that is a one and done. I usually want at least one additional meals' worth, often more.

Tomato based sauces, with or without meat, usually freeze very well (sloppy joes, chili, marinara, etc.). Stuffed shells freeze wonderfully as long as the sauce isn't too watery; for spaghetti, I will freeze the meat sauce alone and then boil the noodles fresh later (spaghetti keeps well in the fridge but in my experience does not freeze well).

Soups, likewise, freeze great but it's best to omit the noodles. Boil those fresh after you've reheated the soup. My favorite is Khao Soi.

Enchiladas are another great one. I make mine with various fillings, and with red or green salsa. I store them in oven safe glass containers in various portions, so I can take them from the freezer, thaw them, bake them, if necessary microwave to reheat leftovers, then put them in the dishwasher.

Empanadas are little awesome pockets of goodness. There are many different filling choices, and they bake from frozen (and you can bake them in the air fryer).

Milk based sauces don't freeze very well (though it can be done). I usually will make enough for 3 or 4 meals and keep the leftovers in the fridge. Add a splash of heavy cream when reheating, heat on lower power (unless your microwave just sucks) and stir often. Examples are chicken Alfredo, enchiladas with white sauce.

In my experience seafood makes lousy leftovers. These meals are the few I just cook enough for one meal.

You can also freeze side dishes. Rice freezes really well and reheats from frozen in a minute or two. I like to use silicone trays (off brand souper cubes) and then transfer to a plastic bag. This also works well for mashed potatoes.

Most bread products freeze well - sandwich bread, bread sticks, tortillas, etc. Microwave on low power to thaw them and then you're good to go.

Pasta, it's always better leftover. Just have to make sure you don't overcook the pasta or it'll disintegrate when you reheat it.

I always large batch cook soups so I can freeze down single portions for a healthy meal when I'm too tired to make anything. I've always got some Mercimek Çorbası in my freezer, it's great with some buttered toast.

I like Spanish omelette/Tortilla Espanola both hot and cold, so even though I only cook for two people, I make one that is large enough for 6 people, so we can both have a packed lunch.

I make larger steaks than I eat in one sitting and use the leftover in stir fry. Pork tenderloin - leftovers go to burrito bowls or tacos. Soup - depends on the soup, but they make a great sauce for pasta when I’m tired of eating just as soup. Stir fry - I like wrapping the leftover in flour tortillas for lunch. Roast chicken - I eat the dark meat as is and use the breast meat for chicken salad or pot pie. Roasted vegetables - I make a large pan and add the leftover to pasta (or to the previously mentioned burrito bowls).

We eat left overs 3 times a week as a family. Honestly the only think we don’t do as leftovers usually is seafood dishes. 

Balsamic honey pulled pork, chili, egg bakes and baked oatmeal

Anything curried

Arancini. My mother turned risotto ala milanese into what we called ‘telephone wires’. Wrap cold risotto around a good cheese, chill, flour, egg, fry. Mmmm.

Roast chicken. Good prices at Trader Joe’s and Walmart. Got two for $15 at Walmart. Then I use the carcass and bones for stock!

Meat Ragu sauce for pasta- always make a double batch so I can freeze half for another meal. Sometimes will use the frozen half to make a lasagne, adding some sweet Italian sausage to the layers along with the ragu sauce.

Turkey chili - make a huge batch and freeze 2 more dinner servings. Serve with rice for the first meal and then with tortilla chips with salsa/guacamole/sour cream/ grated cheese or add refried beans and make hearty nachos.

Chili