Party leftovers...

Time to figure out what to do with all the party food leftovers. It was potluck and we provided the snacks: olives, shrimp with cocktail sauce, brie and crackers, buffalo wings (with Frank's Red Hot sauce), veggies, fruit, and I can't remember what else anymore. We tried to stay away from potato chips and other fatty, salty snacks.

As any good party, you have more food than you need. Sunday I bought some New York steaks, chicken breasts and pork chops to go with our leftovers.

Sunday we made fajitas. Used leftover sour cream, red bell pepper and onion, plus tortillas we had on hand. These were really awesome. Fine Cooking advertised them as "quick" but if you have to chop more than 2 or 3 things, it's just not that quick, at least for us.
Seared steak, pepper & onion fajita, Fine Cooking magazine November 2001
Rating: great

Then tonight, we pounded out those chicken breasts (with an 8" frying pan), wrapped them around leftover-party pepper jack cheese and coated them in taco seasoning. On the side, we took all the leftover cauliflower from the veggie tray and made a gratin. Never made a gratin before. Yummy.

Cauliflower Gratin, Perfect Vegetables by the editors at Cooks Illustrated
Rating: great
Pepper jack stuffed chicken, Quick Cooking, December 2003
Rating: good