La Reina Has A Peruvian Accent

It’s been awhile since the Queen has paid a visit, but she came back again last night. This time she had a Peruvian accent, and presented herself as La Reina. For those of you who are new to my blog, “The Queen” is my alter ego. She gets her name from “The Queen of Leftovers”, since that’s a specialty of mine. In fact, in a way, creatively using leftovers was kind of the launching pad for my blog, way back in the beginning. 🙂

I love it when I can use up my leftovers, and I love it even more when I can totally recreate them into something different than what they were when I first prepared them. 🙂 This dish was almost completely made from leftovers too. It is always a win/win.

I had some leftover pasta, from when I made my pesto pasta primavera Pesto Primavera with Smoked Turkey. I marinated some pork chops in a lime vinaigrette and cut up some vegetables. Once those were all cooked, I added my Peruvian sauce that was leftover from my Peruvian chicken Peruvian Chicken, and voila! Dinner was served. Quick, easy-peasy and delicious! Just the way I like them too. 🙂

I let the pork marinade for about 3-4 hours, then sliced into thin strips. My vegetables were some leftover zucchini, corn, red onions, sliced very thin, and red bell peppers sliced into thin matchsticks.

Once everything was cooked and heated up, I layered all up and topped it with some fresh sweet 100 tomatoes, fresh from Janet and Bob’s garden. I cut those in half and generously sprinkled them on top of the pasta. This was my first batch of tomatoes from Janet and Bob’s garden for this year, but I know there will be a lot more in my very near future too. 🙂

Once again, The Queen and I collaborated well together and created yet another delicious meal that was nothing like the first over meal. We make a good team. 🙂

Have a great day and make everyday great. Stay safe and stay well. ‘Til next time.