We’ve all been there. You’ve got too many bananas, mashed potatoes, eggs or zucchini, and the excess is threatening to rot in your kitchen. While some families are used to a week of turkey after Thanksgiving, they might not appreciate a week of scrambled eggs. Often, the food can be frozen and used later, but it’s wise to have a few ideas for backup meals so you don’t waste food and money.

BANANAS: Once these are overripe, you won’t want to eat them plain. Some people freeze them, but they tend to discolor and get mushy. A little lemon juice can help. You can freeze them with the peels still on, but you’ll have to thaw them before peeling. Many people prefer using them right away. Try making muffins, bread, smoothies, pancakes, cookies, pudding, frosting, cakes or simply spread it on sandwiches with peanut butter.

BANANA FROSTING

2 large ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
1/4 cup butter
3-1/2 cups powdered sugar

Mix together bananas and lemon juice. In a separate bowl, beat butter until soft and creamy. Gradually and alternately add powdered sugar and banana mixture to butter and beat until fluffy. — submitted by Kim S., Nebraska

MASHED POTATOES: Who hasn’t made too much mashed potatoes? You can freeze them and add them to soups as a thickener. You might not like the texture of mashed potatoes once it has been frozen. Try adding 1 egg for every 2 cups of potatoes for better results. You can make potato patties by adding an egg, shaping into patties, dredging in flour and frying them, or roll them in cornflakes, cut into small sections and fry for mock tater tots.

ZUCCHINI: This freezes well shredded or sliced. Great grilled, in casseroles, breaded and fried, or use in quick breads, muffins and cookies. Grate them and add them to your ground turkey when you make turkey burgers. It’s wonderful in scrambled eggs and dessert, too.

Zucchini Cobbler

8 cups chopped, seeded, peeled zucchini (about 3 pounds)
2/3 cups lemon juice
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Crust:
3 cups flour
1 cup oats
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1-1/2 cups cold butter
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Preheat oven to 375 F. In a large saucepan, cook and stir zucchini and lemon juice for 15 minutes on medium heat. Stir in sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Let simmer for a minute. Remove from heat. For crust, combine flour, oats and sugars in a bowl; cut in butter until mixture resembles course crumbs. Stir 1/2 cup into zucchini mixture. Press half of remaining crust mixture into a greased 9-by-9-by-1-1/2-inch pan. Spread zucchini mixture over top; crumble remaining crust mixture over zucchini. Sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg. Bake at 375 F for 35 minutes or until golden.

EGGS: They can be frozen by combining 2 cups eggs to 1 teaspoon salt and later used for scrambled eggs. You can also hard-boil and make egg-salad sandwiches, deviled eggs, stuffed tomatoes or use as a salad topping. Use them up in pound cake, quiche, angel-food cake, meringue, puddings and French toast.

我wo們men經jing常chang這zhe樣yang，弄nong到dao太tai多duo的de香xiang蕉jiao，土tu豆dou泥ni
，雞ji蛋dan
，夏xia天tian結jie的de南nan瓜gua，而er且qie過guo量liang的de食shi物wu會hui弄nong髒zang你ni的de廚chu房fang。盡jin管guan有you些xie家jia庭ting能neng吃chi放fang了le一yi周zhou的de火huo雞ji，但dan是shi可ke能neng無wu法fa接jie受shou一yi周zhou的de雞ji蛋dan餅bing。通tong常chang，食shi物wu可ke以yi凍dong起qi來lai，但dan是shi想xiang辦ban法fa貯zhu藏zang食shi物wu還hai是shi很hen不bu錯cuo的de
，這zhe樣yang你ni就jiu不bu會hui浪lang費fei食shi物wu和he金jin錢qian了le。

香蕉：一(yi)旦(dan)有(you)很(hen)多(duo)壞(huai)了(le)，你(ni)就(jiu)不(bu)會(hui)簡(jian)單(dan)想(xiang)去(qu)吃(chi)了(le)。有(you)些(xie)人(ren)把(ba)它(ta)凍(dong)起(qi)來(lai)，但(dan)是(shi)它(ta)們(men)會(hui)趨(qu)於(yu)褪(tui)色(se)和(he)變(bian)軟(ruan)。加(jia)點(dian)檸(ning)檬(meng)汁(zhi)會(hui)有(you)幫(bang)助(zhu)。你(ni)可(ke)以(yi)連(lian)皮(pi)一(yi)起(qi)凍(dong)上(shang)，但(dan)是(shi)吃(chi)之(zhi)前(qian)你(ni)還(hai)得(de)先(xian)解(jie)凍(dong)。很(hen)多(duo)人(ren)想(xiang)吃(chi)得(de)方(fang)便(bian)
，那(na)就(jiu)把(ba)它(ta)做(zuo)成(cheng)鬆(song)餅(bing)
，麵(mian)包(bao)
，果(guo)凍(dong)，薄(bo)烤(kao)餅(bing)，餅(bing)幹(gan)
，布(bu)丁(ding)，幹(gan)粉(fen)

，蛋(dan)糕(gao)，或(huo)者(zhe)吃(chi)三(san)明(ming)治(zhi)時(shi)連(lian)同(tong)花(hua)生(sheng)醬(jiang)一(yi)起(qi)抹(mo)上(shang)。

凍起來的香蕉

2熟透的大香蕉
，做成泥
1 / 2茶匙檸檬汁
1 / 4杯牛油
3-1/2杯粉狀糖

將香蕉和檸檬摻到一起，準備一個碗，將泥打至柔軟和奶油狀。依次交替加入白糖和香蕉粉
，並將它們打成蓬鬆狀---kim s,nebraka提供

爛土豆：誰沒有做過一大碗土豆泥？你可以將它們凍起來，在喝湯的時候加點調成粥。但是你可能不喜歡凍過的土豆泥裏的纖維。試試在2杯土豆裏加1個雞蛋，你可以這樣處理土豆泥

，把它做成餡，包上麵粉，然後弄幹它們

，或者用玉米片包起來

，然後切成段
，做成類似tater tots的食物。

綠皮胡瓜：將jiang凍dong好hao的de弄nong碎sui，或huo切qie薄bo片pian
，在zai焙bei盤pan上shang炙zhi烤kao，烘hong烤kao，並bing且qie烘hong幹gan。在zai你ni吃chi漢han堡bao時shi，將jiang其qi磨mo碎sui並bing且qie將jiang它ta們men加jia到dao火huo雞ji表biao麵mian上shang。加jia在zai雞ji蛋dan餅bing和he點dian上shang更geng好hao。

胡瓜派
8杯切碎的，熟到結種的
，去皮在
、的，胡瓜（約3磅）
2 / 3杯檸檬汁
1杯糖
1茶匙肉桂墊底
1 / 4茶匙豆蔻墊底
外殼：
3杯麵粉
1杯燕麥
1杯紅糖
1杯白糖
1-1/2杯冷奶油
1茶匙地麵褐土
1 / 4茶匙豆蔻

將胡瓜和檸檬
，先在微波爐裏375F下預熱，放在大燉鍋，中火
，15分fen鍾zhong內nei烹peng製zhi和he攪jiao拌ban。將jiang糖tang，肉rou桂gui和he肉rou豆dou蔻kou，攪jiao拌ban
，煨wei一yi分fen鍾zhong。對dui於yu外wai麵mian的de料liao，在zai碗wan裏li將jiang麵mian粉fen，麥mai片pian
，還hai有you糖tang摻chan合he一yi起qi，拌ban上shang黃huang油you，直zhi到dao混hun合he成cheng類lei似si麵mian包bao屑xie的de樣yang子zi。將jiang1/2杯加到胡瓜漿
，將剩下的外麵的料壓到寬9寸長9寸厚1-1/2寸的平底鍋裏。將胡瓜料上塗到上麵，弄碎剩下的外麵的料，也加到胡瓜料上。散些檸檬和肉豆蔻上。在375F下烤35分鍾直到變成金黃色

雞蛋：2杯雞蛋裏加一勺鹽
，凍起來，隨後用於做雞蛋餅。你也可以煮，用來做雞蛋色拉三明治，在上麵加些打碎的雞蛋和西紅柿。
做成大蛋糕
，鬆蛋餅
，天使蛋糕
，蛋糖，布丁，還有法國土司