If you stress over leftover food from mealtime and want to find a few ingredients and dishes that you can never have too much of, this post is for you. You can never have to much of these twelve foods. You can do some amazingly yummy things with these foods the next day or next few days. Sometimes a night in the fridge actually brings out the flavors in a dish - let's the ingredients get to know each other a little better. Check out this eclectic mix of best leftover foods with delicious recipes included. Make amazing next-day dishes and make and buy as much of these foods as you want! Click through for 12 ingenious leftover food recipes! -By Kathy Patalsky

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Mango Honey Fruit LeatherSweet and tangy - this recipe is simple to create! As a kid, fruit leather was one of my favorite snacks and now I laugh when I see my daughter have so much fun eating it with her hands. She begs to have one in her daily lunch box and I don't mind giving it to her because it's a great all-natural fruity treat.

Mango Honey Fruit Leather

Ingredients:
3 cups ripe mango, peeled and cubed
1/4 cup honey
1 tablespoon lemon juice
pinch of sea salt

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Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 170°F. Line an 11x17 inch baking sheet with parchment paper.

2. Place all ingredients into a food processor or high powered blender. Process on high for 1 minute or until the puree is completely smooth.

3. Pour the puree onto the parchment paper and spread evenly with a spatula. Place in the oven and bake for 6 hours or until the puree is dry to the touch (it should be slightly sticky but not wet).

4. With scissors or a sharp knife, slice the

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Use homemade syrups to make classic egg creams as well as flavored sodas.Anton Nocito, founder of New York's P&H Soda Co., shares recipes and tips for making flavored soda pop with naturally sweetened syrups.

Homemade pantry staples are having their moment, with jams, butter, crackers, cheese, beer, and other traditionally store-bought sundries now being made from scratch. But what about soda? Thanks in part to the wide availability of home carbonation machines, crafting naturally flavored soda pops and soft drinks has never been more popular. Anton Nocito, the founder of Brooklyn's P&H Soda Co., has written a new book, Make Your Own Soda: Syrup Recipes for All-Natural Pop, Floats, Cocktails, and More, that details just how easy it is to make your own flavored sodas. All you need is a carbonation machine or a bottle of seltzer.

But does homemade necessarily mean healthier? "Some of the recipe ingredients are barely cooked, so you're getting more vitamins, but I wouldn't consider the sodas healthy," Nocito says. "I mean, it is

Thinkstock/iStockphotoMany mornings are met with an egg; sometimes afternoons and evenings are, too. An egg is a "power-packed capsule of great nutrition," says Jim Chakeres, vice president of the Ohio Poultry Association, and just one egg gives you a large dose of all of the protein, vitamins, and minerals that you need on a daily basis. An egg outranks other forms of protein in nutrition by a landslide, and not only is it a superior form of protein, but it just so happens to be one of the cheapest. If that's not enough reason for you to work one into your daily diet, then maybe hearing that an egg can help you with weight loss, because starting your morning with an egg will cause you to eat fewer calories throughout the day, will.

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Nailing this misunderstood classic (no, we don't want grilled chicken) is all about restraint and, yes, anchovies.

1) The Dressing: A great Caesar salad gets its swagger from a great dressing. Squeamish about raw egg yolks and anchovies? Sorry. Yolks are what give richness to the emulsion, while anchovies provide a briny blast (and that whole umami thing). Here's our go-to recipe:

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Chop together 6 anchovy fillets packed in oil, 1 small garlic clove, and a pinch of kosher salt. Use the side of a knife blade to mash into a paste, then scrape into a medium bowl. Whisk in 2 large egg yolks*, 2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice, and 3/4 tsp. Dijon mustard. Adding drop by drop to start, gradually whisk in 2 Tbsp. olive oil, then 1/2 cup vegetable oil; whisk until dressing is thick and glossy. Whisk in 3 Tbsp. finely grated Parmesan. Season with salt, freshly ground black pepper, and more lemon juice, if desired. Can be

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This Mango, Berry & Banana Smoothie is creamy, sweet, and not at all watery. Whoever thought of blitzing a bunch of fruit and vegetables and calling the results breakfast is brilliant. The smoothie has changed our morning routine as we know it, giving us sweet, portable fuel. Healthy fuel. This meal in a glass packs the most important part of the food pyramid into the most important meal of the day. Genius.

And smoothies are easy to make, to boot. But there is one huge misstep--and a few other smaller ones--that, if made, could make turn your tasty meal into a total drag. Here's how to avoid them all, according to assistant food editor Alison Roman.

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1. DON'T Use Under-Ripe Fruit: If you wouldn't eat it, don't put it in your smoothie. Under-ripe fruit has zero flavor and tends to make your drink watery--the number one sin of smoothie making. And don't waste your time hunting for pristine fruit for your smoothie, either--it's alright to get bruised, mildly squishy stuff. You'll be blending

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