BASIC: LEFT OVER GRAVY

       Left over gravy can make some of the best comfort food.  To me this is the best thing about having left overs.   It's simple to make and so easy to eat.  

Weather you have a lot of left over gravy or just a little.   KEEP IT!

In the picture above I had  4oz of sausage I have left in the freezer, added some green beans and added a packet of frozen rice I already had in the freezer. You can not get any easier than this.  And you can any thing else you want.  Corn, peas, chicken, make it your own.   If you keep it simple to three ingredients then it will always be easy and fast.

Note: This is not going to be a thick soup, it going to be creamy, but not sticking to the spoon thick.
But then again it up to you.  
And this is a very lose base recipe, use what you have, so the recipe is just a guide.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup Gravy Ice cubes. 
2 Broth Ice cubes or Stock Ice cubes.
4 oz Turkey sausage, dices.
1 1/2 cup frozen green beans.
1/2 cup water. Optional
 1/2 cup of precooked rice.

 METHOD OF PREPARATION: 

If you want you can add the green beans, and precooked sausage at any time, it will all cook.

 If you put your gravy cubes into a pan and turn in on medium, it will burn. So if you have broth cubes melt them first on medium low and then add the gravy cube.  If you do not have any broth cubes add a 1/2 cup of water.  
 When mixing soup cubes and gravy cubes, it will look a bit weird as the two things mix together, but when their all mix up and heated up it will be so yummy you won't even notice.  Turn burner to medium low and cover with lid.   Depending how thick or thin you made your gravy it will take a little longer for those cubes to melt.  After all the broth is melted and you have a good amount of liquid in the pot, turn burner to high and bring to a boil, then turn to low.  That's it your done.
Add your rice to your bowl and spoon in soup.  Mmmmmm.       

  Note:  I use to use 3 oz of butter, but I found that olive oil provides a even deeper richer flavor.  I use 3 to 4 table spoons depending on how much I make. 

IMPORTANT:  THE OLIVE OIL VERSION NEED A LITTLE MORE TLC, SO A LITTLE MORE STIRRING.  

Here is the gravy recipe just incase you need it.  

FIRST: 
Have two cups of broth or stock in a pot simmering. Ready to use.  If you decide later on you want to use more that is perfectly fine.

SECOND:
Cut 3 oz butter in to small chunks and melt on low. Watch it so it does not burn. Towards the end  I turn off the burner, lift the pan off the burner and swish it around. 

THIRD:
 Keep your eye on the consitency of the mixture. 
Keep burner on low. Add one tablespoon of flour whisk away, does it look like small dough balls or wet.  If it looks wet add another table spoon of flour and whisk away. Keep doing this until flour is soaked up and you get a bunch of small looking dough balls.

NOTE: OKAY This is the part where you got to trust your self, when you add the hot liquid to the small buttery dough balls it is going to go thought a transformation that going to look like you ruined it.  All you have to do is keep whisking until it look like mash potatoes.  :)

CAUTION: THIS WILL SPIT AND SPAT, AND TAKE CARE WHEN YOUR WHISKING.  

FOURTH: Turn up the heat to Medium.
Now add two ladle fulls to the butter mixture, it will sear in the hot pan. Whisk away and keep whisking until it looks smooth and creamy mash potatoes.  When it looks like creamy mash potatoes, add to more ladle fulls.  Whisk, whisk ,whisk and be careful.  Keep whisking until it has the consistency of creamy mash potatoes.  Then add your soup again.
When you are finished adding the amount of soup you want keep the burner on med low or low and stir about 4 to 3 minutes more.  

FIFTH: 
Now like I said above you are in control of your cream soup/gravy.   If you like super thick gravy stop.  If you like your gravy a little bit runnier add more soup, but in batches like I stated above.   

SIXTH: TIPS:  Oh the possibilities!
Whether it's thick or really thin, this  really is a comfort food.  Have veggies left over with rice or noodles you have an instant meal. And keep in mind no (NO SOUP of GRAVY left behind) no matter how small, even if it one table spoon full it can be frozen.  Here is what I do. Instead of adding all the fixing to the pot. I add the fixing to the soup bowls and then pour the creamy goodness over the yumminess. :)   Have a ice cube tray handy and if there is any left over gravy or soup, use a spatula and scrape out as much of the gravy as possible, even if it make just fills one cube.  Freeze and then plop then into a freezer bag.  After a while you will have a bag full of gravy and soup ice cubes that can either be used as more gravy or soup.

Gravy and broth cubes can be mix together to make new amazing soup or gravy  and they're great when you get home and don't want to cook.  Throw the cubes in the pot melt, add veggies and instant fast food.
CHEERS & HAVE A GRAVY OF A DAY. :)