I was hoping my daughter would choose our leftover Chinese food, and I could call it a day. I saw this on Facebook and wanted to make a burrito from the fried rice and sesame chicken.  But, alas, she chose some pretty ridiculous things. Pickles Annie’s organic mozzarella pizza poppers Campbell’s Organic chicken noodle soup featuring Frozen characters…

There have been three influences in my life that encourage me to try to cook more creatively (or at all).  My mother, the original role model, could take yesterday’s leftovers and create an entirely different meal from it.  My husband, my muse (and really the pickiest person I know), sees a Chopped-stocked refrigerator when looking for…