Delicious Almost Garbage

I hit the clearance bins at stores long before I was unemployed but I used to shy away from the reduced produce. Til my beloved vegetable was 54cents for a huge bunch I just had to rescue it from certain doom aka garbage bin.
I brought the still delicious kale home and cut off some tips that were beginning to turn yellow. The leaves themselves were still hearty so I wasn't worried about the taste (was fine.) I threw some jasmine rice that I had on hand in my rice cooker and began to think of how to prep the kale for lunch.
Staring in my fridge I noticed I had a little bit of marinated artichokes left, that magically disappeared when I opened the jar, and then it hit me in the face: Use the left over marinate for the kale!
I threw the kale and marinate in a pan and sauteed it and had it over a nice bowl of rice that I sprinkled with rice vinegar *my new crack.
It is obvious that with produce that's marked down its best to use it that day for meals but I didn't give much thought to my own "reduced" section in my fridge. Items that were ready to be tossed ,thinking they served their purpose, are now going to be given a second look to see if I can give them one last meal idea before its too late ( and by late I mean expiration dates.)
I make it a habit to go through my fridge once a week, every garbage night on my street, and toss any items that spoiled or expired. I think this week I will stop to see what twists I can use to break the monotony of some of my go-to dishes.

Drop It Like It's Hot: Egg Drop Soup!

I make this simple soup whenever I get a craving for chinese food but don't have the funds to get takeout (curse you unemployment.) I've heard of some people doctoring it up with some freshly grated ginger or soy sauce but I omit them since I usually don't have ginger on hand and I'm not to crazy about adding sodium to dishes.

1 quart chicken brooth

1 egg *beaten well

Bring chicken broth to a boil. Remove from heat. Slowly stir in the egg and let cook for an additional minute. That's it! I like to use a whisk when stirring in the egg to create smaller ribbons but you can also stir it in with a fork. Sometimes I'll throw in a handful of egg noodles since they take about 5 minutes to cook up.