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This was dinner tonight. Not a super fast dish but a super yummy from Milk Street Magazine. Pastel Azteca aka Mexican Chicken Casserole.

There is an Cook's Country recipe for Potluck Macaroni and Cheese that uses about 4 ounces of American cheese because it melts well.  

If you're trying to use up leftovers dishes like Maqluba are great options. The basic idea is mostly rice/quinoa (something that will expand in broth) layered in a pot in alternating layers with vegetables with a meat (if you include one) as the bottom/first layer you put in the pan. Then you add broth until everything in the pot (or pressure cooker) is covered and cook until all the liquid evaporates. You then put a tray or cutting board over the pot, grip both securely, flip (so the pot is on top), place them together on the counter, and gently lift the pot away.

If you do it right it creates this really cool upside-down rice cake sort of dish, and if you don't care if you stay traditional or not you can modify with tons of different flavors, spices, meats, and veggie combinations to use up whatever is in your fridge. I posted it recently in another thread, but here it is again so no one needs to go searching for it if they want to look at the traditional version of the Jordanian-Palestinian version. It's pretty easy to guess at how you modify it though without watching the recipe. If nothing else, the beginning will show you the flip technique and how it should look after.