My fridge is on a diet. It seems as though it has a close personal relationship with Weight Watchers. It’s not so much that that its contents are dietetic. (I should say not, as a squat container of creme fraiche is chilling next to sticks of unsalted butter!) But it is lean in stature, skinny in breadth. It’s a midget fridge.

Due to an economy of precious space here in New York, my fridge is narrow and short. (It also happens to be the first thing that you see when walking into my apartment, but that’s another story.) Now the fridge is not a mini fridge. I would say that we all had our fill of those diminutive workhorses while living in college dorms. But my fridge is short and slender.

For someone who likes to cook a lot this depiction requires a few adaptations. One: I go grocery shopping quite a bit. Which I never really mind anyways; I love the market. Two: I actually have to eat my leftovers in order to make space for new, and exciting dishes. Some of you may remember that in the past, I did not actually treat my leftovers so kindly. Don’t get me wrong, I was never so wasteful as to just throw them away. More than likely I just pawned them off on Brian, who is only too happy to eat dishes day in and day out. But now, for me, necessity requires ingenuity. I eat my leftovers tweaked in different ways.

Perhaps you remember that meringue-y pavlova I baked a few weeks ago? Well, what to do with the six eggs yolks left over from beating the egg whites stiffly into peaks? And the answer to that question is not to simply to make a cholesterol-filled omelet. The answer is to make sweet, zingy lime curd.

Perfect on toast, swirled into yoghurt, or just spooned until your heart’s content, this lime curd was the ideal, easy sweet treat to use up all of those yolks. I used this recipe, making a few adaptations. Obviously I only focused on making only the curd; and I made the mixture over a double boiler, rather than just in a pan. It might take longer, but this ensures a thick, creamy curd, rather than scrambled eggs, flavored with lime.

So I was happy with my adjustment…Now, I just need a place in my skinny fridge to fit my Tupperware full of lime curd.