Using Up Sour Cream

The other night, David and I had chicken tacos for dinner. We just made enough chicken for what we would need that night, which is probably good because we ran out of shells. However, we had bought some ingredients specifically for these tacos, like sour cream, that now we couldn't use for tacos without buying more shells and making more chicken. So what do you do with the left over sour cream? Well, as most of you probably know, sour cream goes bad quickly after opening. So unless you have lots of leftover tacos, you don't know what to do with it. Here's how I use it up:

• BLTs. You probably have lettuce and tomatoes left over too (at least we did) so instead of mayo, spread your toasted bread with sour cream. It's not the same flavor but I think it's better..but I also eat tacos with bacon in them too so...I may be a little crazy. I'm sure this could also work with other sandwiches you would normally put mayo on.
• Baked goods. Lots of recipes can be modified to use sour cream instead of some of the other wet ingredients. You can look up substitutions online. This is especially common in pies but you can also add it to boxed cake mixes without a problem. It makes the cakes really moist. (You add between 1/4 cup to a 1/2 cup per box).
• Stroganoff. If you have a lot of sour cream left over, this is a good recipe to use it. You can use mushrooms or ground beef, depending on if you want it meatless or not. I believe you could also use sour cream in other casserole type dishes.
• On top of chili. I don't think I've ever actually had sour cream on top of chili but it always looks good in restaurants and I bet it would taste pretty good, especially if you need something to tone down the spice.
• Taco dip. Of course this is similar to tacos but if your family loves that kind of food (or is at least willing to eat it twice in the same week), this works out really nicely. You could also add it to other dips.
• Mashed potatoes. Sour cream and chive mashed potatoes pair well with lots of other dishes and that sour cream really adds something to it. You could also use it to top baked potatoes.
• Sauces. Sour cream works really well with chicken, some homemade salad dressings, and vegetables like green beans.

That's all I can come up with for now but I'm sure there are plenty of other ideas out there if you put your mind to it!