I had a great weekend, and I hope you guys did too. I had a great weekend and I hope you guys did too.

I ate the leftover loaves yesterday. I ate the leftover loaves yesterday.

“The” is OK if you assume your readers know which leftovers you’re referring to (from an earlier post). Otherwise, you could say you “ate some leftover loaves of bread yesterday.” Since loaves are often fairly large, this sounds like you ate a LOT of bread, so you might want to change “loaves” to “ciabatta,” assuming that’s what you’re referring to.

Then I realized I was out of yeast, so I couldn't take advantage of the weekend to bake more bread. Then I realized I was out of yeast, so I couldn't take advantage of the weekend to bake more bread.

Then I realized I was out of yeast, so I couldn't take advantage of the weekend to bake more bread. Then I realized I was out of yeast, so I couldn't take advantage of the weekend to bake more bread.

Then I realized I was out of yeast, so I couldn't take advantage of the weekend to bake more bread. Then I realized I was out of yeast, so I couldn't take advantage of the weekend to bake more bread.

SoInstead, I cooked a pot of rice and put it in the fridge. Instead, I cooked a pot of rice and put it in the fridge.

In casual writing, many people will begin a sentence with “so,” but all of my high school English teachers insisted it was wrong.

Cold, day-old cooked rice {works wonders in the| works well} in fried rice, and I'm a dab hand at making it. Cold, day-old cooked rice {works wonders | works well} in fried rice, and I'm a dab hand at making it.

“The” would be right if you’d mentioned fried rice before. “Works wonders” seems like an odd choice of words here, as if you’re trying to repair something.

Cold, day-old cooked rice works wonders in the fried rice, and I'm a dab hand at making it. Cold, day-old cooked rice works wonders in fried rice, and I'm a dab hand at making it.

I usually just thrown in whatever I have on hand, like vegetables, any kind of meat, and sea food, all cutting into small dice. I usually just throw in whatever I have on hand, like vegetables, any kind of meat, and seafood, all cut into small dice.

“Cut into small dice” is technically correct, but “dice” is much more common as a verb than a noun: “all diced finely.”

I usually just thrown in whatever I have on hand, like vegetables, any kind of meat, and sea food, all cutting into small dicecubes. I usually just thrown in whatever I have on hand, like vegetables, any kind of meat, and sea food, all cut into small cubes.

- "Cutting" should actually be past tense, because otherwise you're implying that they are being cut as you put them in. - "Cubes" would be a better word than "dice", because a cube is the shape that dice is in

I usually just thrown in whatever I have on hand, like vegetables, any kind of meat, and sea food, all (cutting into small dicecubes / diced up). I usually just throw in whatever I have on hand, like vegetables, any kind of meat, and sea food, all (cut into small cubes / diced up).

I usually just thrown in whatever I have on hand, like vegetables, any kind of meat, and or sea food, all cutting it all into small dice.pieces. I usually just thrown in whatever I have on hand, like vegetables, any kind of meat or sea food, cutting it all into small pieces.

And I like to eat my fried rice with chili sauce. And I like to eat my fried rice with chili sauce.

This sounds like you add the chili sauce to the rice after you’ve finished cooking it, presumably as a condiment.