Yours truly's reusing odd bits of food (9)

I believe the answer is:

meringues

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'bits of food' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'yours truly's reusing odd' is the wordplay.
'yours truly' becomes 'me' (the person that set this crossword).
'odd' is an anagram indicator.
'reusing' anagrammed gives 'ringues'.
'me'+'ringues'='MERINGUES'

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I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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