One of my biggest hates is throwing out food. I hate wasted food. HATE HATE HATE it!
I currently have almost a full loaf of wholemeal bread that is really past being used for sandwiches, and I do not want to just throw it in the bin.
So out came my trusty friend Mr Google, and I began the search for things I could make to use it up.
Of course the obvious thing is breadcrumbs. And yes there are a lot of things you can make with breadcrumbs. Such as Meatloaf, crumbed fish or chicken, meatballs or as toppings sprinkled over dishes. Though I wouldn’t use all the breadcrumbs and they would still end up in the bin. Yes I could freeze them, but that’s no fun for now!
Then there’s Croutons, to go in or on soups and salads. But again I wouldn’t use them.
Stuffing also showed it’s face in a lot of the pages I visited but again not what I was after.
This is what Mr Google came at me with:
I found 17 Uses For Stale Bread at WiseBread. The Delicious Weekend Quiche sounded ideal. I also liked the sound of the Bread Pudding, though my waist line prompted me to move on.
Real Simple told me about a Chocolate Bread Pudding that looked divine, though not what I was after for this stale bread of mine.
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Saveur listed some exotic sounding dishes such as Ricotta Crostini with Chestnut Honey and Twice-cooked Tuscan Bread Soup. As well as some sweet teasers like Cream Soaked White bread with Maple Sugar, and Banana and Dark Rum Bread Pudding.
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Cooks.com gave me hundreds of different types of Bread Puddings. Seriously, who knew there was so many different ways you could do a bread pudding!
About.com had a list of ways with stale bread in their Frugal living section. And here I found Breakfast Cheese Strata, this I thought hubby would love.
The Woolworths Baby And Toddler Club got me straight away with Little Quiche Cups. These I liked the sound of. Both hubby and B1 and B2 could have these.
So I was sold!
Maybe I have given you some inspiration for using your left over bread rather than feeding it to the waste bin.
Stay tuned for my creations!
Ang
