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20 Brilliant Ways To Use Leftover Bread

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We’ve been baking our own bread for years now, but we don’t eat as many sandwiches as we used to and homemade bread doesn’t last as long as store bought bread,  so I always wind up with some bread in the freezer.  I don’t want to waste any food so I was wondering what you could make with leftover bread other than using it as a binder in meatloaf,  making stuffing, or using it for making french toast.  I found some great recipes for leftover bread!

20 Brilliant Recipes for leftover bread - waste not want not!

Here are some delicious recipes that will use up your bread before it goes bad. Maybe you’ll find a new favorite!

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Waste not want not!

20 Brilliant Recipes for Leftover Bread

  1. Leftover Bread & Cheese Patties from Give Recipe
  2. Artichoke Spinach Goat Cheese Strata from eat.drink.smile
  3. Italian Panzanella (bread salad) from Martha Stewart
  4. Italian Bread Soup  from A Little Bit Crunchy
  5. Baked Cinnamon Toast Triangles from Orangette
  6. Homemade Croutons from A Sweet Chef
  7. Cheese, Onion, Bread Souffle from Real Simple
  8. High-Fiber Bread Quiche from Big Oven
  9. Homemade Bread Crumbs from Creative Savings Blog
  10. Classic Bread Pudding from Mikey’s In My Kitchen
  11. German Dumplings from The Food Club’s Food
  12. Vegetable Bread Tart from Delectable Victuals
  13. Grilled Dark Chocolate Sandwich from Kitchen Daily
  14. Pineapple Upside Down Cakes made with leftover hamburger buns from Real Simple
  15. Queen of Puddings from les-trois-chenes.hubpages
  16. Apple Pan Charlotte  from Real Simple
  17. Tomato Bread Soup from SparkPeople
  18. Easy Pancake Recipe with Leftover Bread from Frugal Foodie Recipes
  19. Coconut Cinderella Crisps from Winnipeg Free Press
  20. Leftover Bread Breakfast Casserole from What’s For Dinner?

What do you with your stale/leftover bread? Share your tips in the comments below!

 

Comments

  1. Vee says

    March 1, 2014 at 9:50 am

    I am guilty of tossing that last piece of dried heel. I need to at least freeze it for bread crumbs or something!

  2. Glenda says

    March 1, 2014 at 5:33 pm

    Some sound good – some not so much. Unfortunately, I tend to waste bread. I don’t eat a lot of bread, and when have some I know won’t be eaten fast enough and is a good quality bread I usually pitch it in the freezer. Did notice some croissants today that need to be thrown out as been in freezer way to long..
    Hope you are enjoying the weekend.

    • Manuela says

      March 1, 2014 at 6:06 pm

      LOL – I thought they all sounded good! We don’t eat much bread since we use sprouted wheat now and that’s expensive. So I’m very careful with saving what we don’t eat in the freezer and I at least use it in meatloaf/meat balls and sometimes bread crumbs. But I love bread pudding so I think I’ll be using some to make that and a few of the other recipes I shared.

  4. [email protected] says

    March 2, 2014 at 10:02 pm

    I’m happy to say I’m not a huge bread person, although I do enjoy me some Nan and Brenda just reminded me I have some and I just got a hankering ;).

    Usually I throw out leftover bread for the birds or squirrels. Carbs are my nemesis, so I try to get rid of them ASAP!

  7. Melanie says

    March 3, 2014 at 12:31 pm

    Like a lot of people, we’ve cut down on our bread eating, but we’ll still eat it once in awhile. When my hubby has a sandwich or I have a piece of toast, we use Ezekiel bread, which is all sprouted grains. Anyway, I just threw a bunch of old bread and crackers outside for the birds and squirrels this morning! I’ll have to check out some of these recipes, thank you.

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