Tasty Recipes Using Leftover Bread.
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 wondered what you could make with leftover bread other than using it as a binder in meatloaf, making stuffing, or making French toast. I found 20 Brilliant Ways To Use Leftover Bread that I wanted to share with you!
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Here are some delicious recipes that will use up your bread before it goes bad. Maybe you’ll find a new favorite!
Waste not want not!
20 Brilliant Recipes for Leftover Bread
Here are some ways to make the most of your leftover bread in these recipes:
- Leave it out overnight. Some recipes want your bread crusty, so I would leave it out overnight. The air will help dry it out and give you a crusty texture.
- Use a variety of bread types. Some of the recipes call for a certain type of bread but several of them could use any variety of bread. So use what you have on hand.
- Keep your bread in a bread box. Want to help your bread last longer? Get a bread box to give your bread more longevity in the kitchen.
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. Parmesan Bacon Mushroom Stuffing from Ambitious Kitchen
9. Homemade Bread Crumbs from Creative Savings Blog
10. Classic Bread Pudding from Mikey’s In My Kitchen
11. Pumpkin Bread Pudding from A Couple Cooks
12. Vegetable Bread Tart from Delectable Victuals
13. Queen of Puddings from les-trois-chenes.hubpages
14. Tomato Bread Soup from SparkPeople
15. Coconut Cinderella Crisps from Winnipeg Free Press
16. Leftover Bread Breakfast Casserole from What’s For Dinner?
17. Cajun Crawfish Bread from Meme Inge
18. Garlic Bread from Love and Lemons
19. Baked Tomato Cheese & Bread Soup from Love and Lemons
20. Sweet Corn and Arugula Panzanella Salad from Love and Lemons
What do you with your stale/leftover bread? Share your tips in the comments below!
You might also be interested in: 20 Tasty Recipes to Use Up Leftover Stuffing
I am guilty of tossing that last piece of dried heel. I need to at least freeze it for bread crumbs or something!
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.
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.
Great list of recipes and ideas!
I used leftover naan bread tonight as the base for two small individual pizzas. They turned out great.
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!
I thought I’d heard of most German dishes but not that dumpling one…interesting! 🙂
OH yes, gotta use that bread! I love making french onion soup and using bread for the topping:) Have a blessed day dear Manuela, HUGS!
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.