Stale bread still has a few culinary tricks up its sleeve. Not only are these tricks sensible and frugal; they are smart and delicious. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 79°F.

There are two things you’ll almost always find on my kitchen counter at this time of year: ripe tomatoes and stale bread. The first is a blessing, of course; the second less so. But between them ...

Stale bread is also great for soups, stuffings, salads, and meatloaf. Bread boxes serve primarily to keep vermin out, and they do about as much to preserve the freshness of bread as a bag.

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S ave on food waste with our take on an Italian Panzanella Salad.A filling dish, you can serve up stale bread salad for lunch, a lighter dinner or as a side. You can even make the croutons and ...

Start by getting your oven warm and toasty. If it has a warming setting, use that. Otherwise, preheat it to 300ºF. While it’s warming, run the stale bread under water so the exterior is saturated.