10 interesting ideas on how to reuse old bread

Do you also like to come home hungry and tired, only to be sadly greeted in the kitchen by two pieces of stale bread? Do not throw them in the trash, but follow one of the ten tips that will help your household use old bread.

1. Refresh it

If the bread is just a little dry, sprinkle it with water and toast it in the oven. Fresh bread will not only be edible again, but also deliciously crunchy.

2. Use it in a recipe

Bake French toast, bruschetta, French onion soup, use it as a filling for chicken, make meatloaf and treat yourself to delicious breads or Tyrolean dumplings. If you like pizza, experiment and use dry bread as the base. The tomato sauce will pleasantly soften it and transform it into a real delicacy.

3. Freeze it

If you come across stale bread in the kitchen, but you are not hungry or do not have time to prepare a great meal, freeze the bread. When you defrost the bread again, it will be as good as new.

4. Prepare do-it-yourself crumbs

Spread the old bread on a tray lined with baking paper and bake on the lowest level in the oven at the lowest temperature until the pieces are completely dry and crispy. Grind the dried bread in a mixer and bake the resulting crumbs again for another hour or so. In suitable packaging, the crumbs will last as long as six months.

5. Make crispy croutons

Cut old pieces of bread into small cubes and coat with olive oil, herbs and other spices according to your own taste. Spread on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and bake in the oven at a low temperature. The cubes are ready when they get a beautiful golden-yellow color. Use them as a crunchy addition to soups and salads.

6. Thicken the soup

Add a piece of stale bread to the soup ingredients and grind everything well in a blender. The bread will add a great texture to the soup.

7. Help him

Cut the old pieces of bread into sticks and enjoy the resulting "do-it-yourself" grissini with delicious spreads and sauces.

8. Refresh the vegetables

A piece of old bread, stored in the drawer of the refrigerator, which is intended for storing vegetables, will help them stay fresh much longer than otherwise. Replace bread that successfully absorbs excess moisture every two days.

9. Feed the flowers

Crumbs made from old pieces of bread add moisture and necessary nutrients to the soil.

10. Pet your dog

Mix the crumbs with some flour, water and oil. Knead well, add flour as needed and roll. Use cookie cutters to cut out dog cookies from the resulting dough and place them on a tray that you have previously covered with baking paper. Bake at a moderate temperature at about 160 degrees. The cookies are ready when they turn golden.