using leftover bread

[cellio]

Ok, foodies, help me out here. :-)

I have most of a loaf of not-very-good challah left over. (Not my usual brand.) I often turn stray ends of challah into bread crumbs, but I've got plenty right now. I could make french toast or grilled cheese sandwiches, but that won't use most of it before it turns green and fuzzy.

I understand that "bread pudding" is a common answer to this dilemma. I can certainly hunt up recipes, but if any of you have particular favorites, that'd be better than choosing randomly among plausible-sounding Google results. :-) And if you've got other suggestions for using leftover bread that doesn't rate just being bread, I'd love to hear 'em. (I'm not planning to cook any whole birds in the next couple weeks.)

Comments

[magid.livejournal.com]

People have already described how to make bread pudding. One other suggestion is to make a savory bread pudding, with things like caramelized onions, chives, sauteed spinach, etc, with some cheese (cheddar, swiss, whatever seems to go with the veggies you choose).

And croutons are particularly nice if you make them garlicky.

[cellio]

Ooh, that sounds yummy! Thanks; I hadn't thought of savory and I often prefer savory to sweet flavors.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Another thought: if you're going to make bird (chicken or turkey) in pieces, you can put stuff underneath and cook it, and it'll turn out related to stuffing. In this case, I'd think onions, mushrooms, bits of bread, perhaps sage, and so on. Sometimes I'll do more random things like onion, bread, peaches, and hot pepper, or onion, bread, cranberries, and mango. And so on.