Utilizing the Buns, You Have Left After A Meal
When you prepare a meal
for your family, you might want to enjoy a few rolls that you’ve purchased from
a local bakery. After the meal, you might have a few leftovers that you don’t
want to throw away but that you’re unsure what to do with. Here are a few ideas
to consider so that you can make other meals using the bread that you have left
or fresh bread that you get when you visit the bakery again.
If you enjoy salads and soups, then you can cut any type of kaiser buns into small squares to make croutons.
Drizzle a small amount of olive oil on the bread before you toast it for about
10 minutes. Once you take the bread out of the oven, let it cool before storing
it in an airtight container. You can make the croutons as big or as small as
you want depending on what you’re putting them in and the overall size that you
enjoy eating.
Buns are just the right size to make a po’boy or a sub sandwich. If you want to
make a classic sandwich with the buns, then use fried shrimp, hot sauce, and
slaw. For a special event or to satisfy the cravings of several people at one
time, use a few different types of meat and cheese along with multiple toppings
so that everyone can make their own sandwich.
A sweet dessert that you can make is a bread parfait. Soak small pieces of the
buns in melted chocolate. Create layers of any chocolate ingredient that you
want, such as pudding, syrup, or ice cream with the bread serving as one or two
layers as well. Top the parfait with whipped cream and sliced nuts or other
toppings that you enjoy. Bread pudding is another dessert that you can make
with an assortment of ingredients. Everything from cherries and chocolate to
oranges and chocolate can be used when making this dish. If you want a savory
flavor, then consider using eggs and cheese with the bread to make a breakfast
pudding.
Bread that’s cut into small pieces of that’s baked and then crushed into crumbs
can be used as a filler when you make meatballs, meatloaf, hamburgers, and
other meals with fresh meat. The bread will bind the ingredients together so that there is
structure while the dish is cooking instead of the meat falling apart because
there’s nothing to help soak up the fat from the meat.
There are quite a few reasons as to why you might want to have toast on hand
during the day. You can serve toast and butter in the morning, toast with
garlic and butter as a side for pasta dishes, or a slice of toast when someone
in your family is sick. Use leftover bread to make slices of toast that you can
then freeze. All you have to do is remove the bread from the freezer and heat
it for a few seconds, using as many slices as you want at one time.