Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Pantry Staples - Bread Crumbs

I absolutley love when I can get something for free that I use constantly.  My daughter asks me sometimes what I do for my job, I tell her "Mommy makes something out of nothing" - she loves this (and secretly so do I) One thing I use a ton of are bread crumbs, sometimes a lot sometimes a little and I always seem to run out just when I need them because it's something I assume I have a lot of in the cabinet but come to find out in my mid cooking Tyler Florence zone that I have run out. (anyone else ever do that??) Uggghh, instant bad mood...enter wine. ok much better.  Anyways - bread crumbs are one of those items so I started making my own and keeping them in the freezer - yep the freezer.  That way I don't have to toast them or anything, they stay fresh. 
What I do is when the end of the bread loaf is down to the heels (which my family doesn't eat the heels? not sure why...) but I just toss those suckers in the food processor, process til crumbs and done!


You can add italian seasonings if you like the seasoned crumbs.  I just add to an airtight container and place in the freezer.  Lov-ing!!
I will say when you need to use them take them out and let defrost for 5 minutes or so, otherwise they will be in a big clump.  But this method is great for a couple reasons; I can add to the container whenever I have extra bread thats getting to that almost to rough/ stale to eat phase, I can use hamburger buns, bread, hot dog buns - whatever you have, and the best part - totally free since it's something I already have on hand.  Beautiful.

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