Croutons: Croutons from the store are good, but homemade croutons are great. The truly top-notch ones are made with slightly stale bread. While any type of bread white, whole-wheat, levain should work, a rustic
Breadcrumbs: Fresh or dry, coarse or fine, breadcrumbs come in handy for so many things and breadcrumbs couldn't be easier to make.
Polonaise Sauce: This sauce adds a look of elegance, a buttery crunch, eggy richness, and brightness (both from the lemon and herbs) to any dish it s added to.
Milk Toast: This quick and cozy breakfast is exactly what it sounds like: toasted pieces of stale bread and warm milk served in a bowl to be enjoyed like cereal.
Double Chocolate Croissant French Toast Casserole: Have a clamshell of stale croissants you want to repurpose? Soak them in chocolate milk custard and shower them with chocolate chips for the most decadent breakfast casserole.
Pain Perdu: Roughly translated, pain perdu means lost bread (lost, meaning day-old or stale bread that may have been thrown away). Slightly stale bread is the perfect vehicle to absorb the creamy and sweet egg custard.
Bombay Toast: If you want to take French toast in a savory direction, Bombay toast is the answer. Each slice of stale bread is reinvigorated in a spicy egg mixture with turmeric, cumin, coriander, cilantro, chiles, and onions
Baked Croque-Monsieur Casserole: If you love casseroles and cheesy sandwiches, and you just so happen to have leftover bread, here's a recipe idea with your name on it.