I don’t follow a specific ingredient list or recipe, but this is something I throw together when I want to use up old bread.
There are times we don’t use all the buns or sliced bread in time and I will toss it in the freezer for later. Or when I check out the reduced bakery section they always have breads available and I put them in my freezer.
This is pretty much old bread, eggs, veggies, milk, spices, and if have on hand, cheese and cooked meat.
I came across some reduced eggs yesterday as they were to expire soon and it was missing 4 eggs.
So I made this with 8 eggs this time around.
I beat them and added milk. I don’t measure milk I just eyeball it, but I’d say about 2-3 Tbsp per egg.
7 slices of frozen bread, that I toasted in my toaster to dry it out.
Ingredients I needed to use up in my fridge;
spinach, 1/2 tomato, 1/4 of yellow pepper, some diced onions, the bottom of the bag shredded Tex mex cheese (about 1/4 cup left), and the last of a few slices of Turkey kielbasa. I diced all the ingredients up into small pieces.
Based on the ingredients and the Tex mex cheese, I decided for my spices I would use cumin and cayenne pepper, with salt and pepper to taste.
Preheat oven to 350 f
Tear up the toasted bread and put single layer in a baking dish.
Beat the spices into the egg then pour over the bread, make sure all the bread is submerged by stirring gently and not too long. Add the diced up fixings mix gently and coat with the egg. Top with cheese shreds.
Put into the preheated oven of 350 f and bake for 50 minutes to an hour, until top is browned and center springs back when touched.
Remove from heat and let cool about 10 minutes before serving.
by Green-Bus9960
20 Comments
It’s like a savory bread pudding!
This is pretty close to Joy of Cooking’s classic strata! It’s our family’s favourite breakfast.
This looks good! Idk what it is but it looks good! Is it eaten with gravy?
I love this–thanks for posting. My version of Clean Your Fridge is a slow cooker dish, but I’m looking forward to giving this a try.
Yum!
I have a recipe called “cheesy bread pudding” that’s very similar to this! It’s very versatile, too. You can use whatever cheese you want, whatever veggies or seasoning for different flavor profiles. I’ve made it meat free to serve vegetarian dinner guests. (That one had mushrooms, onions, and Swiss cheese.)
Looks heavenlyyy
This is genius. Imma try this one day. I normally turn off ends into soups but this is awesome
Hell yea dawg
This is so stupid smart, it’s like when people save up their veggie ends for soup stock but even easier. This looks like you could slice it up, freeze it, and then reheat it for breakfast with some salsa or just on its own! I bet this makes a yummy snack for kiddos too.
It makes me so happy to see you younger ones re-learning old ways.
I was brought up on “waste not, want not” and it has served me well over the years.
Not every meal has to be a celebratory feast. Not every meal has to contain horribly expensive meat.
Food not eaten at the meal it was prepared for is not “leftovers” in as much as the negative connotations that term has for a lot of people.
Rather, it’s a ready-cooked ingredient for another meal. Investing in (preferably reusable non-plastic) containers that you can pop into the fridge or freezer and notate with the contents and date will save you a fortune.
What does make me laugh is that people who absolutely refuse to touch leftovers quite happily pay through the nose to eat at a restaurant. They don’t consider that much of the food is not made fresh to order, but has been prepared and stored for days. Yet, if they’re given it at home they will freak out about leftovers lol.
Looks delicious, OP and you not only saved money but also minimised your food waste. Well done, except for now I’m hungry 😡🙂
What a great idea. I am going to try this next time I have leftover bread.
Best kind of dinner. Looks delicious. Enjoy!
Looks lovely – a great, simple, hearty breakfast with lots of protein. Yummy! 😋
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Thanks for sharing!! I hate wasting food and I love this as a means to use up bread!
Mmmmm…
That sounds delicious
Very creative!
I call this ‘musgo night’ bc everything mus’ go