Our Best Leftover Bread Recipes

Crispy bread makes this classic Italian soup all the more filling.

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This bread pudding not only uses leftover bread, it can also use leftover ice cream, melted into the pudding for a particularly luscious finish. 

French toast is a classic way to use stale bread, particularly if you happen to have a loaf of challah on hand. 

If you like bread pudding but sweet's not your thing, never fear. This recipe uses leftover bread but combines it with onion, Gruyere and Parmesan cheeses, and bacon. 

Strata is another time-honored way to turn leftover, stale bread into a delicious new dish that works particularly well at brunch. 

Stale bread means fresh breadcrumbs, an incredibly useful thing to have around. This Eggplant Parm lets them shine as a crisp bread topping. 

Use leftover bread as an elegant snack, appetizer, or light meal by turning it in crostini and topping it with onions and blue cheese.

Panzanella is a great way to make use of leftover bread and make a bright, refreshing summer salad out of it. 

If you happen to have leftover pita, pita chips with za'atar are the way to go.