Tuesday’s Tips and Tricks: Make Your Own Breadcrumbs

I have decided to start a monthly “Best Tips” post  where I will highlight several of my favorite reader tips.  Every entry is eligible!

 

What do you do with the heels of a loaf of bread?  I’m sure it’s more a mental block than anything, but I don’t like them.  I used to just throw them away.  Now I use them to make breadcrumbs.

We have a personal-sized blender that we got for making smoothies, and it does a great job of making breadcrumbs.  I just tear up the piece of bread, toss it in, and blend away (I’m sure a regular blender would work fine, too).   I keep my breadcrumbs in a jar in the freezer, ready when I need them.

 

 

This is a good solution for me, because it’s free and healthful.  Most store-bought breadcrumbs are white bread and contain lots of unnecessary ingredients like partially hydrogenated oils.  I buy whole wheat bread with the fewest questionable ingredients possible, so I know what’s in the breadcrumbs too.  It’s a little thing, but so easy, so why not?

Your turn to link up!  The post can be old or new (just please add my link if it’s an old one).

• share a tip that makes your life easier
• you must link back to me in your post
• link to your specific party post, and not your general home page
• please be polite and visit several other participants and leave a nice comment
• I will delete entries that don’t link back to me or do not fit the party theme

 

Just discovered that The Stories of A2Z also has a Tuesday party!