Subtitle: What To Do With All Of The Crusts Your Kids Won’t Eat in the Weeks Months to Come
I like to eat my crusts. Maybe that’s why I hate it when they come back home to me, like some kind of crazy shape-shifting boomerang. I send a sandwich to school – BAM – it comes back as a mangled and sad version of its former self.
HELLO CRUSTS, I DO NOT LIKE SEEING YOU HERE.
It shows a lack of respect for me, Master Lunchmaker, as well as for starving children around the world. If it bothers you, and you are tired of nagging your kids about their crusts, you should know that it’s OK to give in. Just do it. Make your crusthatin’ kid happy and cut the geedee crusts off their sandwich with a very sharp knife before packing it in their lunchbag. Be careful not to get too much mayo/jam/ham/whatever along with the bread, because THEN you can:
1. Stockpile them in the fridge and create the basis of your emergency food supply. If you’re lucky, the power goes off and you can make your kids eat a whole plateful of crusts because THEY WILL HAVE NO CHOICE.
Just kidding.
1. Stockpile them in the fridge, and when you collect enough of them, whirl them around in your food processor and make breadcrumbs. Use them wherever breadcrumbs are called for in recipes i.e. in casseroles, burgers, fish cakes etc. Keep unused breadcrumbs in the freezer.
2. Add seasoning to your plain DIY breadcrumbs and use them instead of your regular Shake n’Sodium, er, I mean, Shake n’Bake.
3. Cut up crusts into cubes and use for the turkey stuffing.
4. Cut up into cubes and toss with a little drizzle of olive oil. Add garlic and dried herbs to taste. Lightly brown in a skillet or in the oven. Voila! Croutons! Add them to soups and salads. (This is especially good with leftover baguettes. Doubly-so with Art-is-in garlic bread.)
Isn’t it great? You CAN get kids to eat their crusts after all! Heh.
