{"id":13700,"date":"2011-06-23T07:56:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T11:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=13700"},"modified":"2011-06-23T07:56:24","modified_gmt":"2011-06-23T11:56:24","slug":"homemade-bread-crumbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2011\/06\/homemade-bread-crumbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Bread Crumbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bread_for_breadcrumbs.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13701\" title=\"Bread ready to become breadcrumbs\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bread_for_breadcrumbs-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bread_for_breadcrumbs-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bread_for_breadcrumbs-449x300.jpg 449w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bread_for_breadcrumbs.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Most of us are accustomed to seeing that canister of &#8220;Italian Style&#8221; breadcrumbs in the grocery store.\u00a0 Most of us have probably even purchased it a time or two.<\/p>\n<p>Or several times.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m as guilty as the next person, I used to have them on hand all the time.\u00a0 Then a light bulb went off and I realized I could make my own at home with the bread that I liked.<\/p>\n<p>Making breadcrumbs couldn&#8217;t be easier, you only need two things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bread<\/li>\n<li>Food Processor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!\u00a0 I like to use the end pieces of bread to make bread crumbs but you can use whatever you like.\u00a0 After I slice up bread that I brought home, I usually put the end pieces in their own bag.\u00a0 Unless I eat one right away!\u00a0 I take the bag of end pieces and tuck them in the freezer until I&#8217;m ready or until I gather enough to make bread crumbs.<\/p>\n<p>When the time comes, I pull the bread out and let them sit out in the kitchen for about a day so they get nice and stale.\u00a0 Then I plop them in the food processor and pulse until I get the desired consistency for my bread crumbs.\u00a0 I like them small and fine, so I pulse quite a few times.<\/p>\n<p>You have the option of seasoning the breadcrumbs at that point or waiting until you use them and season them to accent the dish you are using them for.\u00a0 Dried herbs like oregano and basil with some garlic powder will get you the &#8220;Italian Style&#8221; breadcrumbs that you see at the market.<\/p>\n<p>When you make breadcrumbs at home you are in the driver&#8217;s seat and have control of the situation.\u00a0 You know what bread was used and what it was made of. If you bought local, you know where it was made as well! Plus you know when exactly those breadcrumbs were made and you know exactly what&#8217;s in them.<\/p>\n<p>This can provide great peace of mind when you are trying hard to provide healthy meals to your family and friends.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/fried_tomatoes2.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13702\" title=\"Unfried green tomatoes \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/fried_tomatoes2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/fried_tomatoes2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/fried_tomatoes2.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Then you can use your breadcrumbs to make fabulous dishes like &#8220;unfried green tomatoes&#8221;.\u00a0 Recipe for those tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of us are accustomed to seeing that canister of &#8220;Italian Style&#8221; breadcrumbs in the grocery store.\u00a0 Most of us have probably even purchased it a time or two. Or several times. I&#8217;m as guilty as the next person, I used to have them on hand all the time.\u00a0 Then a light bulb went off [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[39,11],"tags":[20],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-3yY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}