Homemade Organic Panko-Style Breadcrumbs

Here’s What You’ll Need:

• 1 loaf Homemade Organic Old-Fashioned Whole Wheat Bread

Here’s How I do it:

1. Preheat the oven to 200° Fahrenheit.
2. Cut the bread into slices (or cubes, if necessary) to fit into your food processor or blender.
3. Pulse until the crumbs are formed; They should be very coarse.
4. Place the crumbs onto a baking sheet.
5. Bake the crumbs at 200° Fahrenheit for 8 minutes, or until dry, while stirring occasionally; Do NOT brown.
6. Store in a glass jar with tight fitting lid.
7. Enjoy!

Homemade Organic Four Cheese Supreme Pizza Strata

This is a way to kick a traditional strata up a notch and it’s wonderful to prepare when you don’t have the time to make traditional pizza dough and there’s leftover bread on hand.

Here’s What  You’ll Need:

• 6-8 slices Homemade Organic Old-Fashioned Whole Wheat Bread or Homemade Organic Old-Fashioned White Bread, torn into small pieces
• 1-2 Tbsp. home rendered schmaltz or tallow
• 1 cup diced organic yellow onion
• 1 cup diced organic green bell pepper
• 1 cup sliced organic cremini mushrooms
• 3-4 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1 tsp. Real Salt
• 2 cups shredded Homemade Organic Beef Roast
• 2 cups shredded Homemade Organic Chicken Roast
• 10 organic kalamata olives, sliced
• 1 cup Best Homemade Organic Pizza Sauce
• 1 cup shredded/chunked organic mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup grated organic Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
• 1/2 cup grated organic Pecorino Romano cheese
• 1/2 cup grated organic Asiago cheese
• 2 organic pasture eggs
• 1-1/2 cups Homemade Organic Beef Stock, Homemade Organic Chicken Stock or Homemade Organic Pork Stock
• 1 tsp. Real Salt
• 1/2 tsp. organic freshly grated organic peppercorn blend

Here’s How I do it:

1. Tear the bread into bite sized pieces; Put half of them into a 9×13″ casserole.
2. In a small saucepan, saute onion, green pepper, and mushrooms for 4-5 minutes with a sprinkle of salt; Add garlic and saute for an additional 2 minutes.
3. Spoon vegetables over the bread.
4. Layer the shredded chicken and beef on top of the vegetables.
5. Sprinkle sliced olives on top of the casserole.
6. Pour a layer of pizza sauce on top of the mixture.
7. Top with mozzarella cheese.
8. Mix the Parmigiano Reggiano, Pecorino Romano and Asiago cheeses in a small bowl; Sprinkle 1/2 of the mixture on top of the casserole.
9. Arrange the remaining bread cubes on top of the cheese; Top with the other 1/2 of grated cheeses.
10. In a medium mixing bowl, mix together eggs, stock, Real Salt and pepper; Pour on top of layered strata.
11. Cover; Chill for 3-24  hours.
12. Bake, uncovered, for 40-50 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
13. Let stand for 10 minutes.
14. Makes 8 servings.
15. Enjoy!

Homemade Organic Soft Bread Crumbs

Here’s What You’ll Need:

• several slices Homemade Organic Old-Fashioned Basic White Bread Loaves; OR Homemade Organic Old-Fashioned Whole Wheat Bread Loaves

Here’s How I do it:

1. Remove the crust from the bread; Reserve for making Homemade Organic Fine Breadcrumbs, or Homemade Organic Herbed Breadcrumbs.
2. Tear the bread into 1″ pieces.
3. Place the torn bread into a food processor or blender and cover; Pulse until the pieces are broken into crumbs.  (Alternatively one may do this by hand)
4. If there are any leftover, place in a Mason jar with tight fitting lid and freeze.
5. Enjoy!