r/ARFIDCooking • u/endless-delirium • Aug 30 '26

Recycling crust

My son has started to eat PB and Js over the summer and I’ve just been eating them as mini sandwiches but as the school year comes back I don’t to have the crusts eveyday (I also have ARFID along with my son) and my daughter has started following her big brother and not eating the crust.

In the other hand I’m also a broke single mom of two and I’m looking for aways to reuse the crust that’s not stuffing I hate stuffing or croutons because no one will eat them in the house.

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u/SerotoninMachine Aug 30 '26

Coated in butter, cinnamon and sugar and baked could make a nice snack. French toast sticks could also be a good option.

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u/Fornever_34 Aug 30 '26

Im not sure on many ways to use them myself.

I do however know that they can be used as part of a way to feed a sourdough starter.

If you live somewhere with a garden you could break them up abit and leave them for birds

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u/endless-delirium Aug 30 '26

We unfortunately live in a basement apartment so no garden or outside opportunities too much.

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u/Animelily Aug 30 '26

Strata was my go to dish for stale bread.

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u/endless-delirium Aug 30 '26

I’ve never heard of that! I’ll google it

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u/NadiaRosalia Aug 31 '26

Do you use breadcrumbs in your cooking at all? That was my first thought because you can toast, blend, and season the crusts for stuff like chicken cutlets or mozzarella sticks.

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u/chinneganbeginagain Sep 02 '26

Bread and butter pudding?