{"id":25321,"date":"2023-01-01T13:02:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T18:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=25321"},"modified":"2023-01-01T13:14:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T18:14:08","slug":"bread-casserole-with-veggies-cheese-and-walnuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=25321","title":{"rendered":"Bread casserole with veggies, cheese, and walnuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1514\" src=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/B-bread-casserole-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/B-bread-casserole-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/B-bread-casserole-1-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/B-bread-casserole-1-768x727.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/B-bread-casserole-1-1536x1453.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bread casserole doesn&#8217;t sound very nutritious or low-ish carb. But it can be.<\/p>\n<p>I used a food processor to coarsely chop the bread. Then, also in the food processor, I minced onion, parsley, spinach, celery, and an apple. The cheese, grated, is part cheddar and part Gruy\u00e8re. The walnuts are partly pieces and partly halves. I did not add any liquid, though I wish I had used two or more apples instead of one. I moistened it with olive oil. It&#8217;s seasoned with sage and rosemary. The darker and heavier the bread the better. This was my barley-whole wheat bread, which was two days old.<\/p>\n<p>It occurred to me that I could make a very good dessert-style bread pudding with minced apples and the same kind of bread, seasoned with cinnamon. I&#8217;ll do that next time I have two-day-old barley bread.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1416\" src=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/B-bread-casserole-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/B-bread-casserole-2.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/B-bread-casserole-2-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/B-bread-casserole-2-768x680.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/B-bread-casserole-2-1536x1359.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><br \/>\n<center><em>I grind hulled barley and wheat berries to make my own flour for this bread. It&#8217;s half barley, half wheat, plus water, salt, and yeast. I make this bread fairly often because the guilt factor is low. I&#8217;m always amazed at what a tasty grain barley is. For flour, I use hulled barley as opposed to pearl barley.<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bread casserole doesn&#8217;t sound very nutritious or low-ish carb. But it can be. I used a food processor to coarsely chop the bread. Then, also in the food processor, I minced onion, parsley, spinach, celery, and an apple. The cheese, grated, is part cheddar and part Gruy\u00e8re. 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