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How to save stale bread from going beyond the pale

<p dir="ltr">A Sydney teacher has shared her “hack” for saving and restoring life to bread that has gone stale. This six-minute trick has been labelled “genius” and praised for preventing unnecessary food waste.</p> <p dir="ltr">Katie Lolas, mother-of-one, has amassed a social media following for sharing healthy food tips and her meal prep skills and more recently, has been sharing a series of handy “hacks” she uses around the kitchen. </p> <p dir="ltr">The 35-year-old just dropped a video detailing how you can bring your dry, stale bread back to life and it has been hailed a “game-changer”.</p> <p dir="ltr">Katie explained that all you need is some water, a warm oven and six minutes on the clock.</p> <p dir="ltr">She explains that all you need to do is pop the old bread under running water until it’s wet, and then pop it into the oven at 160°C for six minutes.</p> <p dir="ltr">Katie’s 163,000 followers were very impressed with the age-old tip, with some stating they had tried it before while others explained it was their first time hearing of it. </p> <p dir="ltr">This trick can be used on any styles of bread, whether it be a loaf or some leftover dinner rolls. So if you’re sick of your bread supplies running out too quickly, give it a try and let us know if it works! </p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: TikTok</em></p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-d07b52e4-7fff-41dd-9671-cf169390f420"></span></p>

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Why you should never refrigerate your bread

<p>What do you with leftover bread? Do you wrap it in plastic and keep it in the fridge? Well, despite everything you’ve been told, if you want to keep your bread fresher for longer that’s not the way to do it.</p><p>Food website Serious Eats broke down the science behind why, explaining that as the bread cools after being baked, its starches will regroup back to the original, crystallised state that causes bread to harden and grow stale. Putting the bread in the fridge actually accelerates the process and the bread becomes stale much faster.</p><p>So what should we be doing with our bread?</p><p>Freeze it! Freezing slows down the recrystallisation process of bread so wrap it in an airtight bag or container, store bread in the freezer and let it thaw completely before eating it.</p><p>Or you can buy unsliced bread, as a bread’s shelf life is reduce once it’s cut. Cut off what you want to eat and if you’re going to be eating the bread in the next few days, place the loaf cut-side down against the table.</p><p><strong>Related links:&nbsp;</strong></p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="/health/wellbeing/2015/01/ways-to-avoid-food-temptations/" target="_self">4 easy ways to avoid food temptations</a></em></strong></span></p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="/health/wellbeing/2014/11/7-signs-your-house-could-be-adding-to-your-waistline/" target="_self">7 signs your house could be adding to your waistline</a></em></strong></span></p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="/health/wellbeing/2014/11/australians-eat-too-much-salt/" target="_self">Australians eat too much salt</a></em></strong></span></p>

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