Shopping Tricks, Taming the Chaos
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I have to admit guilt of making far too many trips to the store. Milk is a hot commodity in this house, and I always forget something on the list. One product I use often, buy the least, yet never run out of – is bread. We go through the stuff like you wouldn’t believe, yet I have mastered a trick to always have the good stuff on hand, with less trips to the store.
I freeze it.
I know, not a huge and gigantic secret-trick, but in conversations with other Moms, I learned it’s not something commonly done.
Once or twice a month for the last few years I go to our local bread basket, and purchase day-old bread for one amazing price {10 loaves for $12}, and freeze it. Most of the rebuttals I hear from other people involve bread going freezer-burnt, which can happen. Yet not if you buy the right bread, as only some will last weeks of freezing, unscathed.
Though sometimes I opt for Dempsters Stay Fresh, I have a huge preference for Villaggio Italian Style. It’s my top choice for making everything from sandwiches to garlic toast. I love the thickness without being ‘so thick’ that the kids can’t get their mouths around a sandwich made from it.
Villaggio {like Dempsters Stay Fresh} freezes the best, which I’ve learned through trial and error. I can take a loaf out of the freezer and once thawed, anyone could think they were made that morning. Seriously.
To show you, here’s a photo of Villaggio taken out of the freezer after 3 weeks. Next to another brand, which is crumbling and the crusts are falling off from being frozen – prime example!
For taste, versatility to be used in whatever ‘bread’ meal I’m making, and for taming the chaos with my ‘little household trick’, here’s to Villaggio.
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Disclosure: I received product to facilitate this review, all opinions are my own.
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I also love the villagio bread – makes the best french toast
French toast is the best
BEST BREAD EVER
i too love villagio italian breads a lot. love to get their FPC’s
grilled cheese sandwich’s with tomato soup
favourite bread meal : grilled cheese ! mmmmm
My favorite meal to make with bread is hot turkey sandwich’s !! With an awesome day for Turkey coming up. Bread is going to come in handy 🙂
Just picked up some today! We have always have a loaf or two in our freezers 🙂
Grilled Cheese or French Toast
I love making egg in the hat…..
cut a circle out of the bread and pop it into the frying pan, once the bread has crisped up, flip it over and crack an egg into the center. I like my yolk runny, so I don’t cook it too long. Once the white has set and the bread has crisped up on the other side, just slide it onto a plate and enjoy! Don’t forget to toast the cut out piece as well, so you can put a “top hat” on your egg!
I too use to opt for Dempsters even WonderBread! I now have switched to Villaggio bread. And have always bought Villaggio for my hamburger & sausage buns. I love Villaggio bread when making french toast, it holds up quite well.
love grill cheese, with pepperoni & pizza sauce!
Favorite meal to make with bread is homemade baked beans.
I like to make french toast for my family. We don’t usually have it for breakfast, but instead for dinner.
i love any kind of sandwich on soft villaggio bread!
spegetti
french toast ymmm
Grilled ham and cheese! yummy
Grilled Cheese
villagio is our favourite for sandwiches – super soft and traditional –
toad in the hole!
French toast for breakfast!
I love all sandwiches – cheese, egg, salmon, turkey
My favorite meal is ham and cheese sandwiches with hot peppers, mayo and mustard.
One of our favorite bread meals are Denver sandwiches.
We love french toast best too!
Grilled cheese and bacon!
Perfect for toast in the morning before heading to work. Fills you up!
Eggs In A Basket
My favorite meal to make with bread is bread pudding for breakfast.
My favourite meal would be a grilled cheese sandwich!
grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup..hmmm!!!
My favorite meal to make with bread is Toasted ham and cheese sandwiches.
I love making french toast
I love, love bread pudding.
I would love to win .I buy Villagio bread all the time.
Grilled cheese made with cheddar cheese and onions – crazy good!
Basically, my favourite meal is just bread. Sometimes, I turn into a chef and cook it.(Toast) My kids make some pretty delicious french toast and my husband grills a mean grilled cheese sandwich…but I’m completely satisfied with just bread.
Grilled cheese sandwich with pickles and ham!
my famous grilled cheese of course! 🙂
Sloppy joes
grilled cheese happens most often, but I love french toast!
I love Villaggio most at breakfast, french toast and regular toast 🙂
Grilled cheese!
Grilled cheese and raw onion sandwiches done in a frying pan
I freeze bread, and I agree, Villagio is the BEST bread to freeze!!
tuna melts are amazing on this bread!!
A turkey sandwich makes a great quick meal.
grilled cheese! for lunch
Only bread my 4 boys will eat!
Best bread every.. perfect for peanut butter toast and french toast. love it.
Hands down, cinnamon french toast! My kids can’t get enough of it!
I love the Villaggio Italian Style whole wheat bread. A healthy option for my kids’ sandwiches for school.
Avocado grilled cheese yum yum!
bacon sandwiches
French Toast & Grilled Cheese Sandwiches!!
Villagio bread is my most favourite bread on the planet. I cannot even begin to tell you how much I love this bread
grilled cheese
i love ALL your products ! your bread i fresh and is great for those special sandwiches
I love Villagio bread it makes awesome sandwiches
I love to make French Toast with my Villaggio Bread…Yummy !!!
french bread! my favorite!
Garlic toast
My fiance and I love Villaggio…love grilled cheese sandwiches with bacon…yummy
The best tasting Italian bread I have ever eaten could eat it all day with all kinds of different toppings and styles
We love your bread!! It has a special taste that no other has! Thanks for the great contest!! Bread coupons are the best!
definitely french toast!
We love it for french toast too
The only bread my family eats yummy
Villagio bread is always so fresh! I love making toasted tomato sandwiches with it, and it’s the only bread my son will eat for his school lunches!
I love villagio! Makes great garlic bread. Mmmmm
This bread is so nice and fluffy, I love it to make french toast, or even just toast it with margarine and peanut butter nice and melted!
French toast or a toast grilled cheese sandwich, yummy!
Yummmyyy!!!!!!!
loves it for my sons sandwiches for work everyday love this bread
grilled cheese or lettuce, cheese and tomato sandwiches…,mmmm
Birds Nests – Egg fried right in the middle of a slice of white bread! Nom, non!
Grilled Cheese and pepperoni.
Cheesy Garlic Toast!
French Toast or Hot Turkey sandwiches
loove grilled cheese with villagio bread
Hot Hamburger Steak!! Yummmm!
My kids love dippy eggs. I would make some toast with butter so that they can dip their little hearts out.
TY very much for this info as I did not realize all bread does not freeze/thaw in the same manner.
garlic bread,toasted cheese sandwiches, toast and coffee, any kind of sandwich
French toast, YUM
We love the softness of villagio bread even a day or two after starting a loaf 🙂
i love villagio bread.. yummy
This bread with my french toast recipe makes the perfect piece of french toast! Love this bread!
Grilled Cheese 🙂
This bread is a house hold favorite
Great with Baked Beans, melts in your mouth:-)
Love Villagio bread — I just started eating it 1-2 months ago, and really like it.
My favorite meal to make with bread has to be a toasted BLT sandwich. Lots of bacon, lettuce tomatoes, cheese and mayo with a pickle on the side and a handful of chips.
Egg salad sandwiches for linch
Toasted Western
French Toast with Strawberries
Stuffing!
We tried this bread last week and loved it. It is now our favorite.
BLTs of course!
French Toast 🙂
French toast!
Grilled cheese!! Especially when you throw some caramelized onions, thick cut bacon, and specialty cheese in there! Mmmm
Villaggio bread is the best!! I love to make my special breakfast for Sunday mornings. I won’t go to much into details but it is a yummy casserole night dish you make before and it has 2 layers of bread and eggs, ham and cheeses. MMMM I am getting hungry thinking of it!
I love to make jalapeno grilled cheese!
I would definitely say that Villaggio makes the best french toast!
grilled cheese
ditaliano makes the best french toast by far!
This bread is fantastic as Cinnamon apple french toast….
Yummy !!
My favorite meal with bread is french toast!
grilled cheese sandwiches!
Definately french toast, for breakfast lunch or supper!
My favourite kind of store bought bread:)
I love using Villagio Bread to make grilled cheese sandwiches!
I love makng Grilled Cheeeses with the bread!
BREAD!!
Love this bread!! The coupons would come in handy too!!!
mine is a dessert – apple brown betty
ohhh i would make so much not only is it tasty its fun to say i think we would start with some french toast then maybe a grill cheese sammy then end the nite with a monty crisco yummmy my mouth is watering
My favourite thing to make with Villaggio bread is what I call my “cheesy bread”. Just take some yummy Villaggio bread, spread some butter on it, grate some cheese and sprinkle it on top of the buttered bread and bake it in the oven on the top rack until the cheese melts and bubbles. Take out,let cool and enjoy!
I especially like to buy Villaggio Italian Style ~ THICK~Slice Whole Wheat Bread in the 510g size ~ great with garlic spread smothered on top & pop into the oven to serve warm with home~made Lasagna for a delish family dinner!!! Yummeeeeeeee!!!
french toast 🙂
I love making turkey sandwiches with gravy on top
Paninis!!Of any kind with lotsa melty cheese and sauce 🙂 yuuum
Boring, but somehow it never gets old: grilled cheese sammiches!
Grilled sandwich with tomatoes , bell peppers n cheese…..yumyum
I love making club sandwiches with Villaggio bread
Yummy! Looking forward to leftover turkey sandwiches
I Love Villaggio Bread and Buns they are amazing for all sandwiches MMMMMM!!!
I love making a BLT sandwich!!
Sandwiches is my fav way.
I love Villagio!!! But especially making grilled cheese sandwiches with Villagio whole wheat bread and Kraft cheese slices … so perfect together :”)
French Toast
I love sandwiches and now that I have a panini grill….yummm!
french toast, grilled cheese, ham&cheese melt, we use your bread for just about every meal (even with hamburger helper, and cabbage rolls etc 🙂
Villaggio bread is excellent for sandwiches of any kind, but a clubhouse sandwich is a household favourite here.
I love Villaggio bread with my home-made stew, and it also makes great garlic bread. 🙂 It’s my grand-daughter’s favourite.
i love french toast
Favourite meal to make with bread is stuffed pork tenderloin with mash potatoes and veggies.
Sandwiches
Hot turkey sandwiches the day after we have a big turkey dinner
I love making grilled cheese sandwiches and bread pudding. Both are delicious!!
Toasted Turkey Sandwich…mmmmm…leftovers
love french toast
My favourite meal with bread….a classic Clubhouse sandwich.
Cheers.
Grilled Cheese!
Hot turkey sandwiches and Tomato and mayo on toasted bread YUM
Hot Turkey Sandwiches with bread and gravy! 🙂
Favorites meals made with bread are french toast, grilled cheese and tuna melts. We eat all of these regularly. Quick, easy and great for those days when you forgot to take something out of the freezer for dinner. I freeze our bread as well so we always have some on hand, and if we don’t have any thawed, it’s ok cause it doesn’t take long, or I put it in the toast for a couple seconds (just enough to thaw it but not really toast it).
I love making bread pudding!!!
Pizza bread!! and bruchetta!!!!!
BLT Sandwiches
I use Villagio all the time, even in my turkey stuffing! Merry Christmas!
Grilled cheese
Soup and Grill cheese. Easy and comforting on a cold day.
I love making sandwiches!! I’m like Joey from “Friends” 🙂
toasted tomato sandwiches with bacon and real swiss cheese slice mayo
I freeze bread (muffins, rolls, etc) especially when I get it on BOGO sale. Otherwise it might go bad.
My kids love French toast with strawberries & whipped cream, it is a special Friday night supper once in a while.
Grilled cheese or french toast for sure!
Yummiest bread ever! Good luck everyone! 🙂
French toast 🙂
Hot hamburger sandwiches
thanks
I love making fresh sandwiches with leftovers
Great write up on bread and milk! Thanx!!
The best bread ever!!…Merry Christmas
Lunch 🙂
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches… but awesome-er. I like to use swiss cheese and turkey… or roast beef and mozzarella.
stuffing!
Bread doesn’t last long in my house either!
mine either, never had a loaf of Villaggio go bad
a meatloaf sandwhich 🙂
Sandwiches, french toast all good but I love eating stew and dipping my Villaggio into it
I like the hamburger buns, such a better option than those cardboard, tasteless bun alternatives. Also Bread Pudding one of my fav desserts – so easy to make.
Ham and cheese
Best meal is grilled cheese or peanut butter sammies!
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Anytime all time favorite, simply toasted this nice crunchy thick slice and spread on with cream of honey..wooow I Love it so much and good for my health besides yummy delicious !! This is my lunch and kids snack so as mid night craving for something light !! Fresh slice with butter on any hot soup especially in winter, so fulfilling keeping you content and warm the whole family..ummmmm !!! Villaggio is my family all time any meal favorite..Love it !!
Grilled cheese all the way!
Since I started couponning, I have to admit I’ve been buying mostly Villaggio and if you asked me my preference (sans coupons) I would buy Villaggio. Yum!
Sandwiches are beautiful. sandwiches are fine. I like sandwiches, I eat them all the time!
Cheese, onion, and bread soufflé.
French Toast forsure love your bread nice and thick works great
lettuce, tomato, cheese and turkey sandwich with some mayo
French toast
Another favourite of ours.
French toast 🙂
great tips, thank you
My favorite meal to make bread with is a blt sanddwich. I used to be addicted!
We make something we called Mini- Pizza’s with bread in the toaster oven.
French toast with cinnamon and iscng sugar.
favorite toast
Grilled cheese is a biggie in our house 🙂
Toast with butter and jam
I like to make grilled cheese sandwiches.
I love french toast
Open faced turkey and gravy sandwiches.
Hot Chicken Sandwiches
My favorite meal to make with Villaggio bread is grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup. Villaggio bread combined with cheddar cheese makes the perfect meal that my whole family (ages 18 months – 37 years) loves 🙂
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