I would say it depends. I try to plan meals to use up what we have, but I just threw away two overripe bananas. I normally make banana bread, but the recipe calls for three (yeah, I know I can freeze them), but then reflected that when I bake banana bread, I give it away since dh doesn't like banana bread. Right now things are a little tight money wise so I'm not sure how frugal it is to bake bread to give away and use flour, yogurt, brown sugar and eggs.
Disneysteve, do you eat eggs and cheese? If so, one way you could use up bread and some of the vegetables is to make an egg casserole. You take the crusts off the bread, and soak them in the eggs. I use about 4-5 eggs for two of us and add milk if the bread seems to soak everything up too quickly, then use whatever leftover vegetables and cheese to mix in. Leave it in the fridge overnight and then bake covered at 400 for about 40 minutes and uncover for about 5.
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