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zero-waste bread update

7/22/2019

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I've shared before how we buy + store bread in a zero-waste way. We did it that way for years, + it worked well. The only issue we had was that when the humidity was high, the bread became difficult to break off of the frozen loaf in one piece. Another issue with this storage option could be that some might prefer to eat bread rather than toast...or to pack a sandwich for later.

So...here is the way we've been doing zero-waste bread for the last year + a bit. An unpackaged loaf of bread is sliced at the store + put into a cloth bag from home. (I made my bags with the dimensions of a bag from the store as a guide. I like the bag to be big enough to slide over the loaf, but small enough to hold the sliced loaf together.) At home, I put the bread (cloth bag + all) into a plastic bread bag that we use over + over (I would imagine that a nylon baggu bag would work just as well). I just twist the bag closed, and it will keep in the fridge for a week. If I have part of a loaf still in the fridge when I bring home a new loaf, I'll put the new one into the freezer. When someone uses up the last of the refrigerated bread, they move the frozen loaf into the fridge. 

If I was shopping for one or two people (instead of a family), I may split the loaf in half...storing half in the freezer + half in the fridge. This would keep the bread fresh + ready to eat as bread or toast. Hope all of that makes sense!  :)

Love,
Jane
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