Oh Crumbs!

I ought to do at least something other than writing and erratic napping, but not much is happening. The latest thing I ought to have done is make Carrot and Butter Bean Burgers from the Tesco Recipe site. The important thing about those burgers is that they use breadcrumbs. I need to use breadcrumbs. 

As you may know, I can't have gluten. It comes out in my skin and I'm going to skip the details because it's pretty gruesome. However, I've been cut off from 'normal' bread and I miss it bitterly. Most gluten free bread isn't good. I swear that the packaging in some brands is tastier than the alleged 'bread.' There are some nicer gluten free breads, but they are expensive. I don't indulge often. However there was an amazing deal at one point and I picked up a loaf of Promise Multigrain bread for something approaching a vaguely reasonable price. DH had a slice, as he felt like a piece of toast at the time and we didn't have any real bread in. I was a little worried as DH loves his bread and can be particular. I was right to worry, but not for the reasons I expected. DH loves the bread. I took a pic of a slice this evening.

I had it instead of pasta with my sort of stir fry thing of quorn chunks, green pepper, red pepper, onion, mushroom, peas and sweet and sour sauce. 

You see, at 7pm sharp, DH likes to have supper, and he prefers a couple of slices of toasted Promise Multigrain loaf with marmalade. The trouble with this loaf, though, is that the packaging is dreadful. It splits wildly when you open it up no matter what you do, the slices inside fall apart, and without careful management, it gets stale quickly. I'm desperate to use the stuff up, and I was scouting around for recipes with breadcrumbs. This recipe looked perfect. I've been meaning to make it all week, but... I don't like tinned carrots, which are a vital ingredient of the burger. I can substitute with cooked carrots, but they're not exactly my favourite either. I like carrots roasted with cumin and turmeric and last time I tried that, I nearly set the microwave on fire. 

So any suggestions for using up extremely expensive, dense, non-sweet stale bread that aren't too calorie heavy? And that are easy for someone to make who's mind is mainly elsewhere, because I'm still neck deep in writing stuff. All ideas gratefully recieved.

Writing stuff - Reminder - Kane will be disappearing from my writing blog at the end of tomorrow, hopefully to reappear as a book in the near future. I've written a post about ARC readers, or readers to review, on my writing blog here. The reason for that is a post on this blog, here, with the details near the bottom. 

Hugs and good health to all.