left over bread  

Sometimes I'll just eat it, but if it's getting really old and stale, I cut it up and make croutons out of it.

We hardly have leftover bread, everytime we eat bread my dogs and cats were all besides us to have a taste of it to. They eat what we eat too.

Are you talking about freshly made bread or the bread that you buy in loafs from the store. Because if you leave the bread out for to long with out turning it into a sandwhich first or some croutons,or bird food. It will get all kinds of moldy and moldy bread is not good to anyone. Trust me it doesnt sit well in the stomach. Im allergic so I try not to get it that far. LOL But yeah I would suggest takin it down to the docks somewhere or the parks and feed the birds.

Will just make it a pudding :)

i usually turn them to garlic bread, great for pasta..or pot them in the oven and make crutons, i prefer wheat bread rather than white bread..wheat bread has low g.i. complex carbs. good for people keeping their body into shape..

Try this : Make small pieces of the bread. Heat some vegetable oil. Add a tea spoon of mustard and let it pop. Add 1 chopped chillie and a tea spoon of turmeric. Add the pieces of bread. Toss them for a minute or 2 (if you want it crisp you can toss it a while longer) and serve. Garnish with some coriander if you want.

I have many options as how to use the left over bread
The first will be since it is already dry as moisture is not same as in fresh bread so we can slightly roast and made the bread crumbs,These bread crumbs can be stored in the freezer until they are needed. and that can be used for is as a breading.
Breading means layer on the outside of food which is fried or sautéed. And it give nice texture and look to that food. The bread crumbs make a crispy, flavorful outer coating which also helps to prevent the inside of the food from getting greasy.

The second option is make some instant to make from bread, like it require Tomato, coriander leaves, green chillies, garlic, ginger, make the coarse ground paste of above mentioned ingredients like base will be tomato 2-3 medium in number, one cup coriander leaves, 2 chillies, 4-5 garlic cloves and small piece of ginger
cut the bread into pieces, slightly dip in salty water(little salt to be added in water) and bread piece dipped in that water

Take pan, add one tbs oil add this coarse grinded mixture cook for 4-5 minutes till oil comes out and mixture is cooked then add dry spices like red chilly power, turmeric,salt add one cup of water and then add soaked better pieces mix well and serve hot, i learnt this from one of my friend and its really tasty with flavor of garlic, coriander leaves and good amount of chillies.

third option
deep fry those bread pieces (cut into two pieces)
then make sugar syrup with semi thick consistency and dip those friend pieces in sugar syrup add cream and nuts on top of it and serve hot, its also good to eat and very tasty if some one enjoy sweet recipe but calorie content is very high in this recipe..