The number 1 complaint that everyone seems to have with breadmachine or homemade bread is it goes stale too fast. Here's my tips on the issue.
Prevention - Only make what you can feasibly use within a day or two. A breadmachine makes this easy since you can make different sized loaves. Take advantage of the delay feature instead of making several loaves one day to last the week. If you really have to make several loaves in one day let them then wrap good and freeze.
Uses for stale bread - Breadcrumbs, croutons, and stuffing are my main uses. Hot open faced sandwiches will use up both slightly stale bread as well as left over meat & gravy.
