Bread pudding and bread salads were never really my thing--I mean, why in the world would you chop up bread to put into another dish when you could just enjoy it toasted with a little butter and blueberry jam?
Well, panzanella (bread salad) comes in really handy when a) you have stale bread on hand, and 2) it's 90+ degrees out. The only cooking it requires is your toaster oven, to toast the bread.