NEW RECIPE: How do I describe these beautiful croutons? Let me just say that we now have to negotiate our croutons before dinner. HE wants to make sure I don’t get more than he does. And I need to make sure he doesn’t steal any before I toss the salad. They are that good! I will never make croutons the old way, where they are toasted through and sometimes too crunchy. These babies are crispy and toasted on the outside and still soft on the inside, basically they’re mini chunks of crusty bread.
I use my own no knead bread recipe and here’s how I do it: Once the bread has cooled, I slice and then cut the entire loaf into big cubes. I place them in a freezer bag and into the freezer. An hour before dinner, I take out some cubes (always an even number to keep everyone honest!) and let them thaw a bit or thaw them in the warming toaster oven for 5 minutes. Then into a plastic bag with the oil, salt & pepper, and then into the oven to bake. After about 15 minutes, when they’re gold and crispy, I remove and transfer them to a plate to cool down – and divide!
When we sit down to eat, his croutons are on one side of the plate and mine are on the other. We do another count and once our numbers match up, we are both free to eat. This may seem exaggerated, but this is exactly how we eat these croutons with our salads – honest and fair, kind of how life should be, don’t you think? Life lessons through croutons… 😍
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