salad croutons
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I never buy croutons for my salads, I make my own. I used to make them when I worked at the school for the ala carte line for the salads we sold. The teachers thought they were getting gourmet croutons, here it was left over bread that was going stale that I doctored up
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Ingredients For salad croutons
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stale bread
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olive oil or salad oil
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favorite dried herbs
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garlic powder, mrs. dash
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cumin, chili powder, cayene pepper
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parmesan cheese (opt) the bottled kind
How To Make salad croutons
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1using a pastry brush, lightly brush olive oil or salad oil on one side of bread
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2stack bread slices and cut into cubes and then toss into a large bowl
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3mix whatever spices and herbs you want to flavor with and toss with bread cubes
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4Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and lay out herbed cubes to bake
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5bake in a 375 degree oven until the consistency of "light" toast. ( at least 30-45 mins ) turn off oven but leave in there
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6when oven has totally cooled down, remove pan and store croutons in zipper bags. mark bags with the type herbs you used, such as "spicy", italian, garlic/herb, etc.
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7Serve on salads or your favorite soups
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