Buy bread that is on a the clearance shelf at the store. You want bread that is about to go stale...it makes for crunchier croutons. I bought a loaf of asiago cheese bread for $1.69. I cut up half of it...and put the other half in the fridge (so it will last longer) and use it for toast in the morning. Asiago cheese bread makes REALLY good toast...just fyi:-)
Ingredients:
1/2 cup olive oil
2 tsp pepper
2 tsp salt
2 tsp dried parsley
2 cloves of fresh garlic chopped fine
1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan
In a small bowl mix together olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic and parsley.
Slice up the bread into small pieces (pretty thin). Brush the olive oil mixture on each piece, front and back. Sprinkle fresh parmesan on top of each piece of bread. Place on baking sheet and bake for about 15 min. at 350 or until the bread is lightly browned and crispy (you can turn them once if you want....but you don't have to). Pull out of oven...let cool, then chop up into crouton size pieces. Store in an airtight container and enjoy throughout the week on your salads. YUM!!!! These are sooooo good! It's hard to save them for a salad...I just want to snack on them...lol.
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