While I am sure there are plenty of recipes both in my library and on the internet that I could follow, I felt this was something I could pop together quickly, so here is what I came up with.
Ingredients:
- Sourdough bread, cut or torn into 3/4 inch squares-- about 2 cups
- 3/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- Garlic, smashed, lots of it
- Olive oil
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- On a cookie sheet with a Silpat or parchment paper, spread out bread
- Drizzle olive oil over bread and toss with hands to coat
- Spread out garlic and Parmesan and toss again
- Bake for 7 minutes, take out and toss
- Bake for 7 more minutes, take out and test crispiness. If needed, bake 2 or so additional minutes.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper
- Try to let the croutons cool long enough to make it onto your salad!
On a silly but important side note: Since Em and Ro were sleeping while I was having fun in the kitchen, I took at least 35 photos of the steps I took to make the croutons. I'm practicing my food photography techniques and find that I am seriously lacking. Horribly seriously. ;-)
My desire to improve this and other topics on the CelticMommy blog have landed me as an upcoming camper to Camp Blogaway... a boot camp for food and recipe bloggers. I have not added many recipes on here because the photos for my food are just not as pretty as I would like... so, "Camera Mastery: settings, white balance" is one topic I will be sure to be early for at camp. Admittedly, I am also excited to meet my fellow foodies who obsess over their own recipes and ingredients. Soon, I will have figured out how to style my food like a model is styled for their photo shoot!
I hope you have a great weekend!
