Delish!

If there's one thing to credit my restaurant experience for, it would be this....  

Homemade Crouton's!  Awesome, right?  Never made 'em?  You don't know what your missing!

What you need.... 

1. Bread.  I use that loaf of bread that has only a day or two left on the shelf, that you might end up tossing or it will get moldy.  Today, I used leftover marble rye from Reuben Sandwiches!

2. Olive oil

3.  Seasoning (as little or as much as you'd like!)  I use black pepper, salt, garlic, oregano, red pepper flakes....  whatever you'd like! 

Directions.... Preheat oven to 350.  You can adjust it if you're cooking something else, just watch the time! Cut up the bread into cubes and lay out on a cookie sheet.  Do not space them out yet!  Drizzle olive oil and season then space out.  This keeps the good stuff on the bread, not on the sheet!  Bake.  Watch them closely.  You're just toasting the bread, not burning it!  They can take anywhere from 10 minutes to 30 minutes depending on your oven, so I suggest you watch them closely!

Take them out, let them cool and you have the perfect salad topper!  YUM!  

I wish I could tell you how long they'd last on your shelf, but in my house...that's about 10 minutes.  

Enjoy!