5 basic croutons Recipes

tomatoes, cored peeled, seeded, and roughly chopped, red bell peppers or 1 yellow bell pepper, stemmed, peeled, seeded, and roughly shopped, pickling cucumbers, peeled and roughly chopped, day-old white bread, crusts removed (about 4 oz), cold water, garlic clove, peeled, sherry wine or 1/4 cup good wine vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, salt, ground black pepper, crouton (to garnish ) (optional)

lean bacon, finely chopped, garlic, minced, onions, finely chopped, carrot, finely chopped, very lean ground beef sirloin, eggs, milk, ground fresh bread crumbs, dijon mustard, barbecue sauce, bottled horseradish, well drained, chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, coarse salt, freshly ground black pepper, minced fresh thyme (or 1/4 tsp dried thyme), croutons, whole, unpeeled, garlic cloves, bay leaves, fresh thyme

cubed french bread (about 4 1-oz slices), olive oil-flavored cooking spray, salt, pepper

head iceberg lettuce, butter, sugar, tarragon vinegar, flour, salt and pepper, egg, beaten, basic brown stock ,, cream, toasted crouton