Homemade croutons take your soup or salad up a notch

Some little things make a big difference.  Like homemade croutons for example.  When I’m at a salad bar, I always pass up those hard-as-a-rock mass-produced chunks of a substance that may once have been bread, but I’m dubious (of its origins.)  On the other hand, I adore homemade croutons.  On a hot day, there is nothing better than cold soup or salad with a few scrumptious croutons floating on top.  They take any food they’re in up a notch and often just plain steal the show.

Here they are in my zucchini mint soup.

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