Cooking croutons in your air fryer is kind of a no-brainer, although I don’t know that we can fairly call it “cooking.” “Aggressively toasting” is probably the most accurate description, though ...

Raise your hand if you think, or have ever thought, that the best part of a salad was the croutons. Yup, I thought so. “They barely make it into the salad bowl if it’s a good crouton,” says cookbook ...

Watch as I create the perfect Caesar salad with homemade Caesar dressing and smoked croutons! Smoking the croutons adds an ...

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Given their simplicity, croutons really punch above their weight in the kitchen. They can add so much texture and additional flavor to salads and soups. Wise cooks know that croutons are the solution ...

A crouton is a lovely bit of excess: a crunchy piece of bread in a pile of greens or swimming in tomato soup. But croutons can be painful to eat at times. Thankfully, that is not the case with ...

In my family, we eat croutons like they’re chips: straight from the bag, by the handful, with abandon. Do you blame us? A well-made crouton is a thing of beauty; the next best thing after sliced bread ...

Amy McCarthy is a former reporter at Eater, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. Croutons are, objectively, a perfect food. What’s not to love about little ...