Homemade Croutons / 烤面包丁 / クルトン

 

Making croutons is a great way to turn stale bread into delicious snack. Yes, snack. When I made this, it was meant for caesar salad toppings but both my young and old boys had it as snack, a big container was gone before the salad was ready. Luckily, I saved a small amount for salad.

烤面包丁，消化掉快过期或刚过期的面包的好方法。在我家它是零食哦，香香脆脆的家里的少爷们老爷都喜欢。原本烤来当凯撒沙拉的佐料，结果沙拉还没做好一大罐的面包丁就被馋嘴爷们啃完了。幸好我有偷偷的留了一些，知子莫若母也。

Croutons is easy to make at home with any ingredients available in the pantry, I used butter but feel free to use olive oil or vegetable oil spray. Also, seasoning can be substituted with spices preferred such as garlic or onion powder, chopped herbs, and so on.  All you need is to cut the bread, coat it with seasonings, and bake. 

烤面包丁其实很简单，随意。我用了牛油／黄油但你可以把它换成较健康的橄榄油或菜油，用喷雾油的话还可以减少油的用量。至于调味料就依个人的口味，如蒜粉和大葱粉等。简简单单的三个步骤：切，拌和烤。烤着的时候香味弥漫着整个厨房，那是幸福的味道。

Ingredients:

• 6 slices white bread (1 cm in thickness), diced
• 1 tbsp ranch dressing
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 130ºC.
2. Mix together ranch dressing and melted butter in a bowl. 
3. Put diced bread into a clean plastic bag, drizzle (2) over bread and sprinkle salt and pepper. Gently, shake the bag to coat the bread with seasonings evenly.
4. Line a baking tray with cooking sheet or aluminum foil, spread bread in single layer.  
5. Bake for 10 minutes, toss the croutons (for even colour) and bake for additional 10 minutes. Turn the heat off, leave it in the oven with oven door ajar for 10 minutes.  
6. Cool completely, store in an airtight container. 

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Next, sharing with you guys a game that my boys love to play at the park. A game to kill times with no prior preparation required. Paper, scissors, rock, the winning party get to climb up one step and the person reaches the top first win.

接下来跟大家分享我家小孩到公园必玩的游戏，不需要预备什么玩具只要有梯级就可以玩了。两人来个“剪刀，石头，布”，赢的人可上一梯级先到顶端的人就是赢家了。大朋友，小朋友，或爸妈也来玩看看哦！