BIZZY BAKES

  I have to admit that this month's food choice threw me.  Croutons.  What do I do with croutons.  I never use croutons, except to throw them into a salad.  With hubby having celiac, I tend to skip bread products or bread creations.  Either, I have to make it first or buy it and it is expensive.  After much thought and more perusing through cookbooks and the Internet, I decided to make a breakfast dish.  I figured a little cheese, eggs and some seasoning and I would have something. Then, I found a recipe on Allrecipes .com. I made it for a 2:00 PM breakfast on Sunday.  No, I did not sleep until then.  I started working on plans for my fifth grade and was too busy to eat.    If I want to diet, all I have to do is start a project, whether cleaning a closet, or leaning something new or making plans for school or even cooking.  I get absorbed and never a thought goes to tempting food. Of course, I can not say that I...

Some of you may be wondering why I am even writing about this but I have never made croutons before.  A few weeks ago, I made a salmon that called for croutons, in the coating.  Normally, I would ignore that and sub in some kind of crumb or corn meal or nuts.  This time, I was motivated to make the croutons.  There comes a point when it sounds plain silly to be avoiding making croutons. Not only that but our freezer housed a gluten-free loaf of bread that was commercially made and sitting on a shelf for months.  I always buy one, in case, we do not have time to bake a fresh loaf.  As of yet, I can't remember ever using them, at least not for bread.  They do make good bread crumbs. This isolated loaf was getting an inferiority complex, sitting in the cold, so I decided to use it for a higher purpose, croutons.  Actually, this was an exciting moment, for me.  I am very protective of our homemade bread and refuse to use the loaves for crumbs...