Seasoned Croutons

There are lots of ways to make croutons, ans all of them are better than the store bought ones in a bag. You can use any old white bread for these. In fact, you may want to toss the last few slices in that old loaf of bread into the freezer instead of tossing them out, and make these when you get a good stash. You can play around with the spices to suit your taste.

30  slices  old white bread
1/3  cup  oil
3  Tbs  instant minced onions
3  Tbs  dried parsley
2  tsp  garlic salt
3/4  tsp  ground sage
1/2  tsp  seasoned pepper

For Garlic Croutons:
2  cups  bread cubes
3  Tbs  olive oil
2  cloves  garlic, crushed

Cut bread into 1/2" cubes, removing crusts. In a very large pan, toast cubes in a 300 degree oven, for up to 45 minutes, turning to brown evenly. Remove from oven and cool slightly. Stir in remaining ingredients and store in a dry place.

For garlic croutons, prepare as above, adding the garlic before baking.