Recipe: Stovetop Toasted Garlic & Thyme Bread Crumbs

Toasting bread crumbs is an exceptionally easy way to elevate a dish or bring new life to leftovers. Earlier in Quarantine, I was channeling the wartime food writer MFK Fisher, for fear of wasting something that could have been eaten or otherwise wringed for flavor. (See: this post on candied orange peels.) I had a couple of big, New York Bagels lose their freshness so I took them to my box grater and turned them into crumbs. Store bought crumbs will toast just as nicely, and will save your arm from the workout. If you’re gluten-free you can substitute the bread crumbs for finely ground nuts, like almonds or cashews.

Stovetop Toasted Garlic & Thyme Bread Crumbs