Does one make a separate bracha on croutons eaten in a vegetable salad? What bracha does one make? What if the croutons are smaller than normal, does it make a difference?

Pische Halacha (p. 366) maintains that one recites Hamotzee and when eating the proper amount one says Birchas Hamazon. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that due to the many Halacha doubts involved, a salad with any size croutons should be eaten in a meal where one has already washed for eating bread.