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The cookbook is so close to being available, so I thought I would send out a little tease, and this goes to my friend Ann!  Enjoy!!!!

Baked Olives & Grilled Bread

Olive Ingredients:
1 ½ cups cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
1 cup Kalamata olives
1 cup Manzanilla olives
2 cloves garlic, minced
½ finely sliced shallot
1 teaspoon Spice Islands® Parsley
½ teaspoon Spice Islands® Oregano
1 Spice Islands® Bay Leaf
¼ cup Mazola® Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Zest of 1 lemon

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400°F. Combine tomatoes, olives, garlic, onion, 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, oregano, bay leaf and olive oil in a medium size ovenproof dish. Bake 15 minutes, or until tomatoes begin to caramelize.

Bread Ingredients:
1 loaf Simply Homemade® Country White Bread, baked
¼ cup Mazola® Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Spice Islands® Sea Salt
Spice Islands® Freshly Ground Black Pepper

Directions:
Slice bread in 1” slices. Brush Bread with oil, sprinkle salt and pepper over bread. Place oil side down on hot grill or grill pan (place on an angle). Cook several minutes and rotate bread 90°F. Brush top of bread with remaining olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Turn bread over and repeat the cooking process as above.

Bon Appetito!!!!