Warm Marinated Olives

Ingredients:

Serves 2-4

• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

• 4 cloves of garlic, peeled & smashed

• The peel of one orange, cut into thin strips

*use your peel from the orange salad, if the rind is thick, cut off as much white as possible from the orange peel

• 2 big sprigs of fresh rosemary

• ½ cup of almonds (Marcona is best)

• 1 heaping cup of fresh olive mix with pits (green olives, kalamatas, etc)

*normally found in the deli/fresh section of the grocery store

Recipe:

1.In a small saucepan, add olive oil, garlic, orange peel, and rosemary. Put on the lowest heat and let sit for 20 minutes. Do not allow oil to get too hot or boil, you simply want to warm it only allowing slight bubbles to form around the ingredients

2. Keeping the heat on low, add the olives and almonds to infused oil, and let sit until warmed through about 10 mins

3. Using a slotted spoon, strain out ingredients into a serving dish. Remember to put a small bowl out for pits!

4. Put infused oil on a shallow plate or bowl to serve next to olives with bread

Notes: Oil can also be used in the orange salad! Olives can be kept in the fridge for a few days and served cold as well. If oil hardens in the fridge, simply let the olives sit out until it comes to room temp.