Olive-garlic Puffs – We Love God!

We are trusted to spread the spirit of love. Tenderness in judgment, the habit of thinking the best of one another, unwillingness to believe evil, grief if we are forced to do so, eagerness to believe good, joy over one recovered from any slip or fall, unselfish gladness in another’s joys, sorrow in another’s sorrow, readiness to do anything to help another entirely irrespective of self – all this and much more is included in that wonderful word love. If love weakens among us, if it ever becomes possible to tolerate the least shadow of an unloving thought, our Fellowship will begin to perish. Unlove is deadly. It is a cancer. It may kill slowly but it always kills in the end. Let us fear it, fear to give room to it as we should fear to nurse a cobra. It is deadlier than any cobra. And just as one minute drop of the almost invisible cobra venom spreads swiftly all over the body of one into whom it has been injected, so one drop of the gall of unlove in my heart or yours, however unseen, has a terrible power of spreading all through our Family, for we are one body – we are parts of one another. If one member suffers loss, all suffer loss. Not one of us liveth to herself.

Amy Carmichael

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy	California		1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Olives, drained & coarsely
		chopped
1	c	Parmesan cheese, shredded
1	c	Mayonnaise
1		Head garlic, chopped finely
1/2	c	Dried basil
1/2	c	Dried parsley
1		Sourdough baguette, cut
		crosswise on slight
		diagonal into 1/2-inch
		thick slices

INSTRUCTIONS

I submitted this recipe to a local station (KSBW-8 Garlic recipe
contest) and was one of the winners  After making it on TV the head
chefs from the California Culinary  Academy told me I left one thing
out and I have to agree - hot  peppers - so follow the recipe and add
jalapenos, habs, . . .(your  choice) and enjoy!  Mix first 6
ingredients in a bowl.  Mound 1 tablespoon Olive-Garlic mixture on each
bread slice and  spread it around. Arrange on baking sheet, broil until
topping is  heated through and begins to brown, about 2 minutes [can
toast the  bread, then add the spread & broil. Or bake @ 375-F about
5-10  minutes or until bread is toasted and the top is lightly golden.
Serve hot.  Variable    this mixture can be put into a baking dish,
baked at 375-F about 30  minutes, or until inserted knife comes out
clean and served with  sliced baguettes    can use a "boboli-type"
crust, spread mixture over and bake at 400-F  until topping is heated
through and begins to brown, about 10-20  minutes, instead of baguette
can use uncooked pizza, or crescent roll triangles rolled out on
baking pan, spread mixture over and bake at 400-F until topping is
heated through and begins to brown, about 30 minutes, instead of
baguette    can use English muffins - spread mixture over and bake at
400-F  until topping is heated through and begins to brown, about 10-20
minutes, cut in 1/4s & serve, instead of baguette    can use other
cheeses, like Monterey jack, American, etc., shredded,  instead of
Parmesan    can leave mayo out & add some olive oil & toss into hot
pasta    can leave mayo out and spread on toasted baguette slices
crostini/bruschetta style  Posted to CHILE-HEADS DIGEST by RST G
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 1661 Calories From Fat: 1083 Total Fat: 123.4g Cholesterol: 149.1mg Sodium: 5009.4mg Potassium: 1945.5mg Carbohydrates: 98.3g Fiber: 26.6g Sugar: 18g Protein: 59.6g