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Octavius Winslow

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	French	Appetizers, Brunches &, Savory brea	10	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Minced plum tomato; about 3/4 pound)
1 1/2	ts	Capers
2	tb	Chopped kalamata olives
1	tb	Chopped red onion
1	tb	Chopped fresh basil
1	tb	Extra-virgin olive oil
1/4	ts	Salt
1/4	ts	Balsamic vinegar
1/8	ts	Pepper
10	sl	French bread baguette; toasted, diagonally sliced 1/2 inch thick

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Combine all the ingredients except French bread; cover and let stand 30
minutes. Drain the tomato mixture. Top each bread slice with 1 tablespoon
of tomato mixture. Yield: 10 servings.
CALORIES 95 (20% from fat); FAT 2.6g (sat 0.4g, mono 1.4g, poly 0.5g);
PROTEIN 2.2g; CARB 15.8g; FIBER 1.1g; CHOL 1mg; IRON 0.8mg; SODIUM 255mg;
CALCIUM 15mg. WW- 2 points.
Recipe by: Cooking Light Magazine, September 1997
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 627 by RecipeLu
<recipelu@geocities.com> on Jan 29, 1998

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