For just me, I started with one roasted red pepper (packed in olive oil with garlic), put it in a small skillet and used two forks to kind of tear it into smaller pieces - I didn't want to cut it on my board since it was dripping oil. Then I cut up several of the tiny, wrinkled black olives I bought a while back and which I love, put them in, and then added some minced up fresh basil. I heated it up and it was all looking and smelling pretty good. I also toasted some pine nuts (just sprinkled them on some tinfoil and put it in my toaster oven for a few minutes) and grated up some aged parmesan. I steamed some broccoli florets and seasoned them with some of the herbed salt January brought back to me from Hawaii. When everything was pretty much ready, I cut three slices of good artisan bread and toasted them. Then covered them with the pepper/olive mix, sprinkled the pine nuts and cheese on them and plated it with the steamed broccoli. Used a little drizzle of my almost gone and very precious Florentine olive oil on the broccoli and everything together was delicious. So, it is basically bruschetta, I suppose, but with the pepper, olives, pine nuts and cheese, it was a little over the top and serving it as dinner with the broccoli made a very satisfying meal..
About Me

- Mary Lynne
- West Virginia
- When I started my retirement travels in 2009, I wanted a way to share it with family and friends as it was happening. Hence, "My Travel Journal". However I realized I wouldn't always be on a trip and wondered what to do with the blog in between times. My daughter pointed out, wisely, that travels can also include trips to the kitchen to try a new recipe, trips to visit family, trips to my neighborhood Starbucks, or a fun day trip with a friend. You're welcome to join me on any of these journeys! I've set up individual pages for each of my major trips (see tabs above).
Also, I have an Etsy shop where my current needlework resides. The last pieces I posted here were in 2013! So if you'd like to see what I have accomplished recently, go to (and I apologize for having to copy and paste):
www.etsy.com/shop/thedollhouseneedle
I recently added an "Italian Word a Day" thingie which shows up at the bottom of every page. You see the word and can click to hear it pronounced. I've been enjoying it and I think my accent is improving as time goes by.
December 01, 2008
My "Over the Top" Bruschetta
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