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Jazzed Up Garlic Bread
Serves:8
"My husband and I love a good loaf of garlic bread. We are watching our health and a lot butter is not part of a healthy diet. We always have a bottle of Colavita Olive Oil in the house so I decided to try using that instead of butter. At first I only put garlic, parsley and olive oil on the bread. But recently my husband and I had family visiting and I wanted to jazz up the bread I was serving to my 6 hungry visitors. This is how this recipe came to be."
Ingredients:

1 loaf good French or Italian bread (a hard crust is good)
1 cup COLAVITA Extra Virgin Olive Oil
3/4 cup grated Parmesan, Romano or Italian cheese mix
1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes
1 clove garlic, minced or 1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon minced parsley, preferably fresh
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon crushed red peppers (optional)


Preparation:

1. Soak the sun dried tomatoes in 1/4 cup boiling water to rehydrate; drain and chop. 2. In a small bowl, combine the olive oil with the cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, parsley, thyme and crushed red peppers (if using); mix well; set aside. 3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. 4. Place the bread directly on a rack set in the middle of the oven; bake for 10 minutes. When cool enough to handle, cut into slices. 5. Spoon olive oil mixture on the slices and serve warm.
Per Serving: 433 Calories (64% calories from fat); 31g Fat (5g Sat, 21g Mono, 3g Poly); 8g Protein; 31g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 6mg Cholesterol; 518mg Sodium.  Food Exchanges: 2 Grain (Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 6 Fat.