Roasted Olives & Okra

Greetings, y'all!

I'm extraordinarily enthusiastic about holidays. (Usually.)
Even dumb ones!
I built hats in the shape of a 100 for the centenary day of elementary school. (Every single year.)
.....

Something about celebrating the arbitrary really gets me e n l i v e n e d.

But this year was different.

For Independence Day, I watched The Last of the Mohicans.

Or tried to.

And don't even get me started on International Kissing Day.
Spoiler alert: I didn't make any tongue sushi.

I'm not alone though.

Even my s u c c e s s f u l roommate has trouble sometimes!

Once a girl told him she wasn't looking for a relationship.

Only she forgot to erase a New Year's Resolution written on her mirror....

2012: Acquire Relationship

Another friend had better luck! At first anyway...

She made it all the way through the first date to second base.
& things were heating up!

But then the gentleman apologized:

"Pardon my arousal." 

So, that was that. They went to sleep!

Disappointment sucks, so imagine how ecstatic I was when my experiment in cooking worked out.

I made a really swell dish y'all.

Roasted olives & okra are a little salty, a little umami, and totally toothsome.

Another dish you can enjoy hot or cold, and they would be great as toothpick trio skewers if you're into appetizers.

Roasted olives & okra, clever title not forthcoming at this time.

Ingredients:::

• 450g fresh okra (I buy the 1lb containers of pexco)
• 1 can medium whole black olives, pitted (about 55 olives)
• 1 jar green olives, whole (about 22 olives. I accidentally bought the kind with pits in, don't do that! Unless you like to chew around the pits.)
• 2 tbl olive oil (I'm not convinced this is a strictly necessary ingredient, y'all.)
• 2 tsp minced garlic
• 1/2 tbl dried oregano
• 1 tsp black pepper, crushed red pepper

All you gots to do is slice the okra into small chunks, and then put them along with the olives (brine and all!), garlic, oregano, and spices into your crockpot.

Set it on low for 4 hours, or high for 2. 

Or longer depending on how fibrous your okra is. 

And you're done!

W o a h! 

Not you!

Some s e r v i n g  s u g g e s t i o n s...

• use whatever kind of olives you goddamn want to use!
• don't worry about the seasonings, honestly you could throw this together without seasoning it at all and it would be delish 
• don't add salt it's salty enough from the olive brine
• for those of you w/o a crockpot in your life situation, roasting this in a pan in the oven at 350F (180C) for 45 minutes would probably work out. Or maybe even longer if your okra is fibrous.
• & as for what to eat it with, behold:

Served alongside a crockpot beef brisket  sandwich with 1 tbl BBQ sauce on 1/2 onion bun & bush's vegetarian baked beans (1/2cup)

Served in a salad with 1 jalapeno, diced red bell pepper, red leaf lettuce, romaine lettuce tossed in 2 tbl reduced fat sour cream whisked with Worcestershire sauce & topped with 4oz beef brisket in BBQ sauce (1 tbl).

Nutrition Information

Ingredient	Calories	Fat (g)	Carbs (g)	Protein (g)
Total Recipe	873	77	43	9
Per Serving	109	10	5	1

Recipe above makes 8 servings of 1/2 cup.

Total Recipe

873

77

43

9

Per Serving

109

10

5

1