garlic stuffed olives

these days, i have such a craving for these garlic stuffed olives.

never really liked olives. had little bits of kalamata and black olives in the past. i usually "pass." but a recipe for salmon nicoise called for them. so i trusted my favorite chef barefoot contessa and i tried these olives for the first time last year. i have to admit, i wasn't in love with them then. pungent. interesting. and yet, not repulsive. definitely needed a little time to get used to.

but oh, man, ever since then, i just felt so drawn to it at the store every time i passed by the olive bar. after discovering the mezzetta brand at a cheaper price, i've been picking these up at the store every time i went shopping. i'm so addicted to these briny fruit these days, i finish a whole jar in a couple of days all by myself!

if it wasn't for the sodium content, i'd gobble them all in one sitting! i feel bad about eating 4 or 5 at a time (about 15-20 total per day). but i console myself with the thought of adding many health benefits to my diet by this indulgence.

well, gotta go. gotta get my olive fix!