Tasty Touchdown Olives

Ingredients

• 1 Cup assorted olives with pitts, from your local grocer's food bar
• 2 Tsp olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, peeled and quartered
• 1 fresh chili pepper
• 3 thyme sprigs
• 2 strips orange zest

Directions

• Rinse assorted olives with cool water in a strainer. Set aside to drain. In a small pan warmed over medium-high heat, add olives and remaining ingredients.
• Cook and stir gently for 5 minutes or until olives are warmed through and through. Turn off heat and allow olives to rest inside the pan. Yields 1 cup.