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Olives and olive oil add a whole new taste dimension to your basic salad, not to mention the bonus of heart-health benefits they provide. Refreshing salads can answer cravings for fresh and more nutritious meals in the spring and summer.
The International Olive Council’s Add Some Life strives to inspire us about the taste, versatility, benefits and importance of making olives and olive oil staples in our daily life. They encourage the use of all types of olives and olive oil to help us be inspired to build a better salad and see how these products can add life through flavor and health benefits. Add Some Life suggests a few salad recipes to spark our imagination. Here are some of their suggested recipes:
- Citrus Salad Veronique
- Fresh Salmon Salad
- Marinated Heirloom Tomatoes with Roasted Eggplant and Feta
Here is one of my salad recipes for Broccoli Slaw that includes heart-healthy olive oil.
Recipe: Broccoli Slaw
Ingredients
- 1 pkg. of Broccoli Slaw (like Mann’s)
- 2 pkgs. of Ramen Noodle Soup (Chicken Flavor) broken into pieces (save seasoning packets for dressing)
- 1 bunch chopped green onions (scallions)
- 1 cup slivered almonds
- 1 cup sunflower seeds
- Dressing:
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup light olive oil
- 1/3 cup cider vinegar
- Seasoning packets from noodles
Instructions
- Mix the first 5 ingredients in a large bowl.
- Mix the dressing ingredients and add to slaw: toss.
- Marinate at least 1 hour.
Variations
I like a little less sugar and use 1/4 cup.
About Add Some Life
The Add Some Life campaign strives to inspire you about the taste, versatility, benefits and importance of making olives and olive oil staples in your daily life. Whether it’s with our families, our careers, or the food we put on the table, we all strive to find things that can add more “life” to our experiences. Olives and olive oil are the perfect way to do just that. They add flavor. They add health benefits. And they add a sense of excitement to everyday life.
About the International Olive Council
The International Olive Council is the world’s only international intergovernmental organization in the field of olive oil and table olives. Formerly known as the International Olive Oil Council (IOOC) until 2006, the IOC promotes the trade, consumption and international cooperation in the field of olive oil and table olives. It translates this commitment into tangible advancement for its member countries and, most importantly, for the people who earn their livelihood from the production of the olive tree.
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Actually I use olive oil in place of butter quite a bit. My favorite way is drizzled over steamed broccoli along with a little salt & garlic powder. Yummy!
A light drizzle over tomatoes, basil & fresh mozzarella in a caprese salad on a warm summer day is my favorite!
i love to saute vegetables with olive oil..
i use it in pasta salad, yum!
I wrap asparagus in bacon drizzle with olive oil,salt and pepper and bake..So yum!!!
I like to saute summer squash with olive oil and a bit of onion. Delicious!
PMNSL95 at triad dot rr dot com
Roasted potatoes with olive oil and seasoning! thanks so much!
We like to use olive oil on almost everything, especially when making asparagus!
I use it to make healthier deviled eggs and sub olive oil for mayo it may sound bad but its really good if you blend the yoke into the oil really well
Olive oil with red wine vinegar and oregano for a wonderful salad dressing.
My favorite olive oil recipe is a pasta dish with crab meat, carrots and onions that even my kids are crazy about.
linguine with clam sauce
Roasted Veggies!!
My fav. is olive oil in penne and meatballs. Yum!
swiener1[at]tampabay.rr.com
I like to saute red potatoes in olive oil and season with rosemary.
I love to cut up vegetables, drizzle them with olive oil, wrap in foil and bake.
Just had this last night.
ronaleeduncan{at}aol{dot}com
My favorite recipe using olive oil is pizza dough!
Every recipe! I put olive oil in almost everything. I just purchased some Herbes de Provence olive oil that I drizzle over chicken and beef. It’s great on my vegan dishes too. I haven’t tried making it yet, but poaching fish in olive oil looks wonderful. I just really like to put it everywhere!
Olive Oil Rosemary Cake with Chocolate Chunks
I love making flavored oils for salad dressing…garlic and herb!
grilled beef tips with red potatoes and green peper Shish Kabobs
sewitupjuie@gmail.com
We call it That Tortellini Thing–Olive Oil, garlic, onions, tons of veggies (broccoli, cauliflower–whatever you have) dash of red pepper. Toss tortellini and add lots of Parmesan.
I mix oil oil and balsamic and dip bread in it YUM!
Or put tomato and mozz cheese on the bread and drizzle the oil and balsamic on it
Pesto and Caprese salads…I love Olive oil period! I could drink it! I use it for almost everything I cook actually…
I make all fresh salads with olive oil. I love roasted Brussels sprouts with olive oil!
For some reason, I posted for the mandatory entry, but it didn’t unlock the other entries. Help!
swiener1[at]tampabay.rr.com
fried zucchini with olive oil
Like onions, squash and potato fried in Olive oil
vmkids3 at msn dot com
We like to take a crusty loaf of French bread and dip it in olive oil mixed with Italian spices, when we cook pasta for dinner.
I use olive oil to roast asparagus
I like to make garlic shrimp with olive oil
i love noodles in olive oil and garlic
Olive oil banana bread!
I use olive oil in the pan when making chicken fajitas.
I love this recipe. But Olive oil, vinegar, and Italian seasonings in a bag, put some chicken breast in the bag. Marinate for a few hours or overnight, depending on how intense of a flavor you want. Before completely cooked, throw some spinach and sun dried tomatoes on top of breast and mozzarella till melted.
My favorite is Craisin Salad. Thanks for the giveaway.
My favorite recipes using olive oil is my homemade tomato sauce.
username on pinterest is susan. I forgot to post it on my entry form. Hope it’ll count. thx.
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I use it with bread and pasta noodles.
I love it with good bread and balsamic vinegar!
I love it with good bread and balsamic vinegar! !
I like baked talapia in olive oil.
I use olive oil in my salads
use it on veggies
I make a salad dress with balsamic, olive oil, pepper and dried mustard that is delicious!
LOve a Greek Salad – cukes, tomato, onion, feta and olive oil
I used Olive Oil in many dishes. Here is one: Spaghetti aglio e olio (Olive oil).
Cheers.
we use it to cook with all the time and it makes yummy garlic bread too
We use it on a lot of things but we make our own salad dressing with vinegar, olive oil and seasonings, also brush it on anything with a crust.
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three bean salad with celery and olive oil whisked with vinegar and seasonings. Lily begs me to make it at least monthly. Oh and with finely minced onions
I like Steamed Broccoli…
tarter95 at hotmail dot com
Greek salad with lots of feta cheese
I cook almost everything in Olive Oil, I drizzle it on Greenbeans and roast them!
I like to saute my chicken in it and vegetables too.
I love Olive Oil with everything. A fave is Olive Oil, Rosemary, Salt and pepper as a dip for crunchy Italian bread.
on of my fave ways to use olive oil is on caprise salad!! yum!
I love making homemade pesto with olive oil. I use it with pasta, on chicken, pizza, with shrimp…
It’s gotta be a meditteranean salad with olives.
Simple one but essential with all italian meals. Olive oil and balsamic vinegar for bread dipping
My Bruschetta with Tomato and Basil recipe
I use olive oil to make a garlic pasta salad
Roasted potatoes with olive oil and rosemary.
I love grilled asparagus with a dash of olive oil and some pepper
I put olive oil on everything! The easiest thing to do is to put a little olive oil in a bowl, add salt, pepper and a little Italian seasoning and use that as a bread dip!
Cucumber and Tomato salad, add olive oil and lemon juice and salt
I love making roasted veggies with olive oil. We have been making roasted radishes quite a bit lately since we got a lot of them from our garden. We just drizzle them with olive oil and add some minced garlic. Yum!
I use it in making salad dressings
Olive oil + white rice wine vinegar for a light salad dressing
Olive oil + white rice wine vinegar for a light salad dressing
I use olive oil in my hummas
I use olive oil in a spinach salad for the dressing
I use it to saute spinach. It gives a nice light hint of flavor.
I use olive oil for stir fry.
I love oil in pasta salad with fresh cheese and tomatoes.
caprese salad with real buffalo mozzarella
I use olive oil in place of butter or veggie oil. I make scrambled eggs with it, fry chicken with it, saute veggies with it, and make a dressing out of it. There’s not much I don’t use olive oil for when cooking!
My kids like to dip their bread in it.
I love preparing salmon with olive oil and garlic. Thanks for the great giveaway
Renee
fattybumpkins at yahoo dot com
Steamed Broccoli with Olive Oil & Garlic
pasta salad!
I love Olive Oil. I use it a lot. I love to make pesto with it. My favorite is to mix some with sweet potato and make sweet potato fries.
I love to make pasta sauce with cajun chicken!!!!!
I love a simple pesto: olive oil, basil, pine nuts, and fresh parmesan. It’s delicious!
I like it on zucchini with garlic and herbs!
I love to make Penne pasta using olive oil, garlic, broccoli and grape tomatoes.
Yummy.
Thanks so much.
We use olive oil in practically all our cooking, My favorite is pesto though, YUM!
I use it so sautee veggies
I love lightly coating root vegetables in olive oil and then roasting them
We use olive oil in most of our cooking, but pasta has to be my favourite.
I USE OLIVE OIL INSTEAD OF CORN OIL OR ANY OTHER OIL….I ONLY KEEP OLIVE OIL IN MY KITCHEN
Sauteed vegetables with olive oil and rosemary.
Tortellini picnic salad.Thanks for the chance.
mogrill12@gmail.com
I like to make gnocchi with olive oil, butter, italian seasoning, salt, pepper and parmesian cheese.
I make my chicken cutlets with olive oil
Just a simple salad dressing with olive oil and balsamic vinegar that I have to restrain myself from putting on everything.
I make a mean Zucchini Scramble using olive oil! It’s one of my favorite meals…EVER!
Thanks!
h4schaffer at gmail dot com
cooking my veggies in olive oil
Greek Salad!
Roasted veggies with olive oil and sea salt!
chicken stirfry with rice and peas thanks
I love fresh brushetta, so easy to make: tomatoes, garlic, basil, and olive oil on toast. So good!
I love making pasta, tossing it with some parmesan cheese, a bit of fresh basil, olive oil, and salt and pepper! So easy and soooo good!
coriwestphal at msn dot com
Roasted chicken
I like to use Olive oil in my brownies.
We make steamed green beans with a garlic pesto made with olive oil.
This a must-have staple in our home:
Olive oil intensely infused with ROASTED GARLIC (or roasted together) and then used with just about any/everything.
I usually have in the fridge: straight Roasted Garlic Olive Oil and also separate/individual bottles of the basic oil infused with rosemary, basil, chile peppers, lemon and also to make Shrimp Scampi, Garlic Chicken, potatoes, stir-fried veggies, salad dressings, marinades…
Like I said, it is a must-have staple in my kitchen!
I like to make homemade salad dressing with olive oil and balsamic vinegar
drizzle it over tomatoes from the garden and roast them in the oven and eat them over salad:)
I love zuchinni and onions sauteed in olive oil.
I use olive oil almost daily in everything. I especially like it when making asparagus and green beans, add olive oil and some fresh Parmesan.
thanks!
Pasta with tuna and cheese with EVOO. Mmmmm
I like to make my garlic bread using olive oil and fresh garlic.
I like roasted potatoes with olive oil and spices.
For veggies
asparagus, orzo, roasted red pepper
Spinach tortilini
Cucumber and Tomato salad with Olive Oil and Balsamic vinager!
my favorite recipe with olive oil would have to be Bruschetta with tomato and basil. it’s easy and very good!
Pork roast with garlic olive oil =)
I like to drizzle olive oil on asparagus and roast it.
i love to saute vegetables with olive oil..
When we make subs I love to drizzle olive oil and vinegar ovet the veggies before topping the sandwich.
jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com
I love rosemary fries baked with olive oil.
chestnutyouth(at)hotmail(dot)Com
I saute vegetables in olive oil
My favorite is using olive oil and rolling asparagus in it, then grilling it. Afterwards, I add parmesan cheese. Thanks.
partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com
Bruschetta is my favorite recipe using olive oi.
Definitely Pasta Salad. Thanks for the chance.
My favorite recipe made with olive oil is fried rice
I like to use oil with parm cheese and penne
lovefool827 (at) yahoo (dotcom)
I make a pretty good pasta salad using olive oil. Yum!
I make a pasta dish with zucchini and red pepper flakes and parmesan cheese… and yes, olive oil
we use Olive oli in alot of dishes, one of our faves right now is olive oil with some spices and dipping our bread in it with cheese. Yum.
Broiled Salmon with lemon and olive oil, thyme and olive oil roasted red potatoes, and asparagus with garlic, lemon and olive oil.
We go through a lot of olive oil in this house, but I have never used broccoli slaw though I have always eyed it in the store!
Didn’t see the contest rules. Pesto favorite recipe.
I love drizzling olive oil over my fresh garden tomatoes with mozzarella and basil. Always yummy!
I use it to make my homemade vinaigrette salad dressing.
lauraemerson17 at yahoo dot com
Drizzled on veggies to grill
Fettucine Alfredo
my simple ‘go to’ pasta dish—-pasta with olive oil, sundried tomatoes
olive oil and sauteed veggies
I just made a white bean dip that was just luscious with olive oil!
I like too saute my asparagus in it
mightynaynay(at)cs.com
Oven roasted veggies- squash is the current fave, but they are all good.
I make an angel hair pasta w/olive oil, garlic, red pepper flakes, chopped tomatos, spinach and a variety of seasonings. Quick and tasty
for chicken stir fry
ardelong2(at)gmail(dot)com
saute fresh veggies with chicken! yummy
veggies is the best with olive olil
over veggies. so darn good!
Oh yummy olive oil. I like it best with red wine vinegar a squeeze of lemon and a little garlic over salad greens.. ok, I’m hungry now !
I use olive oil to cook with when I make pasta dishes and in my salad dressings. Thanks for this contest!
Thanks for the giveaway…olive oil is the only oil we use in the kitchen; we like to saute fresh broccoli, crushed garlic & red bell pepper strips as a side dish !
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I like to drizzle olive oil on salmon.
Use olive oil to saute onions and mushrooms
on my veggies!
freebiegoddess03@aol.com
pesto!
That would be basil pesto. Only the best olive oil will do in it.
Michelle