February is Heart Health Month

Olive oil is an important food to have in your diet if you are trying to improve your heart health. Olive oil is a monounsaturated fat, which is a heart healthy fat. Olive oil lowers blood pressure, raises good cholesterol levels and lowers bad cholesterol. It has also be found to decrease plaque deposits in arteries in studies.

February is Heart Health month so this is the perfect time to stop into The Spicy Olive and add our healthy and delicious olive oils to your diet. Your heart will thank you!

The Spicy Olive’s Dark Chocolate Martini

A chocolate lover’s favorite cocktail! A great drink for holidays, especially Valentine’s Day!

The Spicy Olive's Dark Chocolate Martini

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings: 1 cocktail
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 3 ounces Vodka your favorite brand
  • 1 Tablespoon The Spicy Olive's Dark Chocolate balsamic vinegar
  • crushed ice
  • 1 Tablespoon sugar can mix sugar with Cocoa powder or use flavored sugar like vanilla, coconut or lavender

Method
 

  1. Rim martini glass with sugar.
  2. Place ice in a martini shaker.
  3. Add vodka and Dark Chocolate balsamic vinegar.
  4. Shake martini mixture and our into prepared martini glass. Cheers!
  5. Variations: Can add 2 tablespoons of Cream to this drink to have a creamy martini. Can also add a chocolate liquor, such as Ghirardelli Chocolate Liquor, to make a sweeter cocktail.

The Spicy Olive’s Blood Orange Chocolate Fondue

The Spicy Olive's Blood Orange Chocolate Fondue

This recipe is perfect for Valentine's Day or anytime you want a special, chocolate treat!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound chocolate chips or bars Dark
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 TBSP The Spicy Olive's Blood Orange olive oil
  • 1 TBSP orange zest
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 pinch kosher salt
  • 2 TBSP The Spicy Olive balsamic vinegar Cara Cara Orange Vanilla, Traditional, Black Cherry or Raspberry
  • Cookies, Pound Cake, Strawberries for dipping

Method
 

  1. . Directions: Special equipment: 6-quart slow cooker Heat a 6-quart slow cooker with insert on high until hot. Combine the chocolate, cream, milk, vanilla and salt and olive oil in the hot insert. Cover and cook on high for 30 minutes, then whisk the ingredients together and set on low. Whisk in the balsamic just before serving. Serve with cookies, cut up fruit, marshmallows or pound cake.

The Spicy Olive introduces Olive Leaf Teas!

Olive leaf teas have been enjoyed and used to boost health in the Mediterranean region for centuries. Olive leaves have the same anti oxidant and anti inflammatory properties that olive oils contain. Stone and Grove Teas from Australia create these lovely tea blends. They pick the tea leaves and roll and dry them within an hour or 2 from picking, ensuring that the healthy phenols in the leaf are preserved for your tea.

The Spicy Olive carries several tea blends:

100% Olive Leaf Tea- This tea is delicious and contains the highest level of anti oxidants.

Olive Leaf Tea and Sencha Green Tea Blend

Women’s Health Blend- contains olive leaf, rose hips and nettle to aid in urinary tract health and other women’s health issues

Energy Blend- this blend is the only tea blend that contains some caffeine. Contains Yerba Matte

Immunity Blend-this blend contains olive leaf, echinacea, lemon peel, and other herbs to encourage your immune system.

Detox Blend- this blend has olive leaf and other natural herbs to aid in the health of your liver and kidneys

These teas are great for these cold winter days, but are also delicious iced.

The teas come in  canisters that contain 16 tea bags for $11.00

 

Spicy Olive on Fox 19! One Pan Tuscan Pasta demo

Melanie Cedargren, owner of The Spicy Olive, was on The Fox 19 Morning show on Jan. 22, 2019 and prepared a delicious yet quick and easy pasta meal. This recipe is perfect for cold, busy nights because it is hearty yet healthy and can be ready in 20-30 minutes!

Here is the link for the demo: http://www.fox19.com/video/2019/01/22/spicy-olive/

Spicy Olive Wine Tasting for Jan. 25 and 26, 2019

Join us to taste some spectacular wines, Friday 4-7 pm and Saturday 3-6pm. We have selected some great wines, all California blends. Our white feature is Blindfold, from Prisoner Wines and the red blends are from Kuleto Estate Wines, St. Helena, California. We hope to see you this weekend!