Recipes From June 2015 Newsletter

June Recipes:
The Spicy Olive’s Bulgar and Mediterranean Vegetable Salad
Ingredients
2 cups bulgar
1/2 cup The Spicy Olive’s  Dill Olive Oil
1/4 cup The Spicy Olive’s A-Premium White Balsamic
Juice and zest of one large lemon
1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
1 can or cup of garbanzo beans, drained
1 large English cucumber finely diced
1 red or yellow bell pepper finely diced
2 tablespoons fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped
1/2 red onion finely minced
1 clove garlic finely minced
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 cup crumbled feta (optional)
sea salt and pepper to taste

Directions
Soak the bulgur in very hot water (enough to cover the bulgur by 1″) along with a tablespoon of salt for 30 minutes.  Drain and rinse with cold water until completely cooled and drained.  Fluff and set aside.  Combine all the other ingredients  (except the feta) and mix well.  Marinate these ingredients for up to an hour in the refrigerator.  In a large bowl, combine the completely drained and cooled bulgur with the marinated ingredients, tossing well to combine and sprinkle with feta if using. Adjust the seasoning again and serve.

Serves 4 as a main course or 6 as a side

The Spicy Olive’s Persian Lime olive oil with our Honey Ginger White balsamic or our Garlic olive oil with our Sicilian Lemon white balsamic  would also be delicious combinations on this salad!
The Spicy Olive Steak Marinade
Featuring The June Flavors of the Month!
 
1/4 cup The Spicy Olive’s Harissa or Tuscan Herb olive oil
1/4 cup The Spicy Olive’s Traditional or Espresso balsamic
2 Tbsp.A-1 Sauce or Worcestershire sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
Mix together marinade ingredients and marindae steaks overnight or for at least 2 hours. Grill until medium rare or desired doneness. A great dinner idea for Father’s Day!
 
 
Made with our new Roasted Red Peppers!
 
 
 
The Spicy Olive’s Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
Ingredients
1 jar Delizia Roasted Red Peppers, drained (available at The Spicy Olive)
2 – 15 oz. cans garbanzo beans, drained
2 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup The Spicy Olive’s UP Extra Virgin Olive Oil of your choice or any Spicy Olive infused olive oil
2 teaspoons sea salt, or to taste

Directions
Place all of the ingredients in the bowl of a food processor and process until creamy and smooth. Adjust seasoning as desired.   Refrigerate until ready to serve and drizzle more fresh olive oil over the top if desired

 

Recipes From May 2015 Newsletter

Beauty Regime Recipes:
Here is a unique idea to pamper Mom! 
Make a great face wash using our local honey and fresh olive oils. Honey promotes skin healing and has natural antimicrobial properties. Olive oil is full of antioxidant vitamins A & E and is a great moisturizer!
Just use a teaspoon of honey and add a few drops of Lemon or Blood Orange olive oil to the honey. Mix together and rub on your face to clean. Use a little olive oil as a moisturizer after washing!
Spicy Olive Salt or Sugar Scrub
Fill decorative jar with coarse sea salt or sugar crystals. Fill jar with The Spicy Olive’s Lemon or Blood Orange olive oil and put on lid. Mom can use a small spoon to scoop out a little into the palm of her hand and exfoliate away any rough spots on her hands as she washes! The Lemon or Blood Orange oil leaves hands with a great fresh scent!
 
The Spicy Olive Citrus Salad
Featuring The May Flavors of the Month
2 Tbsp walnuts or pecans, chopped
6-8 oz. mixed field greens
2 naval oranges, peeled and sectioned
1 large grapefruit, peeled and sectioned
1 pear, peeled and thinly sliced
1 cup seedless grapes, halved
Dressing:
1/4 cup The Spicy Olive’s Grapefruit white balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup The Spicy Olive’s Milanese Gremolata or Blood Orange olive oil
1/2 teas salt & pepper each
3 Tbsp Orange juice or Grapefruit juice
Mix salad greens and fruit in a salad bowl. Whisk together ingredients except for the olive oil. Add oil in steady stream, whisking constantly until well incorporated. Pour over salad and serve.
The Spicy Olive Asian Chicken Salad
Jann Carrier from WC store recipe update
1/4 cup The Spicy Olive’s Japanese Roasted Sesame oil
6 Tbsp. The Spicy Olive’s Honey Ginger balsamic
1/4 cup The Spicy Olive’s Mild Single Varietal olive oil
2 Tbsp Steinke’s local honey
1/2 tsp pepper
4 cups cooked chicken
2  3 oz package ramen noodles
1 pkg Dole shredded Asian slaw blend
3/4 cup toasted almond slivers
3-4 green onions, chopped
1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds
1 small can mandarin oranges, drained
In a small bowl, whisk together sesame oil, olive oil, Honey ginger balsamic, honey, salt, pepper and 1/2 of 1 flavoring packet from ramen noodles. Set aside.
Crush ramen noodles and place in salad bowl and coat with 1/3 of salad dressing. Add chicken, slaw mix, almonds, green onions, and sesame seeds to noodle mixture and mix well. Add remaining salad dressing. Chill before serving.
** This is a great salad for Mother’s Day get togethers or Memorial Day picnics!

Ideas for Super Bowl Food from The Spicy Olive

Are you looking for something delicious but still healthy to serve on Super Bowl Sunday? Here are some great ideas from The Spicy Olive:

Hummus:
2 cans of Chick Peas drained (Garbanzo Beans)
1/3 cup The Spicy Olives Chipotle olive oil or Tuscan Herb olive oil
1/3 cup lemon juice
2 Tbsp The Spicy Olive’s Roasted Sesame oil
1 jar Roasted Red Peppers with Garlic at The Spicy Olive
1 teaspoon salt
Place all ingredients in a food processor and pulse until smooth.

Serve with Toasted Pita Chips:
Cut pita bread into wedges. Brush pita bread with Chipotle or Tuscan Herb olive oil. Sprinkle with sea salt. Place on baking sheet and place in 350 oven for 15 minutes or until crisp.

Super Bowl Chicken Wings:
Marinate Chicken wings in Chipotle olive oil and Serrano Honey Vinegar. Use a 50/50 ratio for the marinade, so 1/2 cup of each for a dozen or so wings. Marinate overnight for most flavor or at least 2 hours. Place on baking sheet in 425 degree oven for 20 minutes until chicken wings are done, baste with Chipotle olive oil and the Serrano Vinegar and place back in oven until wings are nicely browned and crispy. Enjoy!

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The Spicy Olive’s Lemon Poppyseed Muffins

2 cup flour
1/2 cup Spicy Olive lemon olive oil
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. poppy seeds
3 large eggs
Juice from 1 lemon
Zest from 1 lemon
1/2 tsp. sea salt, separated
1/2 cup milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin cups and set aside. Whisk together flour, baking powder, 1/4 of salt and poppy seeds. In a small bowl, combine lemon zest and sugar, rub together in your fingers to release the aromatic oils in the zest. Whisk the lemon sugar with the other dry ingredients and set aside. In a separate bowl, whisk eggs. Add the rest of the salt. Slowly drizzle the lemon olive oil while whisking to make an emulsion. Whisk in the lemon juice, then the milk. Set aside.
Make a well with your dry ingredients. Slowly pour in the wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Spoon the batter into the muffin cups and fill only 2/3 full. Bake 23 to 25 minutes. Check frequently to prevent over baking. Allow to cool and enjoy!

The Spicy Olive Orange Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Sift Together:

1 3/4 cups all purpose flour

2 1/2 tsp. double acting baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

Blend until Creamy:

1/3 cup Spicy Olive Blood Orange olive oil

2/3 cup sugar

2-3 tsp. water

Beat in:

1 beaten egg

1 to 1/2 cups ripe banana pulp

Add sifted ingredients to sugar/beaten mixture in 3 equal parts. Fold in 1/3 cup broken walnut piece and 1/3 cup semi sweet chocolate morsels (optional). Place in a greased bread pan and bake in a 350 degree oven for 45 min-1 hour.

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Baked Parmesan Garlic Chicken Wings

 

Baked Parmesan Garlic Chicken Wings 

Serves 4  

 

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 teaspoon dried rosemary

1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon kosher or sea salt (1/2 tsp table salt)

2 1/2 pounds chicken wings

2 tablespoons The Spicy Olive’s Organic Tuscan Herb Olive Oil

2 tablespoons minced fresh basil

2 garlic cloves, finely minced

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt (like Lawry’s)

1 cup blue cheese dressing

1-2 teaspoons Dijon mustard (or to taste)

 

1. Preheat oven to 425F. In a small bowl, mix together the oregano, rosemary, cumin and salt. Lay the chicken wings on a baking sheet and season the chicken wings with this mixture.

2. Bake the chicken wings for 20-25 minutes. While the chicken is baking, mix together the olive oil, fresh basil, garlic, Parmesan cheese and seasoning salt.

3. In a separate bowl, mix together the blue cheese dressing with the mustard (this is your dipping sauce)

4. When the chicken is cooked through, toss the wings with the garlic/cheese/olive oil (or butter) sauce and return to the oven for 5 minutes.  Serve with the blue cheese/mustard dressing.

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What’s better than extra virgin?

 At The Spicy Olive we have always prided ourselves on bringing our customers the freshest, healthiest and best olive oils. As we head into the new year, we will be bringing in olive oils that are even better than extra virgin. This new level of quality is called ultra premium.


We are currently in the process of transitioning all of our olive oils from extra virgin to ultra premium (all of our single varietals have made the switch), so the next time you visit we will probably have several of them available! The biggest benefit of this change is that our flavored olive oils will be fresher. By making this transition, we will be able to implement our dual hemispheric model, which enables us to use ultra premium olive oil from around the world and deliver the freshest olive oil to you.

It seems that consumers focus on where their olive oil is produced, when they really should consider when, what and how the oil is made. By using the ultra premium (UP) standard focuses on the chemistry and freshness of the olive oil. To create the best olive oil, both high quality fruit and high quality production processes are needed and the UP standard encompasses strict requirements for both the end-product and the production processes.

The UP standard was created by our suppliers Veronica Foods in response to the growing need to separate high quality extra virgin olive oils from what dominates the so-called “gourmet” and “premium” olive oil markets. We have told you before about the low standards and misinformation surrounding olive oils and we hope this new designation will help create more clarity.

Only the freshest and best olive oils will meet the UP standard – it exceeds all existing Italian, Spanish, Greek, North American, Californian or any other standard for olive oil. In order to qualify for this UP certification, the olive oil must meet or exceed a comprehensive set of production, storage, transportation, testing chemistry and organoleptic requirements. All of this is intended to promote Fair Trade practices and to promote and protect the highest quality olive oil.

If you want more information about our new UP olive oils, be sure to visit the UP website and feel free to ask next time you visit or give us a call!