Great Ideas for Mother’s Day Brunch with The Spicy Olive

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Melanie Cedargren, owner of The Spicy Olive, was on Living Dayton with Delicious Ideas for Brunch to surprise your mom on Mother’s Day! The Spicy Olive’s fresh and flavored olive oils and balsamic vinegars add wonderful flavors to our recipes and ease to preparing a meal sure to delight mom on her day! Melanie prepared a Mimosa featuring our Cara Cara Orange Vanilla balsamic to give the cocktail a hint of an orange vanilla creamsicle! The Cara Cara Orange Vanilla balsamic was also used to dress a fruit salad. We also made moist Lemon Bread with our Lemon olive oil. Rounding out the brunch is a Wild Mushroom and Smoked Cheese Omelette.

The Spicy Olive's Lemongrass Mint Mojito

The Spicy Olive’s Mock Mojito

The Spicy Olive's Lemongrass Mint Mojito

The Spicy Olive's Mock Mojito

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Sprite or Club Soda for a less sweet cocktail
  • 1 tbsp The Spicy Olive's Lemongrass Mint Balsamic Vinegar
  • 2 slice lime
  • fresh mint leaves

Method
 

  1. Muddle fresh mint and lime slice in the bottom of a tall glass. Add ice and then pour in sprite. Add Lemongrass Mint balsamic and stir. Garnish with lime slice. (To make a real mojito, just add rum!)
The Spicy Olive's Sweet & Sour Balsamic Glazed Meatballs

The Spicy Olive Fig Sweet and Sour Meatballs

The Spicy Olive's Sweet & Sour Balsamic Glazed Meatballs

The Spicy Olive Fig Sweet and Sour Meatballs

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Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoons The Spicy Olive's Harissa olive oil
  • 1 clove Garlic minced
  • 1 1/2 cup tomato sauce
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1/2 cup brown Sugar
  • 1/2 cup The Spicy Olive's Fig balsamic vinegar
  • 1/4 cup The Spicy Olive's Cinnamon Pear Balsamic Vinegar
  • 1/4 teaspoon allspice
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup F.R.O.G Jam (Figs, Raspberries, Oranges, and Ginger)
  • 1 pound groundbeef
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1 large Onion chopped

Method
 

  1. Whisk together the sauce ingredients anyplace in slow cooker. Add 1/2 onion and garlic and set on a low heat until sauce is warm.
  2. Combine ground beef, egg, remaining onion, and a sprinkle of salt. Mix well and form into 1inch balls. Add to sauce and simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
The Spicy Olive's Beef Tenderloin

The Spicy Olive Holiday Beef Tenderloin

The Spicy Olive's Beef Tenderloin

The Spicy Olive Holiday Beef Tenderloin

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Servings: 6
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 whole Beef Tenderloin
  • 1/3 cup The Spicy Olive's Garlic Olive Oil
  • 2 teaspoons Mortar and Pestle Burger Blend Available at The Spicy Olive

Method
 

  1. Keep the beef tenderloin whole. Rub the tenderloin with the garlic olive oil and burger blend until well coated. Place tenderloin on grill or in 400 degree oven and cook until internal temperature in thickest part is 140-145 degrees. Ends will be more well done and the center will be rare so all of your guests will be able to find a piece to please.
Dessert Suggestions from The Spicy Olive

Dessert Suggestions

Dessert Suggestions from The Spicy Olive

Dessert Suggestions

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Method

Method
 

  1. Use a box of brownie mix (we recommend Ghirardelli) and replace the vegetable oil with Blood Orange Olive Oil. WOW!
  2. Serve ice cream with strawberries marinated in any of the balsamic vinegars! (Our favorites are the Dark Chocolate, Espresso, and Strawberry)
Use any of the balsamic to serve with fruit:
  1. Persian Lime Olive Oil with Coconut or Pineapple balsamic over any fresh fruit.
  2. Dip strawberries, pineapple, or melon in the Dark Chocolate balsamic.
  3. Drizzle Cinnamon Pear balsamic over apple slices.
  4. Sprinkle Cara Cara Orange Vanilla or Ripe Peach balsamic over orange slices
The Spicy Olive's Holiday Salad

The Spicy Olive Holiday Salad

The Spicy Olive's Holiday Salad

The Spicy Olive Holiday Salad

This salad looks like Christmas in a bowl!
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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 package mixed greens
  • 5 oz Feta Cheese crumbled
  • 1/4 cup pine nuts toasted
  • 1 seeds from 1 pomegranate
Dressing
  • 1/4 cup The Spicy Olive's Pomegranate Quince balsamic vinegar
  • 1/4 cup The Spicy Olive's Persian Lime Olive Oil

Method
 

  1. Placed mixed greens in a salad bowl. Top with feta cheese, pine nuts, and seeds from pomegranate. Mix together the Pomegranate Quince balsamic and Persian Lime olive oil and pour over salad and serve.
Honey Ginger Balsamic Vinegar

The Spicy Olive Persian Lime Honey Ginger Vinaigrette

Honey Ginger Balsamic Vinegar

The Spicy Olive Persian Lime Honey Ginger Vinaigrette

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1/3 cup The Spicy Olive's Persian Lime Olive Oil
  • 1/3 cup The Spicy Olive's Honey Ginger Balsamic Vinegar

Method
 

  1. Whisk the above ingredients together and enjoy on salads or as a marinade for fish and chicken. Absolutely delicious!
The Spicy Olive's Macerated Berries

The Spicy Olive Macerated Berries

The Spicy Olive's Macerated Berries

The Spicy Olive Macerated Berries

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups fresh stawberries
  • 1/2 cup The Spicy Olive's Dark Chocolate balsamic vinegar
  • 1/2 cup The Spicy Olive's Blood Orange olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup fresh basil roled lengthwise and then sliced lenthwise

Method
 

  1. Sliced berries lengthwise into very thin slices. Add equal parts balsamic and oil. Gently fold in fresh basil and sugar. Reserve and spoon over the top of ice cream or serve in a bowl with fresh whipped cream.
  2. Alternative Spicy Olive balsamic vinegar suggestions: Strawberry, Fig, 18 Year Traditional, Raspberry, and Espresso.
The Spicy Olive's Holiday Ham

The Spicy Olive Holiday Ham

The Spicy Olive's Holiday Ham

The Spicy Olive Holiday Ham

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1/3 cup The Spicy Olive's Vermont Maple Balsamic Vinegar
  • 1/3 cup The Spicy Olive's Butter extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 cup Steinke's local honey or our new Bourbon Infused Honey Available at The Spicy Olive

Method
 

  1. Place pineapple, cherries and cloves on ham. Mix olive oil, honey and maple balsamic together and use to baste ham. Bake ham at 350 degrees in oven basting frequently with the above mixture until done, about 50-60 minutes. Enjoy!
The Spicy Olive's Lemon Bundt Cake

The Spicy Olive Lemon Bundt Cake

The Spicy Olive's Lemon Bundt Cake

The Spicy Olive Lemon Bundt Cake

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Servings: 12
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 18.25 oz package lemon cake mix
  • 1 3.4oz package instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 3/4 cup The Spicy Olive's Lemon extra virgin olive oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage like Sprite

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 10 inch bundt pan. In a large bowl, combine cake mix and pudding mix then stir in lemon olive oil. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in lemon-lime soda. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
  2. To make a glaze for the cake, mix 1 cup confectioners sugar with one tablespoon lemon juice and a teaspoon of The Spicy Olive's Sicilian Lemon balsamic vinegar.
  3. You could use an orange cake mix, an orange soda and The Spicy Olive's Blood Orange olive oil to make an Orange bundt cake. Use our Cara Cara Orange Vanilla balsamic vinegar for the glaze.