Salad Archives - The Spicy Olive

The Spicy Olive’s Mediterranean Barley Salad

April 6, 2021/in Salad, Vegetables Side Item 0 stars /by spicyolive

Spicy Oliveʼs Mediterranean Barley Salad

This is one of our most popular recipes! It is a super healthy side dish as well, chock full of many different colored vegetables.

My favorite combination for the salad dressing is The Spicy Olive’s Persian Lime olive oil and our Honey Ginger white balsamic.

To boil barley:
2 cups vegetable broth
1 cup barley (I use Quaker “quick barley”)
1 Tbsp The Spicy Olive’s single varietal Ultra Premium extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt

For Salad:
1/2 cup chopped Kalamata olives
1/2 cup cucumber or zucchini, diced

1/4 cup red onion, diced
2/3 cup chopped parsley
cherry tomatoes, halved
avocado, peeled and chopped
feta cheese
optional vegetables (you can add all or none as you like):
blanched, fresh broccoli florets
blanched, fresh cauliflower (small pieces)
cilantro, chopped
spinach, fresh leaves, chopped
garbanzo beans
Dressing:
1/2 cup The Spicy Olive’s Lemon olive oil or The Spicy Oliveʼs Persian Lime or Cilantro and Roasted
Onion
1/2 cup The Spicy Oliveʼs Honey Ginger white balsamic vinegar
1 Tbs Dijon mustard
salt and pepper, to taste
(can add a splash of fresh lemon or lime juice if you use the cilantro and onion olive
oil)
Bring vegetable broth to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add barley, olive oil and salt. Bring
back to boil and adjust heat to maintain a gentle simmer, cover and cook until barley
is tender ( 10 minutes for quick barley, about 30 minutes for regular barley. Remove
from heat and drain excess liquid, if needed. Cool. ( you can spread on a plate or
cookie sheet to keep from getting mushy.)
Meanwhile, whisk dressing together. Toss with barley and vegetables and serve!

The Spicy Olive’s Summer Peach Caprese

August 11, 2020/in Fruit, Salad 0 stars /by spicyolive

Recipe:

SUMMER PEACH CAPRESE SALAD

8 oz. good quality whole milk ricotta / or your choice of cheese

A large ripe peach, sliced

1/4 cup fresh torn basil leaves

2 tablespoons The Spicy Olive’s Ripe Peach White Balsamic

2 tablespoons The Spicy Olive’s Picual or other Single varietal olive oil

salt & pepper to taste

Arrange the sliced peaches on a platter sandwiching one tablespoon of ricotta, and basil between the slices. Whisk the olive oil with the white balsamic vinegar and drizzle the peaches and ricotta with the dressing. Season with salt and pepper.

The Spicy Olive’s Summer Cucumber Salad

August 11, 2020/in Salad Side Item 0 stars /by spicyolive

I love summer cucumber salads. This recipe has a Greek Salad inspiration to it. I also make Cucumber salads with The Spicy Olive’s Peach balsamic with a single varietal olive oil or our Basil olive oil. ( Cucumbers, tomatoes and thinly sliced onion ) Simply delicious!

Recipe:

CUCUMBER SUMMER SALAD

2 cups grape or cherry tomatoes – halved

1 medium red onion – sliced in halves

1/2 cup Oregano Vinaigrette

Crumbled Feta Cheese

Vinaigrette:

3/4 cup of Fused Lemon Olive Oil

1/4 cup The Spicy Olive’s Oregano White Balsamic Vinegar

1/2 teaspoon of salt

Black pepper to taste

Whisk together vinaigrette ingredients until emulsified, toss in your cucumber, onions and tomatoes and serve.

Credit: Jojet Ortega-Veronica Foods

The Spicy Olive’s Caprese Salad with Lavender Blasamic and Cilantro Pesto

August 11, 2020/in Salad 0 stars /by spicyolive

Recipe:

The Spicy Olive’s Cilantro Pesto

1 large bunch fresh cilantro, stemmed, washed, and dried

2 medium garlic cloves, peeled and smashed

4 green onions, white portion only, chopped

1/2 jalapeno pepper, seeded, ribs discarded, chopped (optional)

1/3 cup of The Spicy Olive’s Picual or other single varietal olive oil

Juice from 2 small limes, about 1 tablespoon

sea salt

fresh ground pepper to taste

1/4 cup of The Spicy Olive’s Lavender Balsamic

Fresh Basil

16 oz Fresh Mozzarella – sliced

Place all of the pesto ingredients into a blender or a food processor. Pulse until no large chunks remain, and the sauce is pureed. Taste and adjust seasoning.

Arrange the tomato slices, mozzarella, and basil. Drizzle Cilantro Pesto and Lavender Balsamic.

Spicy Olive Makes Peach Spinach Salad on Living Dayton

July 16, 2020/in Fruit, Salad, Uncategorized /by spicyolive

Fresh juicy, sweet peaches are one of my favorite things to enjoy in the summer! Here is a delicious salad that is so good you could serve it for dessert! Living Dayton invited me on this week to share this recipe!

The Spicy Olive’s Peach Recipes

The Spicy Olive’s Panzanella Salad

May 28, 2020/in Salad Baguette, flat leaf parsley, fresh basil, fresh mozzarella (fresca), olives, Percorino cheese, ripe tomatoes, salt and pepper, The Spicy Olive's California Cuvee extra virgin olive oil, The Spicy Olive's medium to robust extra virgin single varietal olive oil, The Spicy Olive's Oregano White Balsamic Vinegar Side Item Italian 0 stars /by spicyolive

This classic Italian salad was created as a way to use day old bread so as not to waste- The Spicy Olive thinks it is a wonderful way to showcase the delicious flavor of summer ripe tomatoes!