17 Yummy Olive Recipes
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If you’re looking for a way to add juicy, succulent, healthy olives to your meals, this collection of 17 delicious olive recipes will inspire you with plenty of YUMMY ideas.
From pasta dishes to pizzas, from appetizers to tasty salads, you’ll be spoiled with choices. Ready?
Olives are one of the key ingredients in the Mediterranean cuisine. Although they may seem like vegetables, olives are technically the small fruits of the olive trees, Mediterranean plants that grow in plenty of sunshine.
We love olives, they are a sensational, convenient pantry staple and are largely available everywhere. You can find black and green varieties, jarred olives, canned olives, olives marinated in oils and herbs as well as fresh olives from the deli counter.
They can be eaten on their own as a snack, they make the perfect ingredients for charcuterie plates and cheese boards, and they can also instantly jazz up any meal.
While these black and green beauties are small in size, with their salty bright flavor are also some of the most flavorful bites around. That means, just a handful can add so much flavor to the most simple recipe.
Sprinkle them on pizza, blend them and make a super tasty tapenade, bake them with focaccia, or add them to a salad or to a quick pasta.
The sky is the limit!
Bonus? They are also super healthy, a powerful antioxidant food that provides plenty of amazing benefits.
But let’s see how to get the most of them with our favourite olive recipes!
Enjoy! : )
Olive Recipes
10-Minute Pasta with Olives {VIDEO}
This recipe comes from my quick pasta repertoire, and it's a terrific example of how to make a delicious pasta dish using a handful of juicy olives and a few basic ingredients. Fast and delicious!
Potato Salad with Olives
This no-frill potato salad with olives is economical, full of BIG flavor, and make a meatless meal for the whole family. The soft potatoes are tossed with a garlic vinaigrette, parsley, chili flakes and plenty of amazing olives.
Easy Focaccia with Olives
Focaccia with olives is absolutely delicious, moist with golden oil-scented crust, tasty, and you can top it with your favorite juicy olives. This recipe is so simple and makes one of the best focaccia topping ideas!
Italian Spicy Olives
Flavoured with garlic, herbs and chili, these Italian spicy olives are juicy and packed full of flavor. They make one of the best Italian appetizers, the perfect finger food for cheese boards and parties.
Green Olive Tapenade
This tasty green olive tapenade makes a super quick appetizer that’s economical, easy, and full of fresh flavors. It’s also vegan, healthy, and absolutely great if you serve it with focaccia, breadsticks or crispy panini rolls. YUM.
Olive Pizza (no-knead)
For this recipe all you need is good-quality pitted olives, fresh pizza sauce and this super EASY pizza dough that you can make in 1 bowl. The end result is a scrumptious vegetarian olive pizza that’s hard to resist and perfect for sharing!
Pasta Salad with lemon and olives
Here is a quick pasta salad that combines savory olives and fresh lemon and it's loaded with Mediterranean flavors. A fabulous lunch ready in no time and perfect for meal prep.
Cannellini Bean Salad
This easy bean salad recipe combines fluffy beans with juicy tomatoes, refreshing parsley and fantastic Kalamata olives. All it's tossed in a fantastic homemade lemon garlic dressing.
Olive Bruschetta
This Mediterranean olive bruschetta with torn juicy olives, shaved parmesan, and celery served on toasted garlic Italian bread is crispy, delicious and fresh.
Pasta with Peppers, the Italian way
The sweetness from peppers and onion mingles beautifully with the tasty olives in this scrumptious pasta with peppers. It's a terrific vegetarian meal full of BIG flavors!
Spicy chickpea salad
This chickpea salad from my chickpea recipe collection combines canned chickpeas with jarred peppers and olives. It's spicy, garlicky, with lots of zips thanks to the chili flakes and the lemon mustard dressing. It's vegan, gluten-free, and so yummy.
Greek Pizza
If you love AMAZING pizza toppings this bursting with flavor, scrumptious Greek pizza with feta cheese, Kalamata olives, onions, and tomatoes is for you!
Tomato Salad with Olive Tapenade
Tomatoes and olives make a brilliant combination also in this quick salad where the salty tapenade brings out the sweetness and juiciness of tomatoes. Delicious.
Spaghetti Puttanesca
I love this Italian puttanesca sauce made with tomatoes, olives, capers and anchovies. It's one of my Italian pasta recipes that turn simple, flavor-packed ingredients into a fantastic meal ready in no time.
Sun-Dried Tomato & Basil Olive Tapenade (5 Minutes!)
If you’re looking for a way to get more olives in your life – or just a delicious new dip or spread – this tapenade requires just 6 ingredients, it's ready in 5 minutes, and makes the perfect appetizer!
Mediterranean Bean Salad
Here’s a another speedy Mediterranean bean salad that combines canned beans with crispy cucumbers, tomatoes, savory olives, and red onions. All tossed in a fresh lemon garlic dressing.
Easy Onion Pizza
Love olives on pizza? In this crispy pizza the soft marinated onions release their sweetness in the oven pairing beautifully with creamy mozzarella and juicy olives. It's one of our fav veggie pizza recipes!
More recipe collections?
I like to round up recipes that use the same ingredients, it’s so useful to browse them and easy to find what you are looking for. They’re also brilliant for using up leftovers or ingredients you have at home!
Below some of my fav recipe roundups for you to enjoy:
- 15 Fresh mint recipes
- 34 Recipes with canned tomatoes
- 25+ Green lentil recipes
- 17 Ricotta recipes
- Pea recipes
- Artichoke recipes
- 15 Mozzarella recipes
- 15+ Arugula recipes
- 25+ Lentil recipes
- 15 Cannellini bean recipes
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17 Yummy Olive Recipes
Ingredients
- 3 cups mixed olives (Nocellara, kalamata, Spanish green olives…)
- 2-3 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
- ½ fresh chili, sliced (use less chili if you wish)
- ¼ teaspoon dried chili flakes, optional
- 10 thyme sprigs, use the leaves
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 3-4 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- salt, to taste
Instructions
- Cut the chili into halves, deseed it and slice one half (please use less chili if you prefer a less spicy flavor). Slice or smash the garlic cloves.
- Place the olives in a large serving bowl and add the rest of the ingredients. Toss until well combined.
- Taste and adjust the seasoning with some fine salt if needed, that depends on the olives used.
- Transfer the olives into a glass jar or glass container and let them rest for at least 30 minutes before serving. Serve them at room temperature with breadsticks, crackers or crispy bread. Enjoy!
