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.
Pasta, pizza, appetizers, salads… you’ll be spoiled for choice!
Olives are one of the key ingredients in Mediterranean cuisine. However, they may seem like vegetables, olives are technically the small fruits of the olive trees, Mediterranean plants that grow in plenty of sunshine.
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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, they also have some of the most flavorful bites around. That means just a handful can add so much flavor to simple, last-minute recipes.
Sprinkle them on pizza, blend them and make a super tasty tapenade, bake them with focaccia, or add them to a salad, quick pasta, or bruschetta!
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 out 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 makes a meatless meal for the whole family. The soft potatoes are tossed with a garlic vinaigrette, parsley, chili flakes, and beautiful olives.
Easy Focaccia with Olives
You'll love this focaccia with olives! It's moist, with a golden, oil-scented crust topped with juicy, flavorful olives. This recipe is so simple and makes one of the best focaccia topping ideas!
Italian Spicy Olives
Flavored with herbs, garlic, and chili, these spicy Italian olives are packed with flavor. They are one of the best Italian appetizers, the perfect nibbles for cheese boards and parties.
Green Olive Tapenade
This tasty green olive tapenade makes a quick and easy appetizer that’s full of fresh flavors. It’s also vegan, healthy, and great when served with focaccia, breadsticks, or crispy panini rolls. YUM.
Olive Pizza (no-knead)
You need good-quality pitted olives, fresh pizza sauce, and this EASY pizza dough to make this scrumptious vegetarian olive pizza that’s hard to resist and perfect for sharing!
Pasta Puttanesca
This Italian recipe features pantry staples like pasta, capers, and olives, creating a delicious pasta dish packed with bold flavors.
Cannellini Bean Salad
This easy bean salad recipe combines fluffy beans, juicy tomatoes, and fantastic Kalamata olives, all tossed in an amazing homemade lemon garlic dressing. It's quick and delicious!
Olive Bruschetta
This Mediterranean olive bruschetta, featuring torn, juicy olives, shaved parmesan, and celery, is served on toasted garlic Italian bread and is crispy, fresh, and yummy.
Pasta with Peppers, the Italian way
The sweetness from peppers and onions 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 zing thanks to the chili flakes and the lemon mustard dressing.
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 of tomatoes. Delicious.
Sun-Dried Tomato & Basil Olive Tapenade (5 Minutes!)
If you’re looking for a delicious new dip or spread, this tapenade requires just 6 ingredients and makes the perfect appetizer!
Warm Saut�ed Olives with Lemon & Rosemary
Warm with hints of lemon and rosemary, these olives are packed with flavor and utterly delicious!
Mediterranean Bean Salad
Here’s a quick Mediterranean bean salad featuring canned beans, crispy cucumbers, tomatoes, savory olives, and red onions, all tossed in a fresh lemon garlic dressing.
Easy Onion Pizza
Olives and pizza are just made for each other! In this recipe, the soft marinated onions release their sweetness, pairing beautifully with the olives. It's one of our favorite 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!Â
Below are some of my favorite recipe roundups for you to enjoy:
- 15 Fresh recipes with mint
- 34 Recipes with canned tomatoes
- 25+ Green lentil recipes
- 17 Ricotta recipes
Lastly, I hope you enjoyed at least one of these YUMMY olive recipes. If you have any questions, let me know by leaving a comment. I would love to hear from you and get your feedback! 💛
