Review: Tagliatelle With Roasted Cherry Tomatoes and Olives
Monica of the Sweet Sensation food blog has created a very nice meal. This recipe is a simple meal to put together with a lovely Mediterranean blend of flavors. In general it has mild flavors that do come together to make a very tasty meal. The recipe was simple to veganize by substituting vegan cheese [...]
Review: Roasted Cauliflower with Medjool Dates, Olives and Rosemary
Tami of the fabulous food blog Runing With Tweezers has come up with a delicious way to enjoy cauliflower. This is a wonderful combination of sweet dates with salty olives and pungent rosemary brought to the lovely nutty flavor roasted cauliflower. What a dream. It was very easy to make this a vegan recipe by [...]
Review: Greek Fava Bean, Eggplant and Olive stew
Earth Vegan is one of our favorite blogs to visit. Her recipes are great and photos are beautiful and inspiring to look at. We recently enjoyed this yummy meal. It’s a great meal especially during the colder seasons. There are many sorts of fava beans. Some are brown, some green, some are dried and some [...]
Potato Salad with Black Olives
This is a very nice alternative to the traditional potato salad that we usually have. It is a lighter version as the dressing is oil and vinegar. Serving Size: 4 Ingredients: 8 large new potatoes 1 cup black olives, sliced 4 tablespoons Italian herbs, minced 2 tablespoons chives, minced for the dressing: 3 tablespoons olive [...]
Fava beans marinated with artichoke hearts and olives
This was a really tasty appetizer or meze as it is known in Greece. License this image We harvested fresh fava beans today and were happy to find a new recipe to enjoy these tasty beans. This is a very easy to make recipe and tastes wonderful. We hope you give it a try. If [...]
Penne Pasta with Asparagus, Black Olives, Basil and Soy Cheese
While fresh asparagus is still available, we would like to share a few more tasty recipes with you. We used white asparagus, black olives and penne pasta, although green asparagus with green olives and bows or spirals would be just as tasty. It is the combination of salty olives, with the fresh asparagus and mild [...]
White Pizza with Artichokes, Asparagus and Green Olives
This was a really tasty vegan pizza. I think its our new favorite. Ingredients: for the pizza dough: 3 cups flour 1 pkg. yeast 1 Tbs. olive oil salt 1 tsp. sugar 1 cup warm water for the white sauce: 1 & 1/2 cups plain soy yogurt 2 tsp. vegetable bouillon powder 2 Tbs. nutritional [...]
Pesto Pasta with Romanesco and Black Olives
Romanesco is one of our favorite vegetables. We like the color, the shapes and the flavors. It was particularly nice on the fresh pasta and light garlic sauce. Servings: 4 Ingredients: for the pasta: 1 cup semolina flour 1 cup all purpose flour 1 Tbs. pesto 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 cup water, perhaps a bit [...]
Classic Italian Rice Salad
This recipe makes a lot. We enjoyed it as a main meal salad on a warm summer night. It was delicious! We enjoyed it accompanied with a whole grain baguette and a lovely vegan bio wine. Serving Size: 8 Ingredients: 1 cup mixed wild and white rice 1 eggplant, cut in small pieces and sauteed [...]
Tri-colored Pasta with Eggplant and Black Olives
This makes a very tasty light supper. It is also good served as a salad as well. Serving Size: 2 Ingredients: 500 grams tri-colored pasta such as fusilli 1 eggplant, cut in thin slices 5 Tbs. good olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 lemon, juice and zested 100 grams good black olives without the [...]
Review: Citrusy Couscous Salad with Olives
While searching for new recipes that use black olives, we came across this very tasty couscous salad. The combination of the sweet citrus of orange combined with the saltiness of the black olives really ads a nice dimension to the whole wheat couscous. It’s an easy salad to make, and the instructions are very clear. [...]
Black olive focaccia rolls
Little pieces of heaven ala Provence. We enjoyed these very special rolls while on vacation many years ago and ever since, I’ve been trying to duplicate them. This recipe comes the closest. Yield: 10-12 rolls Ingredients: 1 small potato, peeled 1 & 1/2 cups bread flour 1 & 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons [...]
Vegan paella
Paella comes originally from Valencia where it used to be eaten on Sundays. Now it’s a favorite around the world and of course it can be vegan as well. Serving Size: 4 Ingredients: 1 cup rice (white or brown) 350 grams frozen mixed vegetables 100 grams black olives 1 can (240 grams) artichoke hearts 1 [...]
