Dress up your regular salad with torn lettuce by drizzling some homemade tomato vinaigrette, made with good quality olive oil, on top.
Olive oil and garlic enhance the bright, sweet flavours of cherry tomatoes to serve on slices of crusty market-fresh baguette.
Extra-virgin olive oil adds a glossy sheen to this dipping sauce. It's also tasty with fried shrimp or grilled chicken.
This salad highlights many fresh flavours of the Mediterranean and is at its best when made with good-quality olive oil. To pit several olives at once, place them on a cutting board and lightly crush with the bottom of a small saucepan to expose pits before removing. Stir this salad lightly with a fork before serving to loosen the pasta.
Oven-fresh bread is good enough on its own, but when it's laced with olives and topped with crispy onions, it's fabulous.
Asparagus develops a caramelized flavour on the barbecue, which is accented nicely by this citrusy, olive oil–based version of classic herb-infused béarnaise sauce.
Goat cheese, olives and roasted tomatoes add up to delicious, intense flavour. The tender, slightly crunchy cornmeal pastry is supple and easy to work with.
A delicate sauce made with fresh tomatoes, olive oil, lemon and fragrant herbs lightly coats tender shrimp and penne in this perfect summer meal.
For an extra Mediterranean touch, add 2 tbsp (25 mL) drained rinsed capers or 1/2 cup (125 mL) sliced stuffed green olives to this mixture.
This cake is based on milopita, a rustic coffee-style cake from Greece that features typical Greek ingredients like olive oil and thick yogurt along with sliced apples.
