Main Dishes
Add to breakfast staples
Make a Spanish omelette with olives and red peppers
Add olives to avocado toasts or make your own olive bread
Try an egg (boiled) and olive sandwich
Add to salads
Enjoy a classic Greek salad with olives, feta cheese, tomato, cucumbers, and onions
Use in sandwiches and wraps
Add some aromatic zest to your grilled cheeses, muffalettas, shawarmas, and chicken, tuna, or egg salad sandwiches
Make a vegetarian Greek wrap or pita with hummus, olives, greens, cucumbers, and tomatoes
Serve over rice or grains
Add to brown rice pilaf, couscous, quinoa, or wild rice for a sharp, mediterranean taste
Enjoy with pasta noodles to add a new salty or bright taste to your tomato sauce
Use as a pizza topping
Add to thin or thick-crust pizzas to complement cheeses, meats, and other vegetables
Top your meats and fish
Add olives to baked chicken, beef, pork cutlets, lamb, or fish fillets to elevate your dishes
Sides
Snack solo
Serve as hors d'oeuvres with cheeses, meats, tomatoes, crackers, and olive oil
Stuff them
Stuff olives with almonds, garlic, peppers, blue cheese, cream cheese, or feta
Make a tapenade
Puree or finely chop olives with capers, olive oil, and fresh herbs then spread over breads, mini-toasts, chips, or crackers
Add to hummus
Add pitted olives on top of hummus with a drizzle of olive oil and fresh herbs, or process pitted olives along with garbanzo beans to make your own olive-hummus