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October 19, 2014 By Melissa 74 Comments

Great dishes using Olive from Spains and a fabulous Olive from Spains prize pack giveaway!

*This is a sponsored post. All my opinions are my own and not swayed by outside sources.*

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-Spain is the world leader in production and export of table olives – supplying more than 155 million lbs. into the U.S

-Olives from Spain are naturally sugar-free and contain monounsaturated fats, which can improve cholesterol levels and reduce heart attack/stroke risk

-95% of stuffed pimiento olives consumed by Americans come from Spain

-During harvest in September and October, olives are picked one by one to avoid damaging the fruit.

-Spain’s sunny weather, temperate winters and rich, fertile soil are idyllic for growing the perfect olive.

_pWHVYo5o6AfSOWNBUKqBRjILnnHZ5jD2E1cYwowbEoAnnie Sibonney made a video for my readers about delicious recipes using Olives from Spain. It is a great video and one that will give you some inspiration to cook in the house:

 

About Annie Sibonney:
A self-taught chef, expert on world gastronomy, Annie Sibonney has traveled the globe in pursuit of culinary treasures and extraordinary experiences. Annie is the Co –Creator and Host of From Spain with Love, an award winning, critically acclaimed, food adventure TV series, which immerses viewers in the rich and diverse culinary culture of Spain, produced for Cooking Channel US and Food Network Canada. Annie is also the Co-Creator, Co-Executive Producer and Host of One Night Stand with Annie Sibonney, a culturally compelling and adventurous travel series where for just ONE NIGHT, she explores the food, culture, produced for Discovery World.

Born to French-Moroccan parents and based out of Toronto, Annie’s love and appreciation for the traditions of world cuisine draws on her heritage. Her cooking adventures began at the age of four when she would sidle up to her mother as she prepared lavish Moroccan meals for the extended family. The love of food in the Sibonney household taught Annie the art of cooking and how to use simple, yet pristine ingredients and loving techniques to create extraordinary dishes. This culinary legacy sparked a lifelong fascination and curiosity for food on a global scale, and taught Annie that food has a unique ability to bring people together.

Annie has eaten her way through cities both close to home and around the world in search of the most memorable meals and ethereal culinary pleasures, forging relationships and friendships along the way with world-renowned chefs, food critics, historians, wine makers and artisans, all strongly rooted in a shared love and passion for living indulgently through memorable food, wine, travel, great friends and rich experiences. These relationships enable her to provide unprecedented, behind-closed-doors access to the most sought after culinary venues around the world.

Annie launched Relish Culinary Tours in 2007, which designs exclusive gastronomic excursions around the world for private groups and individuals with the focus being on remarkable social and cultural venues and unique experiences, bringing together her incredible love for food and wine, indulgent travel and cultural riches for those as hungry for adventure.

Giveaway: One winner will receive a Olive from Spain prize pack which includes an olive serving dish, can of Olives from Spain and branded toothpicks, tote bag, apron and coasters. This giveaway is run via rafflecopter, so click read more to see the actual giveaway. The only mandatory entry is to watch the video above and tell me what you learned in the comment section proceeding this post. While the other entries are optional, I highly suggest filling them out to increase your chances of winning. US only. Good luck!
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Comments

  1. heidi burns says

    October 19, 2014 at 12:38 pm

    I learned what an olivada is.

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  2. Gail Williams says

    October 19, 2014 at 3:28 pm

    I learned Olives from Spain is a high quality olive. I really want to make meatballs with green olives soon. No one in my family has ever had that but they all love green olives.

    Reply
  3. denise says

    October 19, 2014 at 3:48 pm

    don’t have to be used just as savories, can be used with sweet things like oranges.

    olives have four qualities–salty, sour, bitter, sweet

    Reply
  4. Heather Poindexter says

    October 19, 2014 at 6:04 pm

    Wow I snack on Olives quite often, but I loved the recipes!

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  5. michelle k. says

    October 19, 2014 at 6:10 pm

    I love the black olives recipe, I never thought of making it into a spread

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  6. Penni says

    October 19, 2014 at 6:11 pm

    I learned the four qualities of olives: salty, sour, bitter, and sweet!

    Reply
  7. Rust says

    October 19, 2014 at 6:11 pm

    I learned about a way to serve olives called olivetta and I also learned every olive has four flavors!

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  8. LaTanya says

    October 19, 2014 at 6:12 pm

    they have stuffed olives

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  9. ellen beck says

    October 19, 2014 at 6:21 pm

    I learned about an olive spread which sounds delicious. We eat a lot of olives and this is something I would try. It doesn’t seem difficult and would make a wonderful appetizer oon almost any kind of bread or pita (OK anything we love alives!)

    Reply
  10. Dana Rodriguez says

    October 19, 2014 at 6:41 pm

    I never knew there are four qualities of olives!

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  11. janetfaye says

    October 19, 2014 at 8:02 pm

    I learned that you can add green olives to meatballs.

    janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com

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  12. georgey c. says

    October 19, 2014 at 10:50 pm

    I learned that to make sure you are getting olives from Spain look for the logo on cans to make sure it’s a guaranteed quality olive from Spain.

    Reply
  13. Mistee Dawn says

    October 20, 2014 at 1:19 am

    I learned that olives have four flavors and I learned about some great new recipes I would love to try.

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  14. Patricia mejia says

    October 20, 2014 at 3:12 am

    learned about olives! Interesting

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  15. Debra Pauley says

    October 20, 2014 at 4:49 am

    I learned about a way to serve olives called olivetta and I also learned every olive has four flavors

    Reply
  16. Ronni says

    October 20, 2014 at 9:46 am

    I grabbed some new recipes! Love olives! Now, If I could get my family to as well! 🙂

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  17. Debi@TheSpringMount6Pack says

    October 20, 2014 at 9:50 am

    My mom is an olive lover. She almost always has some in her fridge when I go over.

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  18. D Schmidt says

    October 20, 2014 at 10:12 am

    Watched and learned about a delicious olive spread and marinated olive varieties.

    Reply
  19. john says

    October 20, 2014 at 10:31 am

    I never thought about adding green olives to meatballs!!!!!

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  20. Marysa says

    October 20, 2014 at 10:46 am

    Ohh yummy! I absolutely love olives!

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  21. costana hornbaker says

    October 21, 2014 at 3:57 am

    four olives: salty, sour, bitter, and sweet

    Reply
  22. Jesse S says

    October 21, 2014 at 1:44 pm

    I never knew that olives have four qualities–salty, sour, bitter, sweet

    Reply
  23. vickie couturier says

    October 22, 2014 at 9:03 am

    I learned they have olive spread which I didn’t know,,my son loves olives,didnt know you could do so much with them

    Reply
  24. kelly tupick says

    October 22, 2014 at 9:59 am

    I learned some new olive recipes that i didn’t even thing about. I love olive spread. I am Greek and grew up eating all sorts of different olives.

    Reply
  25. Diana Castro says

    October 22, 2014 at 2:01 pm

    I learned that there are four qualities of olives, salty, sour, bitter, and sweet!

    Reply
  26. Melissa S says

    October 22, 2014 at 4:31 pm

    I learned that people pair olives in sweet recipes too.

    Reply
  27. David Fultner says

    October 24, 2014 at 6:02 pm

    I love that olives go well qunio.

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  28. Seyma Shabbir says

    October 24, 2014 at 8:09 pm

    I love the crushed olive tapenade on bread! Looks so yummy! So many ways to have olives!

    Reply
  29. Cynthia says

    October 25, 2014 at 7:41 am

    I never knew there are four qualities of olives! I eat olives all the time! They are one of my favorite snacks

    Reply
  30. Danielle says

    October 25, 2014 at 10:36 am

    I learned the four qualities of olives: salty, sour, bitter, and sweet

    Reply
  31. Debra S says

    October 25, 2014 at 12:23 pm

    I would love the olive spread, too. As a kid, I HATED olives… now I really love them! So lay off your kid, people, cause you think they are “picky”… no their taste buds are not.. well jaded as ours or something, give them time! Back to the olives.. I never ever thought of adding them to my meatballs. It would fit right into Italian flavor, that is for sure. I might try it.

    Reply
  32. ELIZABETH C. says

    October 25, 2014 at 1:21 pm

    Very interesting but I learned that they have four qualities. Sour, salty, sweet & bitter !!

    Reply
  33. Lisa Breece says

    October 25, 2014 at 3:29 pm

    I learned that every olive has 4 flavors.

    Reply
  34. Darlene Carbajal says

    October 25, 2014 at 6:45 pm

    I learned that olives have four different flavors!

    Reply
  35. Danielle says

    October 25, 2014 at 9:28 pm

    4 flavors. makes sense now that I think about it.

    Reply
  36. jose benavides says

    October 26, 2014 at 3:12 am

    I learned that Olivara is a spread for breads .

    Reply
  37. Debra Guillen says

    October 26, 2014 at 12:48 pm

    I love green olives on pizza, but never thought of putting them into meatballs. Thanks to the video I am going to try that.

    Reply
  38. Virginia Rowell says

    October 27, 2014 at 9:13 am

    I learned that olives have the four flavors and you can incorporate them into everyday dishes.

    Reply
  39. Amanda C. says

    October 27, 2014 at 11:28 am

    I learned about the different flavors of olives, the pros of olives found in Spain, Olivetta, as well as saw some delicious-looking foods that were made with their olives. Yum!

    Reply
  40. Taryn says

    October 27, 2014 at 2:12 pm

    Olives are salty sour bitter and sweet – which is sooo true. My husband loves olives.

    Reply
  41. Chuck says

    October 27, 2014 at 3:47 pm

    I have always loved olives — olives of any type. But I did not gain a true appreciation of their differing cultivars and qualities until visiting Spain (and Greece) about 6 years ago. If I were a bit younger and healthier, I would leave the US and apply for citizenship in Spain.

    Reply
  42. FRANK says

    October 28, 2014 at 12:00 am

    I learned that there are four qualities of olives, salty, sour, bitter, and sweet.

    Reply
  43. Maria Iemma says

    October 28, 2014 at 8:33 am

    I learned that Olive oil from spain is high quality and that they can be bitter and sweet.

    Reply
  44. jamie lynn hall says

    October 28, 2014 at 2:51 pm

    i learned that spain has high quality olive oil

    Reply
  45. jenn giannetto says

    October 28, 2014 at 4:38 pm

    i learned that olives have four qualities: salty, sour, bitter and sweet.

    Reply
  46. Brenda Haines says

    October 28, 2014 at 6:29 pm

    I learned there are 4 different qualities of olives, salty, sour, bitter and sweet.

    Reply
  47. Tiffany Trepanier says

    October 28, 2014 at 10:41 pm

    The olives in the meatballs are such a good idea i cant believe i never thought of that, and I never thought about all the flavor points one olive can hit.

    Reply
  48. Jennifer Reed says

    October 29, 2014 at 2:48 am

    I learned from Annie Sibonney that olives can be incorporated into many dishes. I would love to make that valenia orange, pickled red onion, black olive salad. It looks delicious.

    Reply
  49. Tina W says

    October 29, 2014 at 12:28 pm

    Oooh, I really like the look of the olivetta spread, going to need to try that soon!

    Reply
  50. Jill Rivera says

    October 29, 2014 at 5:20 pm

    The olive with be in my dirty martini.

    Reply
  51. Marcia Goss says

    October 29, 2014 at 6:46 pm

    I love olives! I never thought of combining them with sweet valencia oranges and pickled onions in a salad.

    Reply
  52. lissa crane says

    October 30, 2014 at 6:31 am

    I learned that you can mix olives with your meatball for a new twist! I love olives and I make meatballs for my kiddos every week, so this is a great idea for me!

    Reply
  53. Sarah L says

    October 30, 2014 at 6:48 pm

    Olives are: salty, sour, bitter, and sweet
    Thanks for the contest.

    Reply
  54. stephanie macdonald says

    November 1, 2014 at 5:10 pm

    i like the idea of adding green olives to meatballs

    Reply
  55. Richard Brandt says

    November 1, 2014 at 9:13 pm

    Every olive has all four flavors

    Reply
  56. Shirley Martin-Tutolo says

    November 2, 2014 at 8:08 am

    I learned olives have four flavors that you can pair with a lot of different foods to create some wonderful dishes.

    Reply
  57. Leela says

    November 3, 2014 at 12:08 am

    I learned that olives are a lot more versatile than I thought.

    Reply
  58. darby says

    November 4, 2014 at 2:32 pm

    I love the black olive recipie!

    Reply
  59. Donna George says

    November 4, 2014 at 8:47 pm

    I learned about olive spread

    Reply
  60. Sara M says

    November 5, 2014 at 2:01 pm

    I learned that olives are salty sour bitter & sweet. Never really thought of it that way

    Reply
  61. Jen says

    November 5, 2014 at 6:49 pm

    I never thought to put olives into meatballs or to use them as a spread! Some fun ideas to try over the holidays!

    Reply
  62. Lynn C says

    November 6, 2014 at 9:24 pm

    I learned you can put olives in meatballs. Sounds good!

    Reply
  63. Sara McConville says

    November 7, 2014 at 2:12 pm

    Learned some new recipes

    Reply
  64. Carol says

    November 8, 2014 at 1:45 pm

    I learned that you can add green olives to meatballs.

    Reply
  65. Colleen Maurina says

    November 8, 2014 at 3:21 pm

    I learned some new ways to incorporate olives into my recipes and snacks. I am a huge olive lover and like to add them to salads and sandwiches.

    Reply
  66. Mary Songer says

    November 8, 2014 at 4:52 pm

    What I learned is that I’ve been missing out all these years by only using olives as snacks and appetizers. Until now I hadn’t considered how many dishes could be improved by the addition of some of the many varieties of olives from Spain.

    Reply
  67. liz l says

    November 8, 2014 at 7:43 pm

    I learned every olive has four flavors-

    Reply
  68. Jessica Lawrence says

    November 9, 2014 at 10:24 am

    I did not know before that sweet was a quality of an olive.

    Reply
  69. saralynns2 says

    November 9, 2014 at 12:12 pm

    There are four qualities of olives: salty, sour, sweet, and bitter.

    Reply
  70. Ravyn Granholm says

    November 9, 2014 at 5:18 pm

    I learned that you can pair olives with sweet things, too! 😀

    Reply
  71. Lana Bradstream says

    November 9, 2014 at 10:48 pm

    I learned there are four qualities of olives

    Reply
  72. heather says

    November 9, 2014 at 10:58 pm

    I learned that every olive has four flavors.

    Reply

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