Blissful Pineapple

Summer is officially here, and man is it hot out!
Try this great recipe that is just bursting summer flavor.

Simply slice pineapple, grill until lightly browned, and serve with a side of ice cream and Tantillo Balsamic Bliss.

YUM!

Italian Chop Salad

Italian Chop Salad

1 head Romaine lettuce, chopped
1/2 cup garbanzo beans (rinsed & drained)
1 cup cherry tomatoes, sliced
1/2 small red onion, chopped
1/2 - 1 cup chopped pepperoni or salami
1/4 cup cilantro
1/4 celery
salt and pepper to taste
Tantillo Extra Virgin Olive Oil & Balsamic Vinegar to taste
(a 2:1 ratio of oil to vinegar should suffice)

Prepare all ingredients, mix in bowl and toss.
Drizzle Tantillo Extra Virgin Olive Oil & Balsamic Vinegar, toss again.

Tuscan Bread Salad

This recipe is, for lack of better words, just so good. Its also really easy to make. This goes great with any dinner or as an appetizer.

Tuscan Bread Salad

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

4 (1 inch thick) slices of Italian bread

3/4 pound ripe tomatoes, cut into 1- to 2-inch chunks

2 tablespoons Tantillo Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1 tablespoon Red Wine Vinegar

2 tablespoons chopped pimento-stuffed, Spanish-style green olives

1 1/2 tablespoons drained Non Pareille Capers

1 teaspoon minced garlic

1/8 teaspoon hot chile flakes

Safeway salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 cups baby arugula

1/3 cup lightly packed  Basil leaves

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Tear bread into 1/2- to 1-inch pieces and place in a baking

pan. Bake until bread is light golden and crisp, 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Let cool. Meanwhile, place tomatoes and any juices in a salad bowl. Stir in olive oil, vinegar, olives, capers, garlic, and chile flakes. Stir cool bread into tomato mixture. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Let stand just until bread is softened, 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add arugula and basil, mix, and serve.

Recipe courtesy of Safeway

Bean Salad

Requires no cooking - perfect for a quick dish for lunch or dinner! This would be great for an appetizer or side dish at a BBQ party too!

Remember to use the freshest veggies.

Ingredients


12 oz garbanzo beans
12 oz kidney beans
12 oz cannellini beans
7 oz cooked edamame
4 oz chopped celery
4 oz chopped red onion
3 oz chopped fennel
4 garlic cloves, crushed
1.5 oz tarragon, torn
Basil, torn
Tantillo Olive Oil, drizzled to taste
Tantillo Balsamic Vinegar, drizzled to taste

(the vinegar and oil should be about a 2:1 ratio)

Mix all beans in the bowl, stirring together as you go. Then add celery and half of red onion and fennel. Add more if you desire a stronger taste. Add garlic, tarragon and basil. Drizzle with olive oil and top with salt and pepper. Let stand for 10-15 minutes.

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

So last night we made some delicious chicken. If you didn't get a chance to make it yet, here's the recipe. 


Well today we have a sick little one at home, so I thought I'd make some homemade chicken noodle soup with my leftovers!


Here's the recipe to this yummy soup. It was so perfect on this chilly, rainy day.


Ingredients-


Small-medium pot of water
1-2 large chicken bouillon cubes
Whole wheat spaghetti, broke into bite size pieces
Celery, chopped
Carrots, chopped
Onion, chopped
Salt & pepper, to taste


**With the vegetables, its up to you how much you want in there. I used about 1/4-1/2 cup of each, and about a handful of spaghetti before I broke it up.**

Boil water with chicken bouillon cube already added.

When water is boiling, simply add all the ingredients.

Simmer on medium heat until pasta is cooked through and vegetables are tender.

Ta-da! Homemade soup!

Enjoy! 

Grilled Chicken with Tantillo Garlic Dipping Oil

This is a great, easy chicken recipe to make for dinner. We're taking advantage of the warmer weather and still using the BBQ!

Ingredients-

1 lb thin cut chicken breasts

1/4 cup Tantillo Garlic Dipping Oil 

Garlic salt (to taste)

Black pepper (to taste)

Season the chicken slices with garlic salt and pepper. If you like things a littler saltier, season both sides.

Next, brush Tantillo Garlic Dipping Oil on 1 side of the chicken. 

Now the chicken is ready for the grill! Place oil side down. Chicken is ready to flip when the sides turn white. If the grill is on high, this only takes about 5 minutes. Brush the side facing up with a touch more oil, and flip. Grill until fully cooked.

All done! Tonight we're having this yummy chicken in some pasta. (With our Tomato Basil sauce!)

Buon Appetito! 

EVOO Fact Sheet.. the more you know

Extra virgin olive oil, the cold-pressed result of the first pressing of the
olives, is only 1 percent acid. It's considered the finest and fruitiest of the
olive oils and is therefore also the most expensive. Extra virgin olive oil
can range from a crystalline champagne color to greenish-golden to bright
green. In general, the deeper the color, the more intense the olive flavor.
After extra virgin, olive oils are classified in order of ascending acidity.

Olive oil is a natural juice which preserves the taste, aroma, vitamins and
properties of the olive fruit. Olive oil is the only vegetable oil that can be
consumed as it is - freshly pressed from the fruit.

Studies have shown that people who consumed 25 milliliters (mL) - about
2 tablespoons - of virgin olive oil daily for 1 week showed less oxidation of
LDL cholesterol and higher levels of antioxidant compounds, particularly
phenols, in the blood.(4)

But while all types of olive oil are sources of monounsaturated fat, EXTRA
VIRGIN olive oil, from the first pressing of the olives, contains higher
levels of antioxidants, particularly vitamin E and phenols, because it is less
processed.

Olive oil is clearly one of the good oils, one of the healing fats. Most people
do quite well with it since it does not upset the critical omega 6 to omega
3 ratio and most of the fatty acids in olive oil are actually an omega-9 oil
which is monounsaturated.


Tantillo Extra Virgin Olive Oil is a product of Italy, "The Land of Extra Virgin Olive Oil". It is made essentially the same way as it has for thousands of years- without the addition of any heat or additives, then decanted and filtered for the purest flavor. Delicious on meat, poultry, fish, vegetables and bread. Enjoy!