5 delicious olive spread Recipes

delicious and healthy toasted pumpkin seeds, sized pumpkin, salt (if allowed on your healthy diet), do not use the salt if on a salt restricted diet..(please, olive oil, preheat oven to 400of. cut open the pumpkin and use a strong metal spoon to scoop out the insides. separate the seeds from the stringy core. rinse the seeds., in a small saucepan , add the seeds to water, about 2 cups of water to every half cup of seeds. * *do not use the salt if on a salt, restricted diet..(please, add a tbsp of salt for every cup of water., do not use the salt if on a salt restricted diet..(please, bring to a boil. let simmer for 10 minutes. remove from heat and drain., spread about a tbsp of olive oil over the bottom of a roasting pan. spread the seeds out over the roasting pan , all in 1 layer. bake on the top rack for 20 minutes or until the seeds begin to brown. when browned to your satisfaction, remove from the oven and let the pan cool on a rack. let the seeds cool all the way down before eating. either crack to remove the inner seed (a lot of work and in my opinion, unnecessary) or eat whole.

kalmata olives, drained and pitted, green greek olives (any variety, with or without pimento), garlic - lots! (i use about five large cloves, you can use less as it can be pretty overpowering), appx. 1/4 cup olive oil, appx. 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar

hard-boiled eggs, chopped roughly, sandwich tuna, drained, onion, chopped finely (optional), egg mayonnaise (sometimes sold as real mayonnaise ), olive oil (optional), parsley, to garnish

cream cheese, softened, mayonnaise, pecans, chopped very fine, chopped olives, olive juice, ground black pepper