10 olive tapenade your Recipes

mixed olives, pitted (if your supermarket has an olive bar in their deli, this is a great place to get a nice tapenade mixture---using canned or jarred olives, drain), peppadews (or roasted red peppers or sundried tomatoes, rehydrated--your choice), garlic, capers, anchovy fillet, or a touch of paste(optional), squirt of lemon juice, fresh parsley , basil or cilantro(your choice), quality olive oil (omit this if using deli olives..you really shouldn t need it)

flank steak (1-1/2 to 2 lbs.), chopped kalamata or green pimento-stuffed olives, prepared non-creamy caesar dressing, divided, freshly grated lemon peel (zest), minced garlic, your favorite salad, your favorite dressing (i reccomend caesar, since you all-ready have it and you used it in the recipe!!)

imported olive, pitted, sliced, marinated artichoke hearts, drained and chopped, fresh basil, chopped (*not* dried ), olive oil, capers, drained, orange zest, grated, french bread (cut 1/2-inch thick ), crumbled goat cheese, your choice (french feta, boursin, chevre, etc.)

cooked lobster meat (can sub cooked crawfish meat), asparagus tops, fresh mushrooms, whole, bacon , fried crisp and broken into very small pieces, olive tapenade(recipe follows, or your favorite ), melted(clarified is even better ) butter, diameter , about 1/2inch thick fried tortillas(recipe follows, or use your own), salt and pepper, olive oil, kalamata olives (measured whole), roasted red pepper, capers, garlic, olive oil, squirt of lemon or lime juice, fresh cilantro, instant mesa, room temperature water, salt(yes, really ), flour, oil heating for frying

fresh mozzarella cheese , cut into 1/4 inch thick slices, roasted bell peppers, drained, tapenade or 2 tbsp pesto sauce, store bought or homemade (more or less to your taste), coarse salt, pepper, olive oil, sandwich bread

pitted oil-cured black olives, drained capers, extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, garlic (or more if you wish!), fresh thyme or 1 tsp dried thyme

fresh flat leaf parsley, olive oil, cauliflower , cut into 1 inch flowerettes and the stems sliced thin, ruffle-edged cone-shaped pasta (or corkscrew-shaped pasta), pimento stuffed olive, chopped fine (or your favorite or olive tapenade), salt and pepper

pitted olives (your choice, see directions ), garlic, peeled, capers (drained ), extra virgin olive oil (approximate), baguette