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the Challenged
My Love for Olive Oil
It makes everything better
August 7: Do Capozucca has done it again. Are you an olive oil person? or sunflower, mustard or ghee? For cooking or salads or you tell us. Rodrigo S-C shared his marvelous Kalamata oil recipe here. Maybe that will inspire you.
I adore olive oil and use it on everything, except salads.
That probably sounds strange. When I was in grammar school I loved the salad dressing so much that my mother asked them what it was. It was apple cider vinegar and vegetable oil. That is how I dress my salads.
For everything else, it’s olive oil all the way. I love it with garlic on steamed broccoli and spinach. I love it raw or cooked. I just realized that Popeye and I are alike. I eat spinach with olive oil and he eats spinach and loves Olive Oyl just like I do.
I also love it on one of my favorite dishes, cavatelli and broccoli. It is made with sauteed garlic and olive oil.
My poached eggs feature olive oil as well. It is drizzled over the eggs and makes them so delicious. My occupational therapist was over one day and we made them. She had never had them with olive oil and really enjoyed them.
It’s early in the day, but I am getting so hungry talking about all of this food! I…
