{"id":37,"date":"2022-05-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/29\/olive-tapenade\/"},"modified":"2022-04-01T18:40:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T22:40:55","slug":"olive-tapenade-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=37","title":{"rendered":"Olive Tapenade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">This tapenade works wonderfully as a dip with pita bread or on top of crostini. It also makes a great sandwich spread.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/oliveTapenade.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-opt-id=1006775865  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7670\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:198\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/oliveTapenade-300x198.jpg?resize=300%2C198&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:4000\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/oliveTapenade.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:720\/h:476\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/oliveTapenade.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif; line-height: 107%;\"><b>You\u2019ll need<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;\">2 cloves garlic, peeled<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;\">1 Cup pitted Kalamata olives<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;\">1 Tablespoon capers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;\">3 Tablespoons chopped, fresh parsley<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;\">1 Tablespoon lemon juice<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;\">2 Tablespoons olive oil<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif; line-height: 107%;\"><b>Directions<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif; line-height: 107%;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\">Place the garlic cloves into a blender or food processor; pulse to mince.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\">Add the olives, capers, parsley, lemon juice, and olive oil.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\">Blend until everything is finely chopped.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\">Play with your food!<\/span><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif; line-height: 107%;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif; line-height: 107%;\">Try this recipe with chives instead of parsley or just add some chives to the tapenade.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif; line-height: 107%;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\">Try 2 teaspoons of red wine vinegar inst<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 107%; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;\">ead of the lemon juice.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tapenade works wonderfully as a dip with pita bread or on top of crostini. It also makes a great sandwich spread.\u00a0 You\u2019ll need 2 cloves garlic, peeled 1 Cup &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[380],"tags":[4,39,40],"class_list":["post-37","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","tag-capers","tag-lemon","tag-olives"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tapenade.jpg?fit=274%2C203&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-B","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":415,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=415","url_meta":{"origin":37,"position":0},"title":"Tapenade","author":"Will Clower","date":"August 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 1 \u00bc C pitted manzanilla olives or other green Spanish olives, rinsed & drained (can use black or green olives) \u00a0 1 T capers, drained 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 tsp. lemon juice 1\/4 C olive oil 1 T fresh cilantro, chopped Combine olives, capers and garlic in food\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Recipes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Recipes","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?cat=380"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":114,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=114","url_meta":{"origin":37,"position":1},"title":"Olive Tapenade","author":"Will Clower","date":"February 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Such a simple recipe and a perfect meal starter! 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