Recipes with olive oil

Layered salt cod baked with sliced potatoes, sweet peppers, onions, and ripe tomatoes in olive oil. A rustic Portuguese-style casserole topped with hard-boiled egg and fresh parsley.

Sandwich is always popular, try this one, good for all!

Classic Greek skewered lamb marinated in olive oil, wine, lemon, oregano, and garlic. Grilled to smoky char in just 15 minutes.

Cajun cole slaw with shredded cabbage, sweet bell peppers, and onions tossed in a spicy Louisiana hot sauce dressing built on mayo, mustard, ketchup, and Worcestershire. Big-batch picnic side with a kick.

A smoky Mexican salsa made with fried dried chili peppers blended with fresh orange juice and garlic. Bright, fruity, and full of heat, this salsa con jugo is unlike anything from a jar.

Ratatouille-topped chicken: pan-seared breasts blanketed in Provencal vegetable stew with eggplant, zucchini, peppers, and tomatoes. Mediterranean weeknight dinner.

Cannelloni stuffed with crawfish, crab, Italian sausage, and a four-cheese ricotta blend, baked under a slow-simmered tomato sauce with jalapeños. Where Cajun meets Italian and everybody wins.

Fried chicken strips marinated in honey Dijon, dipped in buttermilk, breadcrumb-crusted, and served over mixed greens with crispy pancetta and honey mustard vinaigrette.

An Italian omelet. Unlike a French omelet where the egg is folded over the ingredients, the ingredients are actually mixed into the eggs.

Grilled raspberry chicken: breasts marinated in maple-raspberry vinaigrette, brushed with a sweet-spicy raspberry glaze and topped with toasted pine nuts. Sweet, tart, and a little fiery.

1. After you boil veggies remove and put in the blender and puree. This helps add thickness, especially if you are trying to reduce fat, then add back in. 2. Do not use tomatoes past or food coloring. 3. use lobster stock instead of or to supplement chic stock. 4. Try using Dry Vermouth for wine. 5. I used this recipe and added salmon

Ribollita, the classic Tuscan bread soup layered with vegetables, kidney beans, spinach, and Parmesan. Baked in a casserole with toasted bread soaking up a rich chicken-wine broth.

Sauce Chien, a spicy Caribbean condiment made with red and green jalapenos, garlic, onion, oregano, and hot vinegar. A fiery French Antillean table sauce for grilled meats and fish.

A vegetable-loaded Italian minestrone with eggplant, beans, spinach, cabbage, and pasta, finished with a swirl of homemade pesto alla Genovese. Rustic, hearty, and full of garden-fresh flavor.

A vegetable-loaded Italian minestrone with eggplant, beans, spinach, cabbage, and pasta, finished with a swirl of homemade pesto alla Genovese. Rustic, hearty, and full of garden-fresh flavor.

Filet mignon brochettes marinated in red wine, honey, cumin, and coriander, grilled with sweet red peppers and red onions. A premium cut on a skewer that cooks to rare in just 4 minutes.