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Home » recipes » Easy Appetizer Recipes with Olives

Easy Appetizer Recipes with Olives

Posted by Marybeth | Read 29 Comments

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easy appetizer recipes with olivesOlives are a funny food for me. I love eating a few if they’re right in front of me, but I totally forget about them if they’re out of my sight.

Another weird thing? I never even think about cooking or preparing food with olives as an ingredient. I guess I’m inadvertently an olive purist!

easy appetizer recipes with olives

That doesn’t mean that I don’t like recipes, especially easy recipes, with olives. Now that I know olives are a good source for vitamin E, fiber and iron, I think I’m on my way to changing that!

For high-quality olives, make sure you turn over the jar or tin and look for the Olives from Spain logo.

I love reading recipes, and I’m always saving easy appetizer recipes. Once I knew I wanted a recipe with Olives from Spain, I started keeping an eye out for easy appetizer recipes with olives.

easy appetizer recipes with olives

When I couldn’t find any perfect easy appetizer recipes with olives I came up with my own: Cilantro Lime Hummus with Black Olives.

This easy appetizer takes about 5 minutes to make, and just a few extra minutes to chop up veggies and slice some bread to serve with it!

2 Easy Appetizer Recipes with Olives

Cilantro Lime Hummus Recipe

Ingredients

1 15-ounce can garbanzo beans, drained with liquid reserved
1 cup fresh cilantro leaves
2 cloves garlic
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
1 to 2 tablespoon fresh lime juice
Salt and pepper to taste
Sliced black ripe olives
Paprika (optional)

Directions

  1. Put garbanzo beans, cilantro, garlic, olive oil and lime juice in a food processor or blender and process until smooth.
  2. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  3. If the mixture is too thick, add reserved liquid from the garbanzo beans and blend again. I add 1 tablespoon at a time until it’s the desired consistency.
  4. Sprinkle sliced black ripe olives over the finished hummus.
  5. Garnish with paprika and additional cilantro leaves, if desired.

Another one of those easy appetizer recipes with olives was provided by Olives from Spain: marinated olives. I love that these can be served on their own or with a variety of breads and crackers.

easy appetizer recipes with olives

Marinated Olives Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup pitted green olives of your choice, drained
1 cup pitted Spanish green olives, drained
1 cup pitted black olives, drained
1 cup pitted pimento stuffed olives
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon dried oregano
4 bay leaves
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 tablespoon sugar
2 ounces Sherry vinegar
2 ounces balsamic vinegar
8 ounces olive oil
2 lemons, peeled & juiced
Salt, to taste

Directions

  1. Combine garlic, sugar, oregano and crushed red pepper in a bowl.
  2. Add the vinegars, lemon juice and olive oil.
  3. Fold the olives into the mixture and gently add the lemon peel and bay leaves.
  4. Transfer the mixture to an airtight container. Let marinate in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours before serving.

This month, Olives from Spain is heading to Miami for the South Beach Wine and Food Festival. If you’re also going to be one of the 18,000 attendees at this festival, stop by the Olives from Spain station to sample some tasty bites!

Follow the #OlivesFromSpain hashtag for more details and easy appetizer recipes with olives! Stay connected with Olives from Spain on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube.

Disclosure: Compensation was provided by Olives from Spain via MomTrends. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions of Olives from Spain or Momtrends.

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About Marybeth

I'm Marybeth - Mom of 2, wife to 1, pet mom to 3. I love finding fun activities to do with my kids, going on adventures, watching movies and baking delicious treats! I used to climb the corporate ladder, now I spend my days caring for my family and spoiling my handicapped dog.

Comments

  1. Robin (Masshole Mommy) says

    2015-02-17 at 7:23 pm

    I have a huge olive obsession. These recipes totally rock.

    Reply
  2. Mary O'Malley says

    2015-02-17 at 7:40 pm

    I love hummus! For a long time I didn’t think I would like it and I finally tried some and it was so good!

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    • Marybeth Hamilton says

      2015-02-17 at 9:00 pm

      I was the same way, Mary! Now I love it in almost any variety.

      Reply
  3. Sara P. (@SensiblySara) says

    2015-02-17 at 7:43 pm

    My husband and kids LOVE olives – they would love your marinated olives recipe. We aren’t big hummus people, so I wouldn’t make that.

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  4. Stacie @ Divine Lifestyle says

    2015-02-18 at 8:30 am

    That looks amazing! Hummus is one of my favorite foods, and I love black olives. Yum!

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  5. Candy O. says

    2015-02-18 at 9:13 am

    What a beautiful recipe! I think my husband would enjoy this!

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  6. Jaime says

    2015-02-18 at 10:15 am

    The cilantro lime hummus sounds divine. I love that it can be done with or without olives. YUM!

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  7. Jess Weaver says

    2015-02-18 at 10:32 am

    I love hummus. I haven’t tried it with olives. I will give this recipe a try. Thanks.

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  8. Melissa Pezza says

    2015-02-18 at 10:40 am

    That looks absolutely amazing. The flavors. Just reading this recipe is making me drool!

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  9. Stephanie says

    2015-02-18 at 11:18 am

    The hummus looks so good! I wonder if I have any tortilla chips laying around? Going to look now. Thanks for sharing!

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  10. Shop with Me Mama (Kim) says

    2015-02-18 at 12:52 pm

    I absolutely LOVE olives and could eat them all the time. I like the green ones too! My kids, well the two oldest, don’t like them but my toddler loves putting them on his tiny fingers and eating them. Too cute 🙂 Thanks for the yummy recipes!

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  11. Catherine S says

    2015-02-18 at 3:00 pm

    These both look really good. I have never had Hummus so I can’t wait to try this recipe.

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  12. Pam says

    2015-02-18 at 4:43 pm

    Hummus is one of my favorite snacks! This sounds really tasty, I can’t wait to try it.

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  13. Aimee Fauci says

    2015-02-18 at 4:43 pm

    I have never had hummus and honestly I’ve been scared to try it. It looks good and easy to make.

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  14. Amy @ Marvelous Mommy says

    2015-02-18 at 4:51 pm

    Mmm, we love olives! Sending this Cilantro Lime Hummus Recipe to my sister!

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  15. Christi says

    2015-02-18 at 4:55 pm

    I’ve never thought about putting cilantro and lime flavors in hummus before. That sounds absolutely delicious, and the olives would be the perfect thing to top it off with.

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  16. Liz Mays says

    2015-02-18 at 5:13 pm

    I could actually make the hummus right now. I’ve got all the ingredients. It sounds really nice!

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  17. Tracie says

    2015-02-18 at 9:24 pm

    My husband loves hummus (he would happily eat it every day), but we always buy it prepared. I’ve never tried to make it myself. This actually looks pretty easy and yummy! Thanks for the recipe.

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  18. Rosey says

    2015-02-18 at 10:50 pm

    I’m the same way with Jalepeno Peppers. Out of sight, out of mind, but if I can see ’em I’m eatin’ em in one form or another. 🙂

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  19. Debbie Denny says

    2015-02-19 at 8:16 am

    Oh that looks fabulous. I like Hummus and this is great.

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  20. Jeanine says

    2015-02-19 at 8:16 am

    Yum these all look so great! I never think to do olive apps! Great ideas!

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  21. Christie says

    2015-02-19 at 8:46 am

    I need to use more olives in my recipes! this looks like a great appetizer

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  22. Estelle says

    2015-02-19 at 9:57 am

    These look so easy to make. I love olives and you can’t go wrong with an olive, hummus, cilantro appetizer–my favorite of the two. Thanks!

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  23. Stefanie @ Mommy Musings says

    2015-02-19 at 2:11 pm

    I’ve been seeing a lot of olive recipes lately. This looks tasty!

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  24. Chrystal @ YUM eating says

    2015-02-19 at 2:12 pm

    Olives? Check.
    Both kinds? Check.
    Chickpeas? Check.
    Garlic….mmmm yes. Check.
    I love everything about this recipe.

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  25. Cassie says

    2015-02-19 at 3:42 pm

    I’ve never tried hummus but I love olives! I may have to make this soon.

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  26. Ann Bacciaglia says

    2015-02-19 at 7:15 pm

    This looks like a great Recipe to try. I will have to make some this weekend for our Saturday night movie.

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  27. Tess says

    2015-02-19 at 11:06 pm

    I love hummus and have it almost every day. Looks like a good recipe!

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  28. April Decheine says

    2015-02-23 at 7:05 am

    I adore hummus and especially love making it homemade, this is a good twist with the olives!

    Reply

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