12 Dec
From Betty Crocker, 1 (10-ounce) bottle small pimiento-stuffed olives 1 (10-ounce) bottle large pimiento-stuffed olives 6 ounces pitted Kalamata OR ripe olives 1 (1-pound) block Colby cheese 1 (125-count) package round toothpicks 1 cone shape (9 inches tall) green OR white floral foam Rosemary sprigs, if desired
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12 Dec
By Barbara Durbin, The answer depends on what you mean by nutritious. Olives and olive oil both contain “good” (monounsaturated) fat, but fat is high in calories, so the more nutritious fat you consume, the more calories you consume also. A half-ounce of olives is considered to be a serving, at least by the federal […]
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12 Dec
by Mohammed Zaatari, SOUTH LEBANON: Now that the harvesting season for olives has begun in earnest, owners of olive mills in South Lebanon have taken to throwing residue from the pressing process into riverbeds and ponds, without regard for the severe damage they are inflicting on the environment. This residue – the juice and excess […]
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12 Dec
From Yogurtland, Black or green, I love olives in every way they are prepared. Here, I am not even considering the canned sliced black things one can buy in the US supermarkets as olives. They are just not olives. A good cure to olives makes all the difference. We have them in breakfast, as whole […]
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