I love popping up popped corn with lots of olive oil and then sprinting it on after it has popped with sea salt and pepper

That’s easy. Smashed tomato and smushed olive pasta. Cut fresh tomatoes in half, smash your olives (removing the pits), tear basil, crush dried oregano, salt, pepper and olive oil in a bowl. Cook your favorite pasta, when done pour pasta on top of you bowl or tomato and olive goodness.

It’s amazing. The olive oil has to be good because it is such a large part of the flavor.

Swiss chard salad. Quality bread. Pasta with raw tomatoes, basil and fresh mozzarella.

We have to pick just one? Roasted veggies tossed with EVOO, garlic and sea salt. I use EVOO every day in something, usually multiple somethings.

BTW, I made your “cook your garbage” veggie stock yesterday and will use it in your recipe for Vegetable Beef Barley Soup tomorrow. : )

Thanks!

I like to keep it simple and dip bread in olive oil.

Simply… tomatoes, basil and buffala! 

Mixed half and half with a good vinegar and a little salt and pepper and that’s all I need to make a salad wonderful!

On ice cream! But you need to have a nice, high-quality grassy olive oil and delicately-flavored vanilla ice cream (without too much sugar). Oh, and a sprinkle of sea salt. It is delicious.

Fresh yellow squash, sliced and sauteed with olive oil and garlic.

Bread dipping w/vino…

Syracuse stretch bread

I love adding herbs and spices to it and using it as a bread dipping oil! Yum!

Add salt & pepper and a little but if freshly grated parm. My favorite dip!

with my own homemade bread.

I love olive oil on any fresh vegetable – washed baby greens from the garden with a sprinkle of salt, over summer tomatoes with mozzarella, with tender beets – the more pungent and unctuous, the better.

I love it so much, I’ve gotten adventuresome – I’ve even been known to drizzle it over my rice-meal (I can’t eat oats) at breakfast, or over vanilla ice cream at night. It’s AMAZING in madeleines!

Bread and parmesan cheese and pepper – dillylish!

My go-to for bruscetta, both for toasting and for finishing.  Nice and thanks for the chance to win!! 

On a caprese salad!

For me, nothing beats fresh warm bread

 It is really hard to pick just one… however, our family has been making a Lebanese Salad since before I was born that taste wonderful and Olive Oil is one reason why.

Anything! I love it with sauted kale or roasted broccoli, pasta sauces, etc.!  

I love to roast vegetables with it, cauliflower especially. I use it for kale chips and brussel sprout chips too. The better the quality of oil the better flavor in the chips!

I love making olive oil cake. Seriously google for the recipe. There are loads of variations. I love using citrus, particularly lemon. 

Homemade popcorn. And, avocado!

If I had to pick one food to eat with olive oil, it would be my homemade vinaigrette. For a long time, I used bottled salad dressing, but once you start making your own, there is no going back, even with the best versions on the supermarket shelf. When I started making my own dressing, I used a lot of vinegar. But an aunt of mine makes the smoothest, silkiest vinaigrette and she taught me the 4 or 5 to one ratio rule. I’ve developed my own recipe, which is adaptable in many ways. Best about it, though, is that at that ratio, it lets a really quality olive oil stand out and shine! There are few things I love better than a simple green salad with a wonderful garlicky vinaigrette.

I have a post about this vinaigrette, if anyone wants the recipe.

http://onfoodandfilm.com/2012/04/07/never-ever-ever-vol-1/

I love your blog and have followed it for a while. Thanks for all the amazing posts!

Tom Provost
onfoodandfilm.com

Butter popcorn with olive oil

Delicious in blood orange olive oil cake

My first answer would be…everything! But if I had to choose one, I might go with roasted asparagus.

Ciabatta bread, ’nuff said!

I love to use olive oil and fresh lemon juice on any steamed vegetable!

Olive oil is a part of my blood. My heritage is rooted in Italy and Spain and olive oil is a key, healthy  choice. It makes my salad sing … wonderful on toasted bread (have not used butter for years … even in waffles, pancakes and oatmeal cookies), heavenly in a baked potato, always drizzled on tomatoes, especially vidalia onions, oregano, fresh basil, pepper and mozzarella, delicious with aglio e olio, traditional tomato sauce, sauteed meats and vegetables … drizzled on corn with herbs and roasted on a grill. Olive oil is the best.

Drizzled on vanilla ice cream or vanilla yogurt. mmmm…

I love dipping crusty sourdough or italian bread into a dish of olive oil and herbs (rosemary, oregano and a little bit of salt is my favorite!!)

Roasted vegetables, especially asparagus…our special house salad dressing…as a dip with fresh baked bread…and in almost every saute we make.

crusty bread dipped into olive oil and maybe a bit of parmesean cheese…mmmm…the best!! 

When I’m sauteing cabbage for tacos and with everything else too!
xo jana

freshly made bread right out of the oven!

High quality olive oil as dressing is my favorite use!

tomato, basil, sliced mozzarella and crushed black pepper drizzled with olive oil!

Practically everything – I bake, sauté, and roast practically everything in it. Right now #1 would be on fresh bread. I live in NYC and Fairway Harlem has turned me into an olive oil and French bread junkie, I usually shop around lunchtime to move the car for alternate side parking, and there in the middle of the store is a large island of olive oils and baskets of French Bread rounds, begging to be sampled. This has become my lunch 2-3 times a week!

I love to dip my home-made rosemary and kalamata olive focaccia in olive oil!

We love tomato and mozzarella salad drizzled with olive oil, yummy!!

While I firmly believe that olive oil goes with almost anything, there is nothing so satisfying as a chunk of crusty bread dipped in olive oil.

Olive oil on good fresh kale, with a little bit of sea salt, fresh ground pepper, and with avocado, green onion, and tomato. With nice toasted french bread. 

roasted veggies with rosemary, thyme, salt, and pepper tossed in Olive Oil!

We love it on salads!!!! and everything else!

I use it in all my baking….it makes every treat super moist and a little better for you….

spinach, garlic , lemon juice and olive oil.

It makes all the difference on spinach lightly sauteed with garlic, on thinly sliced roasted beets, or mixed with balsamic vinegar as a dressing on a salad of mixed lettuces, cherry tomatoes, red onion, kalamata olives, and feta cheese!

Drizzled with Italian seasoning on roasted veggies. For dipping hot homemade bread. Homemade dressing with vinegar and fresh oregano.

Hot southern Italian peasant bread straight out of the oven to sop it up

I make my own version of humus - blend chick peas, garlic, squeezed lemon juice, cumin, olive oil, and sea salt in a blender, and then drizzle more olive oil over the top and eat with toasted pita bread.

tapenade!!

Love it with bread & wine!!

Love it with bread & wine!!

drizzled over  sun warmed sliced tomato  and basil leaves from my garden, …a baguette
to sop up any missed oil and juices. 

I make popcorn with olive oil every day but I really like high quality olive oil for dipping bread into.

What don’t I use olive oil on? Although I’ve heard/seen my fresh rosemary and black olive whole wheat bread (with a black salt topping) dipped in fresh olive oil is pretty spectacular .

I love quickly sauteed Swiss chard with garlic and onions over brown rice. Yum!

I make a great salad dressing with olive oil, lemon and garlic-even our dog loves it.  

Bread. =)

Tonight I drizzled it over popcorn like it was butter. Mmm

well, we eat almost everything with olive oil, really. but if I had to choose one I’d keep it simple…Zingerman’s paesano dipped in olive oil with just a bit of cracked peppercorns.

Chilean salad…it’s made with tomatoes, onions, olive oil, and a dash of lemon…yum!

Honestly I could use olive oil on EVERYTHING! But one of my top 5 would be simply drizzling it over a piece of great bread with some cheese, or tomato, or avocado.  But finishing a pasta dish with it, or over any veggies, mmm so good too!  Thanks for the giveaway:)

Definitely with Kale. A little sea salt and a little garlic.  Amazingness

My current favorite way to eat oilve oil is drizzled on a half of avocado with some balsamic and salt and pepper. 

I love putting it on a chunky salad of romaine with blanched broccoli, radishes, celery, red pepper, red onions, cilantro, fresh garlic, salt, pepper, lemon

Bread dipped in olive oil with ground pepper and grated cheese.

On roasted japanese sweet potatoes – yum!

too many choices!  bruschetta!

I love it simply with roasted garlic on homemade bread.

I love olive oil on my roasted root veggies (carrots, beets, etc.)!

A lot of people have said freshly baked bed and I have to agree! I also love using olive oil with mashed potatoes. 

poured over ripe tomato w/ a pinch of salt, fresh cracked pepper and a splash of vinegar…

tastes like summer…

Difficult to pick just one, but my recent fave is roasted asparagus with garlic & olive oil.

Pasta and dip bread in olive oil.

My favorite food? Easy: oven- or pan-roasted fresh vegies (cauliflower, asparagus, potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes, summer squash, kohlrabi, carrots or onions) (separately or in various combinations) ~ are unbelievably delicious when generously slathered with olive oil of excellent quality, then sprinkled with sea salt and rosemary (or thyme~sometimes even cumin!)

Olive oil cake. I also like it drizzled on a kale salad with dried cherries and orange segments. 

Oh, yeah, olive oil, pop corn and nutritional yeast, with oregano, basil and black pepper

Love good olive oil tossed with my favorite pasta, garlic salt and avodado. Yummers! 

Love great olive oil tossed with my favorite pasta, garlic salt, avocado and fresh parmesan. Yummmmm.

Wow!  I had no idea Chile produced olive oil.  I’m curious if there is a distinctive flavor that comes from olives grown in that region.  Time to keep my eyes peeled for it!I tend to use my favorite olive oils for on it’s own or with some balsamic vinegar and dip with whatever bread is lying around.  It’s the BEST comfort food aside from guac and salsa.  =)

I usually keep several bottles of olive oil around cuz I don’t want to  run out of this awesome food. I take it twice a day by the tablespoon for its health benefits and otherwise love it on just about everything. I have found that Italian olive oil, overall, is the best tasting to me. Some really good ways to enjoy it are listed in the comments….thanks for the article.

P.S.  I always use organic and Amazon as well as Vitacost have some really good selections at reasonable, reduced prices.

My favorite foods to eat with olive oil are homemade caesar salad w/olive oil lemon dressing and of course hummus! 

I too use an incredible amount of olive oil; I’m always almost out, and wonder who used it up!  In particular, I have been using this brand.  This week I bought some wonderful, fresh mozzarella cheese – I have a bit of basil growing already in a pot, so I combine the two with a dash of pepper and sea salt, and a drizzle of olive oil.  The whole family is enjoying it.

But a staple – kale sauteed with drizzle of olive oil and sea salt.

I love to sautée my favorite green, Swiss chard in olive oil and garlic.

Hummus with lots of good olive oil…yummy! And crusty delicious bread.

I love to drizzle olive oil over a bed of crisp arugula. Add a squeeze of lemon, a few twists of black pepper, a sprinkle of Maldon salt. Shave some raw-milk Parmesan over all and you have the most delicious salad!

Ummm. On summer artichokes grilled on the barbecue, and them some to dip, with just some great sea salt!

Olive oil with zucchini roasted on a sheet pan.

bread and good tomatoes

I like it a couple ways. One is spinach sauteed with olive oil and garlic. The other is using it as a dip like the traditional Italian way with salt, pepper, and a few dried herbs. Mmmm so good!

Bread. Any bread with olive oil is a win!

Mmmm, fresh from the oven focaccia.

Greek yogurt with fresh room temp peaches on the bottom and candied walnuts on top – drizzle any good evoo on top for a true treat!

Any vegetables! And any way! Roasted with olive oil, fresh in a salad with just a drizzle of EVOO over it, sautéed with extra virgin…. delis!

There is no better way to enjoy the savory flavors of summer vegetables than cooking them with a rich, fresh tasting olive oil. I make ratatouille whenever I can get my hands on fresh summer squash, eggplants peppers and tomatoes – and using the right olive oil makes all the difference!

A flavorful, extra-virgin olive oil is also essential for making Middle Eastern dips, salads and roasting meats and vegetables. 

There is no better way to enjoy the savory flavors of summer vegetables than cooking them with a rich, fresh tasting olive oil. I make ratatouille whenever I can get my hands on fresh summer squash, eggplants, peppers and tomatoes – and using the right olive oil makes all the difference!

on rosemary bread for dipping. or on salads with a little balsamic vinegar.

Roasting vegetables with onion and garlic and olive oil!!

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio.  It lets the olive oil shine!

Great crusty sourdough bread.

Ahhh, a salad dressing of olive oil, fresh lemon, rosemary, thyme, fresh gound pepper and sea salt.  Love it!!

I love to put olive oil on my green beans and sautee them.

My favorite dish with olive oil is a sauce that goes on braciole.  My grandmother was an Italian imigrant and came over with this recipe from the olive farm that she grew up on.  You mix the oil with garlic, parsley and a few other spices (whatever seems good and you have in your cupboard).  It is siple, but adds just the right flavor to the meat in the braciole.

i just made muffins with avocado oil! except i forgot the flour:

http://theactorsdiet.com/2012/05/03/this-is-your-brain-on-crack/

oops.  they still turned out great though – i’d love to try it again (this time with flour) with olive oil! thanks for the opportunity!

i just made muffins with avocado oil! except i forgot the flour:

http://theactorsdiet.com/2012/05/03/this-is-your-brain-on-crack/

oops.  they still turned out great though – i’d love to try it again (this time with flour) with olive oil! thanks for the opportunity!

i just made muffins with avocado oil! except i forgot the flour:

http://theactorsdiet.com/2012/05/03/this-is-your-brain-on-crack/

oops.  they still turned out great though – i’d love to try it again (this time with flour) with olive oil! thanks for the opportunity!

Drizzled liberally on Mozzarella, tomatoes and basil, sopped up with crusty french bread..

My recent obsession is making socca with tasty olive oil. Delish!

I discovered this recipe for burgers called Chris’ Bay Area Burger which uses 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil mixed into the ground beef.  These are by far the best burgers I have ever made and I believe it is using the evoo in the recipe that makes the difference.  They don’t stick to the grill and they are always juicy.

Bruschetta!

I love to make vinaigrette salad dressings with a good olive oil and something yummy like a fig balsamic vinegar. A little salt and pepper and Dijon mustard and you will never go back to bottled dressings.

Marinate tilapia in olive oil and lemon juice, roll it in za’atar and grill it-delicious!

Bread, veggies, pasta.

Olive oil is perfect with a crisp salad of shaved fennel and orange segments.  Olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper – delicious!  The taste of the oil really comes through so it pays to use a good one!

Oh boy, good olive oil needs nothing else but a sprinkle of sea salt and a good loaf of bread for dipping I would love to try this one if you’re a convert! 

If it’s really good, in a shot glass.

Good bread!

I like to drizzle it on my best home made hummus.  A great  olive oil makes all the difference.

warm bread dipped in oil with ground pepper is the best! Most often we use olive oil for roasting vegetables though — at least 2 or 3 times a week in our house

Salad dressing: fig balsamic vinegar, hot mustard, maple syrup, lots of garlic, and a really good olive oil.

I love it on pasta, but also on roasted or grilled veggies.

I just made my first jar of olive oil mayonnaise, and it was pretty tasty! I also really like to use it when I bake peanut butter cookies. OOoooooh so good!!

I love dipping frresh baguettes in olive oil. Yum!

My latest favorite for olive oil is in granola.  Makes a great savory/sweet combo.

i love a good tasting olive oil drizzled over hummus…

Olive oil, kosher salt and pepper on any of the following and then roasted until ready: kale, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, butternut squash, chicken, salmon….

I love cooking my eggs with olive oil.  I add whatever vegetables I have on hand, some protein like ham or bacon, and some shredded cheese, with a little milk, some chopped fresh herbs like basil, pinch of salt, pepper hot sauce, stir until cheese melts.

I’m also in the everything camp but salad might be at the top of my list. 

I luv chick pea salad with roasted peppers and artichokes with fresh herbs and whatever greens I have around kale etc… with a sherry vinaigrette that has a great tasting fruity OO

I love cutting an avocado in half, scooping out the pit, pouring olive oil in the indentation and eating it with a spoon. Delicious!

I love making pesto with a good olive oil – it makes SUCH a difference!

Mmmm … Olive oil. I like it drizzled over veggies for roasting, or on garlic sautéed spinach, or mixed with apple cider vinegar and honey to toss with cabbage and apples … Do I really have to pick just one?

on roasted vegestables.

Sweet potato, black beans and olive oil = HEAVEN

Raw fennel, dipped in olive oil and a bit of pepper and salt!

I like it with bread and a little pepper.  I also like to use it when I make my hummus and to top my hummus. 

I love making chimichurri!

Favorite food would be good Italian bread with some good tomatoes and maybe some garlic & a little salt & pepper

roasted potatoes o-live oil, rosemary, salt and pepper-yummy

that’s a tough one..so many good ways….i’ll have to go with it drizzled over a really good brick oven margarita pizza……

I also use most of my olive oil for stove top popcorn plus truffle salt. Amazing!

Love pasta with olive oil, garlic and parsley. I cook pretty much every thing with olive oil!

Olive oil on everything and used for cooking. My delight thought is a really good olive oil with some balsamic vinegar and homemade bread.

I love to mix olive oil with balsamic vinegar, s&p, spices and dip fresh bread in it. Soooo good!

I use extra virgin olive oil almost exclusively and I do everything in it from acorn squash in the oven, to marinades for meats, to sauteed zucchini fritters, but as to my favorite application, I’d have to say salad because I could not imagine making a dressing without it.

I love olive oil popped popcorn too!  Will need to add pepper next time.  Sometimes I add freshly grated parm instead of salt.

THe most simple answer is what don’t I use olive oil on. Really.
I am not exaggerating! I have made pie crust with it with great success!
This weekend, while “roughing it” while helping to build my daughter house, I made rhubarb cobbler in the dutch over over an open fire and used olive oil and beer in the batter….there was shock and awe in my food audience when I lifted that lid and the steaming cobble was revealed! Mmmmmm

I love flash fried peppers with lots of crunchy salt.

I love softened goat cheese with crushed garlic and swirled with a good olive oil and then spread on fresh crunchy bread. Also you can add cooked soft peppers! Yummy! Now I’m hungry

Yum, these days I’m loving it on my salads mixed with a bit of good vinegar, or drizzled over veggies – thanks!

looks beautiful. nothing like judging a book by its lovely cover and being right. i love that good olive oil in its raw form. i drizzle it straight up on top of pureed soups, on salads, grains (e.g. quinoa herb salad)… quality is key. thanks for the recommendation.

Bruschetta…pasta…dipping bread with sea salt and fresh cracked pepper…

Homemade popcorn, yum

Popcorn & olive oil is a natural choice for me. Sometimes a spritz of vinegar on top too!

Drizzled over fresh tomatoes with salt & pepper, of course!

Right now, my favorite way to use olive oil is over thinly sliced and barely cooked eggplant. Add garlic, herbs, s & p…..delicious!

a good crusty bread

Roasted sweet potatoes!

I love taking olive oil and mixing in Italian herbs and Parmesan cheese and dipping bread in it. It had to be really good olive oil for me to do this so I’m wondering if this brand would do the trick for me.

Mmmm I like fresh warm bread with a little oil and salt to dip it in. I’m a simple girl.

EVOO with crusty chewy bread, yum!

Almost every food except fruit, I might try even chocolate

A salad made with quinoa, fresh veggies and a few olives!

Oh god…what don’t I like with olive oil?! Anything from fresh, delicious bread to just a plain salad with some balsamic to drizzled on some garden fresh tomatoes, basil, and homemade mozzarella…mmm…

I like it the old fashion way on a good crusty bread with a little cheese and pepper.

I love my salads with olive oil.

As an Italian you can imagine how many things I cook w/EVOO, but my favorite is my Roasted Veggie Pasta.  Oven roast asparagus, mushrooms, broccoli, red peppers, carrots, red onion, spinach & tomatoes tossed in EVOO and fresh herbs blended with penne (any kind) pasta) in a light lemon garlic sauce.

I love to make pesto. I love it on any pasta and grilled garlic bread.

I recently discovered replacing bacon fat with olive oil while preparing a traditional Lithuanian dish, kugelis. Although I’ve grown up eating it with the bacon fat & bacon crisps,I needed to make a change in the recipe as my daughter and many of her friends are now vegetarian. I had to take a chance and make the switch. What a success. No one at her graduation party knew of the switch. Now, we’ll serve cooked bacon crisps on the side for those who still want the traditional  bacon flavor of this dish.

I use olive oil in just about everything! I love dipping bread in it! I also use the oil on my psoriasis because it helps to soften the skin. Where would we be without it. Too unbearable to thi k about. I also use olive oil to treat my hair. I guess I really need more oil!! Love it!

with basil and tomatoes fresh from the garden with a pinch if sea salt – divine