Green Olive Tapenade

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A 10 oz jar of Trader Joe's "chunky mix of green olives, Tomatoes, Red Peppers, Garlic, and Lemon Juice." This is great on crostini, of course, but I have used it to make a side dish which resembles pasta putanesca:

Toss it with hot drained penne pasta, and add black olives (dry cured are fabulous), grate parmigiano Reggianno over top, add coarse chopped basil, olive oil, and lightly sauteed pine nuts (browned in butter) and toss just before serving.

It is outstanding. You will think you are in a 5 star restaurant, yet you can make this as a weekday meal! We practically licked our plates! Ive also tried this with Trader Joe's greek style ravioli- also wonderful! I've also used it in salad dressings and especially warm pasta salads with chunks of dried salami, prosciutto, aged provolone cheese, roasted red pepper. Fabulous.

Gourmet on a budget, satisfies health requirements, and looks gorgeous on the table for company, or for any night of the week! The price is 3.99- not bad at all, when gourmet shops charge about twice that, and regular grocery stores don't carry anything like it. The good life, courtesy of TJs! How would I manage without them?!

Submitted on 04/18/2006 by Jeannie

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Really good tapenade

byhells kitchenette, July 5, 2006

This tapenade has a very nice suble flavor. We used it last night with TJ's scallops and TJ's spelt pasta and TJ's frozen spinach. It was a really wonderfully flavored meal. I did add some crushed red pepper flakes to it, to give it more heat. But both my boyfriend and I loved it.

love this stuff

bykalikaliente, December 12, 2007

this is very good also to place on top of uncooked chicken breasts and bake, the oils from the olives keep the chicken moist and flavorful

yum..

byPandorra, February 17, 2008

This is good on or in just about anything from salads, potatos, pastas, crackers, meats...you name it. I have even had people who don't like olives enjoy this tapenade.

Same as the Traditional Olive Tapenade?

bylisbet, March 25, 2008

This stuff is delicious. Pile it on a cracker or use it to cook with... mmmm if you like olives this is absolutely an essential. I could eat the entire container and then have another container for desert.

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