Herbed Olive Tapenade With Goat Cheese Bruschetta & Giveaway!
Hi Everyone!
I hope you all have a fantastic weekend.
I am so excited about todays’ post!!!!
Not only am I over the moon to be a part of this fabulous
Spring Progressive Dinner Blog Hop
filled with AMAZING recipes from your favorite bloggers but……
there is also a
GIVEAWAY!!!!!
A BIG one!
We welcome you to travel from blog to blog
to view all of these incredible recipes.
Don’t these recipes look delicious?
Everything you would need to throw an amazing dinner party is HERE!
Now that Spring is finally here I can wait to
start entertaining again.
How about you?
This is the most incredible appetizer.
I put all of my favorite ingredients together
for this fresh & tasty starter.
Ingredients
Pitted Kalmata Olives
Manzanilla Olives
Garlic
Lemon
Fresh Oregano
Fresh Basil
EVOO
Red Wine Vinegar
Cream Cheese
Goat Cheese
French Bread
S & P
In a bowl mix
1 cup chopped Kalmata Olives(pitted)
1 cup chopped Manzanilla Olives
3 large cloves of Garlic diced
3 tbs chopped fresh Oregano
3 large basil leaves chopped
S & P to taste
3 tbs Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2tbs Red Wine Vinegar
1 fresh squeezed Lemon
Mix Together
4 oz Cream Cheese softened
4 oz Goat Cheese
You can use EVOO with a little salt & pepper
or Land O Lakes Butter Half-Sticks.
The half sticks are great because they allow you measure the perfect amount without waste.
Just dip and lay on a sheet.
Bake at 350 for about 10-15 minutes until edges are golden brown.
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24 Comments
Ummm…Miss Jen- WHAT TIME did you say I should come over? That looks incredible. What a fun blog hop- xo Diana
Looks delish! I’ll have to go check out all of the others as well. Thanks for sharing!
One of my all time favorites is olive tapenade! Looks amazing! Kelly
Your recipe sounds fantastic. Can’t wait to make this for my book club. All the recipes look fantastic. x
This looks so good. I love olives! I’m trying to skip dinner tonight after stuffing myself in NYC today and those pictures are making it very difficult not to run to the fridge and grab some olives. And what a great giveaway!
Oh I love olive tampenade–yet I’ve never made it from scratch! I think I need to give this recipe a try… stat!
Yum. Just yum.
Thanks so much for a fantastic recipe! I pinned it!
XO, Jane
Sounds delicious! Mmmm. Loving your blog just found last month. Your house is beautiful as is all the decorating. Did you ever post where you found your white sectional sofa.? It looks so cozy.
Looks delicious! I love anything with goat cheese!
Looks delicious! I love anything with goat cheese!
Yummy…..I love bruschetta anytime!
Gorgeous and one of my favorite combination of flavors!
Jen, this looks amazing. I love all of these ingredients and together it sounds fantastic.
I’m going t use feta instead if goat cheese. Think that will be ok? When I serve this do you suggest assembling it a little bit before they arrive or can they self serve? This looks so delicious!
I love this recipe! I have made it several times. I find fresh garlic in this recipe pretty strong, so I cut it down to one clove. People LOVE it!!!
Ummm…Miss Jen- WHAT TIME did you say I should come over? That looks incredible. What a fun blog hop- xo Diana
Looks delish!
I’ll have to go check out all of the others as well. Thanks for sharing!
One of my all time favorites is olive tapenade! Looks amazing!
Kelly
Your recipe sounds fantastic. Can’t wait to make this for my book club. All the recipes look fantastic. x
This looks so good. I love olives! I’m trying to skip dinner tonight after stuffing myself in NYC today and those pictures are making it very difficult not to run to the fridge and grab some olives.
And what a great giveaway!
Oh I love olive tampenade–yet I’ve never made it from scratch! I think I need to give this recipe a try… stat!
Yum. Just yum.
Thanks so much for a fantastic recipe! I pinned it!
XO,
Jane
Sounds delicious! Mmmm. Loving your blog just found last month. Your house is beautiful as is all the decorating. Did you ever post where you found your white sectional sofa.? It looks so cozy.
Looks delicious! I love anything with goat cheese!
Looks delicious! I love anything with goat cheese!
Yummy…..I love bruschetta anytime!
Gorgeous and one of my favorite combination of flavors!
Jen, this looks amazing. I love all of these ingredients and together it sounds fantastic.
Who does your photography? It is amazing.
Hi Susie, thank you so much, I actually do. It is a passion of mine. Have a wonderful Sunday, Jen
Can’t you make the recipe a little easier to copy????
This looks so amazing! Love the olives!
I’m going t use feta instead if goat cheese. Think that will be ok? When I serve this do you suggest assembling it a little bit before they arrive or can they self serve? This looks so delicious!
I love this recipe! I have made it several times. I find fresh garlic in this recipe pretty strong, so I cut it down to one clove. People LOVE it!!!