Monday, April 8, 2013

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.
 
 
 
 








 

 
 The Giveaway
Land O Lakes Giveaway
MSRP: $150

One full-value coupon for Land O Lakes® Butter in Half Sticks
One half stick butter dish
One serving bowl
One set measuring spoons
Four dinner plates

Le Creuset Giveaway:
5 Piece Cast Iron Set MSRP $349

Dreamfarm:
MSRP $148.65
Included will be:
Scizza
Teafu
Supoon
Smood
Gargect
9" clongs
Chopula


 
 

I did not receive any compensation or product for participating in the Springtime Progressive Dinner Party. I love these brands and wanted to reward my readers with an amazing giveaway! Land O Lakes®, Le Creuset, and Dreamfarm all provided the prizes for the giveaway. As always all opinions are my own.

Thank you so much for joining us, GOOD luck!

-Jen

14 comments:

  1. Ummm...Miss Jen- WHAT TIME did you say I should come over? That looks incredible. What a fun blog hop- xo Diana

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  2. Looks delish!
    I'll have to go check out all of the others as well. Thanks for sharing!

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  3. One of my all time favorites is olive tapenade! Looks amazing!
    Kelly

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  4. Your recipe sounds fantastic. Can't wait to make this for my book club. All the recipes look fantastic. x

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  5. 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!

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  6. Oh I love olive tampenade--yet I've never made it from scratch! I think I need to give this recipe a try... stat!

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  7. Thanks so much for a fantastic recipe! I pinned it!

    XO,
    Jane

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  8. 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.

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  9. Looks delicious! I love anything with goat cheese!

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  10. Looks delicious! I love anything with goat cheese!

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  11. Yummy.....I love bruschetta anytime!

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  12. Gorgeous and one of my favorite combination of flavors!

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  13. Jen, this looks amazing. I love all of these ingredients and together it sounds fantastic.

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