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Here are some useful ideas you can use with olive oil for your next meal:

Mix it with a few herbs and vinegar, it makes salads taste refreshing, not greasy nor heavy.
For an added flavour, add olive oil in marinades for barbecues and on steaks.
Mix garlic into some oil then use it to brush up fish such as a Salmon, New Zealand Tarakihi or Gurnard and top off with squeezed lemon.
When roasting meats and poultry, brush with olive oil to seal in the juices.
Baste it on sliced eggplant, zucchini and tomatoes, and grill lightly.
Toast some French bread or baguettes and top it off with a thick mixture of olive oil and garlic, then roast at 180 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes.
Cook some chopped garlic in olive oil and set aside for pasta or rice for a quick side dish.
Can't get enough of those sweets? Use light olive oil as a substitute to vegetable oil in baking brownies and chocolate chip cookies. You can then have your cake and eat it too, without feeling too guilty!
Sauté spinach with pine nuts in a little bit of olive oil.
Best of all, try Olea’s Extra Virgin olive oil in a shallow dipping dish with only the freshest hand-baked bread for company.

For some intriguing serving ideas try some of the recipes you’ll find on the following link, Olives NZ Recipes