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2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
"Use oils to replace solid fats where possible."
The virtues of olive oil continue to shine!
The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which was just recently released, encourages Americans to use liquid oils instead of solid oils - go olive oil! It also promotes the use of olive oil because of its proven nutritional and health benefits.
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 Spring Recipes
We will be posting our recipes on our website where you can now print them. Click the photos to go to the recipes. Let us know what you think!
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Tom's Extravagonzo Gazpacho Soup
You can make this one very garlicky if you like. Works well with any flavor of Extravagonzo. | |
Extravagonzo Spring Feta and Red Grape Salad
The sweetness of juicy red grapes and the salty tang of feta make for a wonderful combination. |
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Do You Know? Olive Oil Timeline
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Last in the series...
- 325 AD - Under the reign of Constantine, 2,300 oil distributors in the capital of the Empire supply citizens with olive oil for cooking, cosmetics, massage, body care, lamps and other uses
- 1000 AD - Olive Oil becomes rare and is sometimes used as cash, but most of all is used for religious rituals
To read about when olive oil production started in the United States and for the rest of the timeline, click here.
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