Yesterday I mentioned how Josh and I worked on a little project on Sunday. That project was creating a summer dish to enjoy using O Olive Oil.
I have heard such great things about O Olive Oil but have never got to try them before. They were so sweet to send me Extra Virgin Clementine Olive Oil and Zinfandel Vinegar to sample. I’m a big fan of olive oil, the flavor is so good I use it for all my cooking. Does anyone else use it to line the pan while making pancakes or eggs? When I received this pair of oils in the mail I was so excited to see how they could be used in a tasty dish.
It was amazing how good these smell when you pull off the caps. An initial sampling of the clementine olive oil smelled like someone had just bottled fresh citrus and the zinfandel vinegar tasted like wine! O Olive Oil is organic and the O Zinfandel is a premium barrel-aged vinegar. I could tell from the first taste that this stuff was high quality.
Josh came up with the awesome idea of making a parfait summer salad along with a citrus dressing to accent all the flavors. This salad is jam packed with ingredients and tastes so incredibly good!
Parfait Summer Salad
Serves 4
2 bags mixed leaves
1 can mandarin oranges, drained
Half a pint of blueberries
Two handfuls of cranberries
Two handfuls of chopped shredded almonds
1 small package of honey goat cheese
Lay down a bag of spinach in your bowl and then top with half your mandarin oranges, blueberries, cranberries, almonds and goat cheese. Repeat this process again over top of the initial layer and voila, instant parfait salad!
Citrus O Olive Oil and Vinegar Dressing
Serves 4
6 ounces of O Zinfandel Vinegar
2 tablespoons O Clementine Olive Oil
1/4 teaspoon powdered ginger
1/8 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon agave nectar
Black pepper to taste
Mix and enjoy over your favorite salad! 
The dressing was amazing. It complimented the citrus and the tangy cheese in the salad perfectly. Josh is so great at creating recipes off the top of his head. I really hope you try this one because it is really good!
It was the perfect fresh, healthy, delicious, filling summer meal shared with the best company.
Question of the Day: What’s your favorite dish to prepare in the summer?
That salad looks great and the vinaigrette sounds amazing! Need to try!
Aw thank you! I really recommend it, the vinaigrette is delicious!
That salad looks SOOOO good…I love using fresh olive oil on my leafy greens!
I love that it is fruit season because fruit on salads is like the best thing ever!
I LOVE olive oil on salads – this one looks fantastic! Great job.
Thanks so much! I used to use heavy dressings like ranches but when I started making healthier decisions I switched to oil and vinegar and I love it, it actually tastes better to me now!
Those olive oils and the salad looks so good!! Definitely need to try it!
Thank you so much! I really recommend that you do, its delicious!
This looks amazing and I want it for dinner tomorrow. And the presentation is gorgeous!
Aw thank you so much! Its seriously delicious!
hmmm send josh here to talk to MY husband pleaseandthankyou?
A meet up for the guys in bloggers lives would be so cool! haha They could all commiserate over having to wait to eat so we can take ten billion pictures and such! ;p
I love olive oil and it has so many good healthy benefits for you! For some reason I used to think it was bad for me and it wasn’t until this past year I started really getting into it
I love olive oil and how not only does it taste good, its good for you!
I love salads and BBQ Dinners
Also, Salmon on the Cedar Plank, yummmm!
Summer BBQ’s are the best!!
This looks absolutely divine! YUMMY!
Thanks so much!! It tasted even better than it looked! ;p
looks SO darn good. I love love love olive oil based dressings. mmmmm. Salads are pretty much all I ever want to eat in the summer
I love how fresh and crisp salads are, perfect for hot summer months!
Agree with the above.. LOOKS AMAZING. I love making a spinach walnut sald… something recently I’ve started making and am totally digging it.
Omg spinach and walnuts sounds like a winning combination! Do you have a link to your recipe? Thanks!
Yum! Looks really, really good! Thanks for sharing
Aw thanks! I was so happy with how it turned out!
I love that the dressing is so simple. It sounds delicious. I will definitely try it.
Aw thanks so much! I would love to hear what you think of it!
Great recipe! Didn’t have the O brand but still was delicious
Thanks