Olive oil. There is nothing quite like a fruity, complexly flavored olive oil – teeming with antioxidants, polyphenols and vitamin E. It’s sacred, mystical – weaving its way in and out of Mediterranean
folklore and myth. Homer referred to it as “liquid gold,” and rightly so – it imparts a beauty to foods and supports wellness with its wholesome serving of m
onounsaturated fats paired with other micronutrients and antioxidants. Too often, though, olive oil is never given the opportunity to shine in its own right – to revel in its own unique beauty and litany of subtle and unique flavors.
This month, the Clean Your Plate Challenge is back and we’re focusing on unrefined olive oil. So, Chaffin Family Orchards and Nourished Kitchen have teamed up on this months challenge – asking you to create a unique, wholesome recipe that lets olive oil shine in its own right. Your original recipe should feature olive oil in a way that truly highlights its beauty – not just including this sacred food as an afterthought; rather, olive oil should be the very highlight of the dish.
Clean Your Plate: Details & Participating
- Our special ingredient for February’s Clean Your Plate Challenge is Unrefined, Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
- Create an original recipe that highlights and showcases Unrefined, Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
- Blog your entry and link here to the challenge, or if you don’t have a blog contact me with the details of your entry, and once you’ve blogged your entry add it to the Simply-Linked widget below no later than Friday, February 19th at noon, mountain time.
- Your entry should be wholesome and healthy. That means you need to avoid: refined ingredients including white flours, white sugars, soy-based meat and milk replacements.
- Chris from Chaffin Family Orchards and I will select three finalists and the voting will begin on Saturday, February 20th. We’ll notify participants of the finalists no later than Monday, February 22nd by email and you’re free to lobby for your entry as much as suits you.
- Voting will end on Friday, February 26th at noon, mountain time and we’ll announce the winner!
- The winner will receive 1 Gallon Unrefined, Extra Virgin Olive Oil – a $52.50 value – shipped to their door so they can make more wonderful olive oil recipes.
The Prize and a Little about Chaffin Family Orchards:
A 5-generation farm located in Oroville in Butte County, California, Chaffin Family Orchards has been grown, harvesting and producing olives and olive oil for 75 years. They also produce meat, citrus (including incredible mandarins), avocados and stone fruit. They practice organic, natural and biodynamic farming methods.
Chaffin Family Orchards is awarding the winner of the recipe contest with what else but olive oil! The winner will receive 1 Gallon Late Harvest Extra Virgin Mission Olive Oil. On a personal level, this is my favorite olive oil: it’s rich, buttery with fruity overtones that shine like no other olive oil I’ve tasted. It is a remarkably special oil. They’re also running a fantastic special right now of their late harvest mission olive oil:
Spread the Word:
- Don’t forget to spread the word by blogging this contest, tweeting it and adding it to facebook!
- Want to participate? Pick up a Clean Your Plate Challenge button:
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Post Your Recipe
If you blog, add your olive oil recipe below. If not, contact me.
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