{"id":282816,"date":"2010-02-05T14:42:02","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T19:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nourishedkitchen.com\/?p=3093"},"modified":"2010-02-05T14:42:02","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T19:42:02","slug":"clean-your-plate-recipe-challenge-olive-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/282816","title":{"rendered":"Clean Your Plate Recipe Challenge: Olive Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnourishedkitchen.com%2Fclean-your-plate-recipe-challenge-olive-oil%2F\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnourishedkitchen.com%2Fclean-your-plate-recipe-challenge-olive-oil%2F\" height=\"61\" width=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nourishedkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/olilveoil.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3094\" title=\"olilveoil\" src=\"http:\/\/nourishedkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/olilveoil.jpg\" alt=\"olive oil\" width=\"512\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Olive oil.\u00a0 There is nothing quite like a fruity, complexly flavored olive oil &#8211; teeming with antioxidants, polyphenols and vitamin E.\u00a0 It&#8217;s sacred, mystical &#8211; weaving its way in and out of Mediterranean<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">folklore and myth. Homer referred to it as &#8220;liquid gold,&#8221; and rightly so &#8211; it imparts a beauty to foods and supports wellness with its wholesome serving of m<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">onounsaturated fats paired with other micronutrients and antioxidants.\u00a0 Too often, though, olive oil is never given the opportunity to shine in its own right &#8211; to revel in its own unique beauty and litany of subtle and unique flavors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This month, the <em>Clean Your Plate Challenge<\/em> is back and we&#8217;re focusing on unrefined olive oil.\u00a0 So, <em>Chaffin Family Orchards<\/em> and <em>Nourished Kitchen<\/em> have teamed up on this months challenge &#8211; asking you to create a unique, wholesome recipe that lets olive oil shine in its own right.\u00a0 Your original recipe should feature olive oil in a way that truly highlights its beauty &#8211; not just including this sacred food as an afterthought; rather, olive oil should be the very highlight of the dish.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Clean Your Plate: Details &amp; Participating<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Our special ingredient for February&#8217;s Clean Your Plate Challenge is Unrefined, Extra Virgin Olive Oil.<\/li>\n<li>Create an original recipe that highlights and showcases Unrefined, Extra Virgin Olive Oil.<\/li>\n<li>Blog your entry and link here to the challenge, or if you don&#8217;t have a blog <a href=\"http:\/\/nourishedkitchen.com\/about-the-nourished-kitchen\/contact-me\/\">contact me<\/a> with the details of your entry, and once you&#8217;ve blogged your entry add it to the Simply-Linked widget below no later than <strong>Friday, February 19th at noon<\/strong>, mountain time.<\/li>\n<li>Your entry should be wholesome and healthy.\u00a0 That means you need to avoid: refined ingredients including white flours, white sugars, soy-based meat and milk replacements.<\/li>\n<li>Chris from <em>Chaffin Family Orchards<\/em> and I will select three finalists and the voting will begin on Saturday, February 20th.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll notify participants of the finalists no later than Monday, February 22nd by email and you&#8217;re free to lobby for your entry as much as suits you.<\/li>\n<li>Voting will end on <strong>Friday, February 26th<\/strong> at noon, mountain time and we&#8217;ll announce the winner!<\/li>\n<li>The winner will receive 1 Gallon Unrefined, Extra Virgin Olive Oil\u00a0 &#8211; a $52.50 value &#8211; shipped to their door so they can make more wonderful olive oil recipes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Prize and a Little about Chaffin Family Orchards:<\/h2>\n<p>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.\u00a0 They also produce meat, citrus (including incredible mandarins), avocados and stone fruit.\u00a0 They practice organic, natural and biodynamic farming methods. <em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chaffin Family Orchards<\/em> is awarding the winner of the recipe contest with what else but olive oil!\u00a0 The winner will receive <strong>1 Gallon Late Harvest Extra Virgin Mission Olive Oil<\/strong>.\u00a0 On a personal level, this is my favorite olive oil: it&#8217;s rich, buttery with fruity overtones that shine like no other olive oil I&#8217;ve tasted.\u00a0 It is a remarkably special oil.\u00a0 They&#8217;re also running a fantastic special right now of their late harvest mission olive oil:<!-- BEGIN ADVERTPRO CODE BLOCK --><\/p>\n<p><script language=\"JavaScript\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<!--\ndocument.write('<scr'+'ipt src=\"http:\/\/realfoodmedia.advertserve.com\/servlet\/view\/text\/javascript\/zone?zid=352&amp;pid=5&amp;random='+Math.floor(89999999*Math.random()+10000000)+'&amp;millis='+new Date().getTime()+'&amp;referrer='+escape(document.location)+'\" language=\"JavaScript\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/scr'+'ipt>');\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!-- END ADVERTPRO CODE BLOCK --><\/p>\n<h2>Spread the Word:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t forget to spread the word by blogging this contest, tweeting it and adding it to facebook!<\/li>\n<li>Want to participate?\u00a0 Pick up a <em>Clean Your Plate Challenge<\/em> button:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/nourishedkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/cyp300x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3092\" title=\"cyp300x300\" src=\"http:\/\/nourishedkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/cyp300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><textarea cols=\"20\" rows=\"4\">&lt;a href=&#8221;http:\/\/www.nourishedkitchen.com\/clean-your-plate&#8221; 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