What you find traveling through the olive oil regions of the
Mediterranean—where people tend to be the healthiest—is that olive oil
is used on virtually everything, at breakfast, at lunch and at dinner.
Food tastes better with a good oil on it.
This
is a wonderful enhancement to the enjoyment of life. It is also a solid
foundation to a healthy diet, conferring three great benefits:
* The more olive oil you enjoy, the fewer heart-unhealthy fats you will consume.
* An olive oil high in polyphenols provides a wide range of direct health benefits.
* Because vegetables and grains taste better with olive oil, more
vegetables and grains - key elements in a balanced diet - are eaten.
Mediterranean kids need much less coaxing to eat their greens than
their American counterparts.
It makes food taste better.
In America we are fortunate to have access to a very wide variety of
cuisines. This makes it a particular pleasure to learn about matching
olive oil with food. We have all learned something about matching wine
with food. Most of us, for example, have seen that white wine tends to
go better with fish than red wine does. Occasionally we have the
experience of enjoying a specific fish dish that has been matched
perfectly with a specific white wine. It
is very similar with olive oil. Some oils are softer and rounder, and
are more suited to lighter dishes (like fish!). Some oils are lively
and pungent, others robust and self-assertive. Each has a role to play
in the enjoyment of food. We invite you to browse some recipes we find
perfectly suited to our three different Apollo oils.
Different foods are made better by different oils. A few simple ideas for incorporating more olive oil in your diet:
* Use it instead of butter in your frying pan, for example in preparing eggs, grilled cheese sandwiches and quesadillas.
* Try steaming vegetables and tossing them with oil and salt (like a warm salad) before serving.
* Bring it to the table and experiment with drizzles on your dishes — steak, pasta, pizza, and soups, for example.
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