TURN YOUR FATHER'S DAY GOURMET WITH GRAMPIANS OLIVE CO +

Grampians Olive Co is Australia's premium organic extra virgin olive oil company, family owned and based in Victoria. I have loved and praised them in my previous recipe post. After a couple of weeks in Eastern Europe my appreciation for top notch olives, cheese and olive oil grew and was eventually instilled as an everyday staple. We had a bottle of regular olive oil waiting for us upon our return to Sydney and all we wanted was quality extra virgin olive oil. We were told in Eastern Europe that most restaurants will only have extra virgin olive oil (the highest grade and best tasting olive oil) served at the table, lower grade refined olive oil and virgin olive oil are then exported out to other countries. So we should feel very proud and lucky to have high quality extra virgin olive oil at our door step.

In the Sampler Gift Set ($22) you will have the opportunity to trial Grampians Olive Co entire range, including 8 organic oils (Signature Organic, Delicate Organic, Garlic Infused, Truffle Infused, Chili Infused, Tuscan Herbs Infused, Blood Orange, Lemon Pressed and 2 finishing vinegars (Roasted Capsicum and Caramelised Balsamic); comes completed in 10 x adorable 25ml bottles.  

Not sure about you but I find it exceptionally difficult to buy my dad Father's Day gifts... for the past few years it's been scratchies and lotto tickets. I popped over to my folk's place recently and found out they've been using vegetable oil to cook (hmmm..) and to mix in a dressing (WHAT!!!). I whispered to mum, "Extra virgin olive oil this year, there's an Australian brand 'Grampians Olive Co' from Victoria". Mum's eyes lit up!

I promise you, any meal can be gourmet with high quality extra virgin olive oil. Sharing another one of my super delicious vegetarian recipe below using Grampians Olive Co.

TRUFFLE PAN CHARRED GREEN BEANS WITH CORN AND CASHEW

What you need:
- Grampians Olive Co Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Grampians Olive Co Truffle Oil Infused Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 bag of green beans
- 1 cob of corn
- A handful of roasted cashews
- Garlic Salt and Pepper
- A pinch of chili flakes

Let's get cooking!

1. Wash your beans and nip the head and tail of the beans, if the bean is too long, snap them in half.

2. Pour a splash of Grampians Olive Co Extra Virgin Organic Olive Oil into a pan on medium heat and let the pan warm up for a couple of minutes.

3. Add your green beans into the pan, warning - it will sizzle!!! You can lift the pan off the fire for a little. Keep tossing the beans around for a few minutes.

4. Add garlic salt, pepper and a pinch of chili flakes, keep tossing the beans and put a lid on the pan to let the green beans cook and char on low heat.

5. While the beans are cooking, put your corn cob in the microwave for 3 minutes (my lazy way!) and cut the corn off the cob with a serrated knife (careful, the cob will be hot, let it rest for a bit before cutting).

6. Add the corn and cashews into the beans, turn the burner off and lightly toss with a cooking utensil.

7. Drizzle Grampians Olive Co Truffle Infused Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil to your fancy and enjoy! Serve with a bed of rice of eat it as a side.

WEBSITEhttps://grampiansoliveco.com.au/

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HEARTY HEALTH VEGETARIAN RECIPE USING GRAMPIANS OLIVE OIL

Some of you may know, my partner was a vegetarian (now pescatarian) and I was a carnivorous monster (now a part time veg). I use to hate going out to eat with him because we were never able to share food. It's quite amusing actually, I would order a double beef burger or hot wings and he would order a pumpkin salad, the waiter would always give me the salad and him the burger - we would giggle and switch it around. 

Since living together, I have adjusted to a meat-free home and occasionally eating meat dishes when we eat out once a week. This helped with my digestion. So today I want to share with you a very hearty and healthy dish that we ate for most of the working week using my Grampians Garlic Olive Oil and Finishing Vinegar!

Grampians Olive Co was established in 1943, producing award winning organic Australian Olive Oils of the highest quality. Grampians is Australian made and owned, a family business and you guys know how I always love supporting Aussie brands and small/family businesses!

 I am terrible when it comes to following recipes, I like to see what's in the fridge and using whatever ingredients we have to turn it into a meal. Which is why a lot of flavouring etc are to taste. I find the most important thing to do when I am cooking is to taste my cooking as I go.

Let's have a look at my creation!

INGREDIENTS:

- Grampians Garlic Infused Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Grampians Roasted Capsicum Finishing Vinegar
- 1 cup of kidney beans (half boiled)
- 1 chopped onion
- 2 chopped tomatos
- 2 chopped carrots
- A handful of sliced mushrooms
- 1/2 cup of soaked lentils
 - 2  cups of washed baby spinach
- 1 teaspoon of Tumeric powder
- A splash of Siracha
- 1 tablespoon of curry powder
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup of water
- Splashes of Soy Sauce

Sides
- Boiled or steamed broccoli
- Sauerkraut
- Boiled jasmine rice

METHOD

1. Splash generous amounts of Grampians Garlic Olive Oil into a slightly heated pan followed by the chopped onion.
2. Once the onion is cooked add your kidney beans, lentils and carrots. You can add boiled kidney beans or half boiled if you would like the beans to simmer in flavour.
3. Add your curry powder, turmeric, siracha (depending on how spicy you want your dish to be), soy sauce, salt/pepper and half a cup of water. Stir then close the lid and simmer on low heat for about 8 mins.
4. Add mushrooms and tomatos, stir and add more water as required.  Add salt to taste. Put the lid back on and simmer again for about 5 mins.
5. Add baby spinach and stir. If you feel the texture is too liquidy, simmer for longer. If you feel that it's too dry - add more water and more spices as required.
6. Serve on top of your boiled rice or on it's own with some flat bread. You can add sauerkraut and broccoli like I did.
7. Top off your curry with some Grampians Roasted Capsicum finishing Vinegar.

I only used two products from my Grampians Picnic Gift Hamper in this particular dish. You can select up to 6 bottles of 100ml olive oils or finishing vinegars for just $40. Below is a photo of all the options from my picnic hamper, the range is fantastic and recipe options are endless with these. This hamper is also a good starting point as a taster to try some of Grampians' premium olive oil range.

My other favourite thing to do is to dip freshly baked sourdough into olive oil. That's when you can really taste the difference of a high quality olive oil - it's like a good coffee.

You can order yourself a hamper by visiting Grampians' website below :) Because it's almost Mother's Day, they are offering free shipping for purchases over $50, take advantage of this! Treat your mum or yourself because you love your body and only want to put the best things in it!

www.grampiansoliveco.com.au/

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