Jason has been wanting big salads for dinner as much as I have lately. Even though the salads are entree size and full of protein,
I will sometimes include an appetizer to eat beforehand.
I’ve been calling it happy hour at home…
olive and pepper tapenade
3/4 cup green olives
1/2 roasted red pepper (several strips jarred)
2 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons capers
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
splash red wine vinegar
sea salt
Chop the olives and pepper uniformly; finely mince garlic cloves. Leave capers whole, mix with olives, peppers and garlic. Stir in olive oil and vinegar, salt as needed.
Serve with pita points, kalamata olives and hummus.
What is your favorite appetizer?
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YUM! I love “dips.” Chips or pita bread with hummus, tzasitiki, tapenade, salsa, anything dip worthy.
aren’t dips great? hummus and olives could be a full meal for me…
I’ve been known to have a chips and salsa dinner once in awhile.
haaa! love it.
happy hour at home…i love that! i should start that up as well =)
i love bruschetta!
DO it!!
it’s fun! oh, yeah – I love bruschetta too… just wait until I have my BASIL and romas growing in the garden… 
I LOVE LOVE LOVE tapenade!! So awesome!
mmm hmm… me too!
Oh hello! I love a good tapenade. In fact, Giada just made one yesterday with chickpeas.
oooh, that sounds interesting… gotta look that up!
I think this is the recipe I saw http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/garbanzo-bean-and-olive-tapenade-recipe/index.html
ooh, that sounds interesting – honey? just might work! thank you for finding it for me – you’re so sweet!! <3
That looks so good! Wish my hubby liked olives so he could enjoy it too.
thanks, Jenn! the things that Jason doesn’t like? I make for my lunches or when he is out of town…
YUM, looks great! I have a black olive tapenade that I make all the time (http://www.vegangela.com/2010/12/02/two-mushroom-tapenade/), but I’ve bookmarked this to try next time. Thanks!
oh, wow, yours looks good too… thanks for sharing Angela (and beautiful photos!) I’m going to have to try it sometime!
oooh its gorgeous dahhhling
but you should know. I am the inventor of this. you stole my entire life.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA! =) luff yew
oh, girl… I am laughing so hard I scared the dog! XO
This looks so yummy!!!! I love tapenade, it is a mixture of all the things I love: olives, capers, garlic. YUM!
thanks, Zoe! I like adding capers to things… and garlic… and roasted peppers…
This look delicious. I just love olives and kalamata is my favorite kind!
team kalamata over here too!
That tapenade looks soooo good. I’m totally trying that!
thanks, Neyal !! hope you like it!
looks so delicious! I totally forgot that I was supposed to make pasta tonight. I was thinking about it all day but the minute I got home I ate 1 mango, kale chips, and a handful of raw buckwheat. doh! Better luck tomorrow.
My favorite appetizer is… bacon wrapped figs. (with pistachios inside!)
oh, no!
well, what you ended up having sounds good too 
I LOVE bacon wrapped figs… SO good!
Yummmmm! I love olive tapenades. I’ll have to make this! Hmmm – I like chips and guacamole or veg & hummus. But I like those both so much, I’ve been known to fill up on the appetizer and have no room for the meal!
me too! I have made a meal out of hummus, olives and cucumbers!
I love the happy hour idea.
I’m ravenous when I get home, and a healthy snack keeps me from overdoing it at supper. This tapenade looks great. 
thank you, Betty! yeah, I think I like my Happy Hour at Home… it’s going to become a thing…
That looks so yummy! My fave is usually bruschetta or chips and guac. I love most appetizers though. I could definitely live on them
oh, I could too, Lisa B!
I love bruschetta – I think we DO live on it during the summer!
I am a huge chips and salsa fan. And hummus… ohhhh the hummus!
me too… love some spicy pineapple salsa with crunchy awesome chips!
This looks, quite simply, DIVINE.
thanks, Katie! we ended up MIXING it with the hummus – SO good!
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