Spanish olives

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What are Spanish olives?

Spanish olives are small to medium green olives from Spain. These little olives are frequently stuffed with pimento. The olives are used as appetizers, in bar drinks or chopped and added to salads or other savory dishes.

Purchase Spanish olives in most grocery stores.

Substitute for Spanish olives

If you don't have Spanish Olives you can substitute equal amounts of one of these alternatives:

If the olives are for a Martini, substitute a pickled cocktail onion
OR - Use a caper berry
OR - Use blue cheese stuffed olives
OR - Almond stuffed olives
OR - If the olives are a cooking ingredient substitute another green olive
OR - Substitute black olives

Equivalents

7-oz jar spanish olives = approx 65

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Nutrition Information For Spanish olives

Serving Size

1 olive

Calories

Calories from Fat

% Daily Value^*

Total Fat 0g

Saturated Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg

Sodium 42mg

Potassium

Total Carbohydrate 0g

Dietary Fiber 0g

Sugars 0g

Protein 0g

Vitamin A 0%	•	Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 0%	•	Iron 0%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Favorite Spanish olives Recipes

Keshi Yena
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This Tagine With Vegetables And Olives includes onions, zucchini, garlic, peppers, potatoes, carrots, tomatoes and flavored with cumin and coriander. Cooks in under an hour. Flavorful way to serve vegetables.

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