Embrace Olive Oil

Quick Win

This mainstay of Mediterranean-style meals makes for delicious sautés, dressings, sauces and spreads. The recipe options are endless.

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• Everyday cooking. Make extra-virgin olive oil your go-to cooking oil for everything from stove-top to baked dishes, like our Spinach & Warm Mushroom Salad, Butternut Squash Bisque or Caprese Zucchini Casserole.
• DIY dressings and marinades. Say goodbye to store-bought! See how easy it is to make them yourself with delicious recipes like our Honey-Mustard Vinaigrette and Balsamic Marinated Chicken.
• Sauces and spreads. Olive oil is an essential ingredient for our Garden Tomato Sauce, pesto and chimichurri sauces (check out our Roast Salmon With Chimichurri Sauce) and hummus, like the one featured in this Edamame Hummus Wrap.

Why

Extra-virgin olive oil contains heart-healthy monounsaturated fatty acids along with polyphenols, compounds found in many plant foods that research suggests may benefit health. In its 2018 report “Brain Food,” the Global Council on Brain Health encourages use of healthy fats, including extra virgin olive oil. Among 110 adults 65 and up who were following a Mediterranean-style diet, those who replaced other vegetable oils with extra-virgin olive oil for a year scored better on brain-function tests, according to a 2018 report in the Journal of Translational Medicine.