Use Your Holiday Leftovers to Create Gourmet Dishes

As the holidays approach, one of the most exciting aspects is all the delicious food. Thanksgiving is a day filled with turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and of course fun with your family. With this holiday comes a tremendous amount of leftovers, which can be just as tasty the following day. As a way to turn your holiday leftovers into a gourmet feast for your friends and family to enjoy, I have created a few recipes of customized Oil & Vinegar dishes. Below you can find some fantastic recipes to try out this holiday season and surprise your relatives with some new flavors even after Thanksgiving is over. Create Oil & Vinegar’s Savory Potato Pancakes and Turkey Mushroom Risotto and let me know what you think!

Savory potato pancakes

2 cups mashed potatoes
1 egg, beaten
1 small onion, minced
1 Tbsp parmesan dipper
3 Tbsp olive oil

Mix together the mashed potatoes, egg, onion, and parmesan dipper in a bowl. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan. Drop large spoonfuls of the mixture into the frying pan, making sure they don’t touch each other. Cook until the bottom is brown and crisp, turn over and cook the other side until brown and crisp.

Turkey Mushroom Risotto

1 package Boscaiolo Risotto
1 cup white wine
2 cups chicken stock
2 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
½ cup parmesan cheese
1 cup chopped turkey

Make the Risotto according to the package directions then add 1 cup chopped turkey, mix well and serve.

Package directions: Put 1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil in a pan with 1 package Boscaiolo Risotto, stir over medium heat for 1 minute. Add 1 cup white wine; bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce to a simmer. As the liquid is absorbed into the rice, add the chicken stock one ladle at a time until absorbed into the rice; about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the remaining olive oil and parmesan cheese.

Say Thanks to Your Loyal Customers & Staff This Holiday Season

As a business owner, it is important to celebrate the holidays with your customers and staff as a way to connect with them on a personal level. Corporate Gifting is a trend that is becoming increasingly more popular and despite the economy it is more important than ever to foster relationships with your loyal customers and employees. The most important aspects with corporate gift giving are personalization, uniqueness and practicality.

At Oil & Vinegar, we offer personalized gifts with customized labels so our guests can share unique, gourmet products with their loved ones, colleagues and patrons, while still branding their company’s logo. We offer a selection of over 40 different types of on-tap olive oils and vinegars from around the world and this allows for variety and personalization depending on the gift receivers likes.

Also, we offer practical gifts that your employees and customers can enjoy on an everyday basis for cooking and entertaining. Also, Oil & Vinegar offers our customized labels with a lead time of only 3 to 4 days. Our labels can be customized with companies’ logos and photos, messages or other holiday greetings. This is a fun service we provide our customers because it is a way to personalize gifts and offer something that the receiver will really enjoy. The best part is the labels are very affordable; individual bottles start at $14, sets start at $26.

To purchase a unique and personalized gift for your customers or staff, please visit a local retail store or www.oilandvinegarusa.com.

Give Us a Call and We Can Help This Holiday Season:

Oil & Vinegar Bellevue: (425)454-8497

Oil & Vinegar Skokie: (847) 763-1446

Oil & Vinegar Charlottesville: (434) 975-5432

Oil & Vinegar Woodlands: (281) 419-6601

Oil & Vinegar Missoula: (406) 549-7800

Oil & Vinegar Charleston: (847) 763-1446

With Autumn Sprouts Some New Delicious Food

Autumn is setting in and some amazing food is blossoming with the new season. It’s time for delicious soups, squash, and pumpkin. So many delicious vegetables prompt an endless list of recipes in my mind. One of the great flavors I enjoy using this time of year is Pumpkin Seed Oil.

Pumpkin seed oil is a staple in Austrian cooking, but it is just now making favor with chefs and foodies worldwide. At Oil & Vinegar we carry pumpkin seed oil from Styria, Austria which is considered the highest quality and is DOP protected.

Pumpkin seed oil has this wonderful, nutty flavor that blends so well with squash, pumpkin, potatoes, and other autumn vegetables, and an intense green color that comes from the husks of the seeds. Pumpkin seed, like many other oils, is cold pressed, and because of its delicate nature, it is used cold or as a finishing oil, so it won’t lose flavor or nutritional value. Pumpkin seed oil has valuable health benefits and is full of vitamins and minerals, but it is the culinary adventure you will experience that is truly a delight.

Pumpkin seed oil makes a simple dressing for a salad when mixes with muscat wine vinegar and a bit of fresh ground pepper. It is also amazing as a finishing oil in squash or pumpkin soup. You can even toss steamed vegetables in a bit of the oil. Though I haven’t tried it myself, I have even seen recipes for vanilla ice cream with pumpkin seed oil!