Celery and Olive Salad

Source: Family Recipe

Cream Cheese and Olive Spread

Ingredients

1 (8 oz.) pkg. softened cream cheese
1/2 c. chopped olives (very fine)

Directions

Combine ingredients and blend well. Use as a spread for party sandwiches, stuffed celery or on crackers.

Source

Review: I had kalamatta olives left over from this recipe so I decided to use them for this spread. Also yesterday I was craving a bagel so I spent three and change on one bagel when today I got six bagels and cream cheese for two dollars and change.

Lemony Chicken with Capers and Kalamata Olives

Ingredients

2 boneless chicken breasts halved
1 1/2 tsp. sea salt
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
1 cup halved and thinly sliced red onion
1 1/2 cups fresh orange juice
2 tbs. extra virgin olive oil
2 tsp. dried oregano
2 tbs. capers, rinsed
1/4 cup pitted kalamata olives, halved lengthwise

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit. Marinate the chicken breast with 1 tsp. salt and 1/4 cup of the lemon juice for a minimum of 30 minutes and up to two hours. Rinse the chicken and pat dry. Sprinkle each chicken piece with 1/4 tsp. salt. Spread the onions in the bottom of a shallow baking dish. Add the orange juice and place the chicken breasts on top of the onions. Whisk together the remaining 1/4 cup lemon juice, the olive oil and oregano. Drizzle over the chicken. Sprinkle the garlic and capers over the chicken. Add the olives to the pan juice (don't put them on top, or they will leave their mark). Bake uncovered until the juices of the chicken run clear, about 30 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a serving platter with the pan juices, olives, and capers.

Source: my sister

Review: The chicken was very tasty, I love chicken with lemon. Although I felt the flavor of the onions, capers, and olives did not come through unless you take an actual bite of them. I think what I would do would make stuffed chicken breasts and stuff every thing in them. Then the actual Mediterrean flavor will come through.