Entries by Fiona

Baked Zucchini Flowers

I first had deep-fried zucchini flowers in Rome about a decade ago, and I immediately fell in love with them. Since then I have played with baked versions that still give a crispy ‘fried’ feel.    Needed for this recipe: • Sunshine Coast Olive Oil Co. Robust Extra Virgin Olive Oil • Sunshine Coast Olive Oil Co. […]

Garlic Grilled Scallops with Lemon-Infused Rice

Another Peppadew recipe! SO EASY and so DELISH!   Needed for this recipe: • Sunshine Coast Olive Oil Co. Garlic Infused Olive Oil • Sunshine Coast Olive Oil Co. Eureka Lemon Olive Oil  Ingredients: • Wooden or metal BBQ skewers • Bay scallops • Peppadews (or a spicy sweet marinated pepper) • Red Onion, chopped in chunks • 1 cup […]

Sicilian Style Fish

Needed for this recipe: • 1 Tablespoon Sunshine Coast Olive Oil Co. Eureka Lemon Olive Oil    Ingredients: • 1 piece of halibut or other white fish, about the size of your palm • 3 anchovies • ½ Tablespoon of capers, drained • 1 Tablespoon Sunshine Coast Olive Oil Co. Lemon Olive Oil • A splash of Prosecco (optional) • 1 […]

Matt’s Chipotle Espresso Sliders with optional Chipotle Mayo

Prep time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 7 minutes    Needed for this recipe: • Sunshine Coast Olive Oil Co. Chipotle Olive Oil • Sunshine Coast Olive Oil Co. Aged Espresso Dark Balsamic      Ingredients: • 1 cup lean ground beef (approx. .225 kg) • 1 Tablespoon Sunshine Coast Olive Oil Co. Chipotle Infused Olive Oil + more for […]

Where our Olive Oil comes from

We are proud to have direct relationships with all our farmers, and owe this amazing opportunity for traceability and transparency to Mike and Veronica Bradley of Veronica Foods. Due to the philosophy and efforts of this amazing family-run business, Veronica Foods and Veronica Foods Olive Oils have a world-class reputation for sourcing the highest-quality, award-winning products […]

Grilled Herbes de Provence Zucchini

Zucchini, zucchini everywhere. They are available in all the farm stands, and if you aren’t growing them you probably have a neighbour who wants to give some away! Grilled zucchini in olive oil are in the deli section of every supermarket in Italy. We lived on these when we were there. Needed for this recipe: […]

Pesto

Needed for this recipe: • Sunshine Coast Olive Oil Co. Medium Olive Oil I like to choose a savoury oil, such as a Picual Ingredients: • ½ teaspoon coarse salt • 1/3 cup pine nuts • 1 clove garlic, peeled and grated fine on a zester • 1 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese • ¼ cup grated pecorino Romano cheese • 5 good-sized […]