Olives: A Good-For-You, On-The-Go Snack

Friday, March 1, 2019

Olives: A Good-For-You, On-The-Go Snack (NAPSA)—Amongthetastiest and most versatile fruits on Earth, olives are enjoyed by many cultures around the world. They have been in existence for8,000 years, and while olives are not indigenous to the Americas, they have beenin the New World for a good long time. Then It was the Spanish whointroduced olives to Peru and Argentina in the 1500s. As timepassed,olive trees made their way up the Pacific Coast through Mexico when Spanish missionaries broughtthem to California in 1769. However, it wasn't until the 1900s when commercial olive production began in the United States, thanks to a German immigrant woman named Freda Ehmann.She had a small grove and began experimenting with 280 gal- lonsofolives on her back porch in Oak- land, California, thus inventingtheripe olive style that Americans have come to knowandlove. Now Today, from Washington to Florida andin everystate in between,olives are found on pizzas, pastas, salads, tacos andin casseroles, but many people pre- fer the pleasure ofeating an olivein its simplest form. Nutritious and Delicious Olives are loaded with phytonutri- ents, rich with omega-3s, low in carbohydrates and only a few calories a pop, so you canenjoythem every day. To make thateasier than ever, Lind- say created Snack and Gol, snack- A little cupof olivesis a big treat. size cupsthat can beeasily packed in a lunchbox, taken to work for when those salty cravings kick in, or stashed in the car to satisfy hunger pangs that hit between school and soccer prac- tice. They're liquid-free so there's no mess. Whetheryoulike black ripe olives wholeorsliced, Kalamatasor pimiento stuffed, Lindsay has you covered. FunFacts AboutOlives + A Manzanilla tree can grow over7,000 olives on average. + An olive tree can live for more than 1,000 years. The folks at Lindsay pit 1,800 olives per minute. Learn More For further facts, tips and recipes, visit www.ilovelindsay.com.

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