Olives are not for everyone, but if you do like olives-you will love these recipes! If you don’t like olives, try them out anyway! You may find that they are pretty good in the right dish. From pasta puttanesca to Moroccan pizza, there are so many delicious vegan recipes that feature olives!

We also highly recommend downloading the Food Monster App  — with over 15,000 delicious recipes it is the largest plant-based recipe resource to help you get healthy! 

1. Pasta Puttanesca

Source: Pasta Puttanesca

This Pasta Puttanesca by Lenia Patsi is a delicious, flavorful pasta dish that will become your new favorite dinner! A vegan take on a classic.

2. Greek Salad With Homemade Feta Cheese

Source: Greek Salad With Homemade Feta Cheese

The Greek Salad With Homemade Feta Cheese by Yana Christayakova is a typical recipe of the cuisine of Greece that is made with the typical ingredients of this country and the Mediterranean diet in general. The basis of this rich and easy salad is tomatoes, red onion, cucumber, pepper, olives, and feta cheese. Traditionally it is seasoned with olive oil, salt, pepper, and oregano.

3. Olive Focaccia

Source: Olive Focaccia

You may know focaccia as the bread with the dimples. It’s similar to pizza with a few toppings…but not too many. The outside is crunchy and the inside is a bit chewy with lots of irregularly shaped holes. This Olive Focaccia by Lydia Filgueras is amazing!

4. Rice with Olives and Basil

Source: Rice with Olives and Basil

Kalamata olives are grown in Greece. They have a dark purple color and a soft texture. In most grocery stores, they are sold in jars packed in either brine or olive oil, and they come both whole and pitted. They taste excellent in this dish! You have to try Kelly Jaggers‘ Rice with Olives and Basil!

Excerpted from The Everything® Mediterranean Instant Pot® Cookbook by Kelly Jaggers. Copyright © 2020 by Simon & Schuster, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. All rights reserved.

5. Moroccan Style Pizza with Spiced Chickpeas, Preserved Lemon, Olives & Saffron Crema

Source: Moroccan Style Pizza with Spiced Chickpeas, Preserved Lemon, Olives & Saffron Crema

This Moroccan Style Pizza with Spiced Chickpeas, Preserved Lemon, Olives & Saffron Crema by Anna Sue will brighten even the cloudiest of days! It has some classic Moroccan flavors, like preserved lemons, saffron, olives, spiced chickpeas, and flat-leaf parsley. It’s creamy, salty, zingy, and bright. This pizza is dang good!

6. Gigante Bean Soup with Celery and Olives

Source: Gigante Bean Soup with Celery and Olives

This Gigante Bean Soup with Celery and Olives by America’s Test Kitchen is a perfectly warming soup that is full of beans and is flavored wonderfully with celery and carrots!

7. Radicchio Vegetable Pie With Olives and Raisins

Source: Radicchio Vegetable Pie With Olives and Raisins

This amazing Radicchio Vegetable Pie With Olives and Raisins by Valentina Chiappa is delicious and a new creative idea for dinner. Check it out and find your new favorite meal!

8. Pesto and Olive Stuffed Mushrooms

Source: Pesto and Olive Stuffed Mushrooms

These incredible, simple Pesto and Olive Stuffed Mushrooms by Evi Oravecz make a great starter, main, or snack. They are easy to make yet they taste stunning! The mushrooms are filled with savory olive paste, cool walnut-basil pesto, scallions, and parsley to make them irresistible.

9. Couscous with Tomatoes and Olives

Source: Couscous with Tomatoes and Olives

This Couscous with Tomatoes and Olives by Kelly Jaggers is made with simple ingredients but is simply delicious!

Excerpted from The Everything® Mediterranean Instant Pot® Cookbook by Kelly Jaggers. Copyright © 2020 by Simon & Schuster, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. All rights reserved.

10. Buckwheat Pies With Chicory and Olives

Source: Buckwheat Pies With Chicory and Olives

Chicory and olives complement each other so well that you do not need much else to enjoy these delicious Buckwheat Pies With Chicory and Olives by Simona Malerba!

11. Pasta Salad with Lemon-Mustard Vinaigrette

Source: Pasta Salad with Lemon-Mustard Vinaigrette

This easy vegan Pasta Salad with Lemon-Mustard Vinaigrette by ThePlantbasedSchool is quick to make, refreshing, and seasoned with a delicious lemon-mustard vinaigrette dressing. It’s perfect for a quick spring and summer lunch, and if you have some leftover you can pack it up and bring it for a picnic in the park. Oh, and make sure you make enough for your friends. They’ll love it! If you want to increase the protein content feel free to add a can of chickpeas, they’ll go amazing with it.

12. Mediterranean Lentil Salad

Source: Mediterranean Lentil Salad

This Mediterranean Lentil Salad by Medha Swaminathan is the perfect reset after a weekend of eating things that seemingly all contain massive amounts of vegan cream, cheese, and/or cream cheese. It’s super easy to make, so your food-fatigued body doesn’t have to do much work. Plus, it’s really good for you.

Easy Ways to Help the Planet:

• Eat Less Meat: Download Food Monster, the largest plant-based Recipe app on the App Store, to help reduce your environmental footprint, save animals and get healthy. You can also buy a hard or soft copy of our favorite vegan cookbooks.
• Reduce Your Fast Fashion Footprint: Take initiative by standing up against fast fashion Pollution and supporting sustainable and circular brands like Tiny Rescue that raise awareness around important issues through recycled zero-waste clothing designed to be returned and remade over and over again.
• Support Independent Media: Being publicly funded gives us a greater chance to continue providing you with high-quality content. Please consider supporting us by donating!
• Sign a Petition: Your voice matters! Help turn petitions into victories by signing the latest list of must-sign petitions to help people, animals, and the planet.
• Stay Informed: Keep up with the latest news and important stories involving animals, the environment, sustainable living, food, health, and human interest topics by subscribing to our newsletter!
• Do What You Can: Reduce waste, plant trees, eat local, travel responsibly, reuse stuff, say no to single-use plastics, recycle, vote smart, switch to cold water laundry, divest from fossil fuels, save water, shop wisely, Donate if you can, grow your food, volunteer, conserve energy, compost, and don’t forget about the microplastics and microbeads lurking in typical household and personal care products!