Although olive oil is a product that we use every day, it is not something that we usually use as a gift. However, giving extra virgin olive oil as a gift may be the best option if you take these aspects into account:
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The olive oil bottle: The best container to preserve it
There is no doubt that olive oil is a delicacy. Therefore it would be a pity to lose its qualities by not keeping it in a good place or not using the right packaging. For this reason, at AOVE Águra we take care of every detail so that you can enjoy our oil. Our packaging par excellence is the olive oil bottle and we will tell you why.
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Is Olive Oil good for your health?
Is Olive Oil good for your health? The olives are originated in Grecia and Asia Minor. The olive trees started to expand through the Mediterranean 6000 years ago. In this way, the olives began to be part of the Mediterranean Diet. In fact, it’s a basic food for Andalusian farmers and people from Extremadura during XIX and XX siècle because it’s the essential ingredient to make Olive Oil, the food we’re talking about today in this post.
Chocolate Cookies with EVOO recipe. Lactose-free
This last weekend we have been baking some handmade cookies due to the Christmas break. A great activity to enjoy with children. They would enjoy participating elaborating the recipe to finally eat it!
Additionally, we would use Gourmet Extra Virgin Olive Oil instead of normal butter due to the fact that we would bake lactose-free cookies for those intolerant people to eat them.
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What is the difference between Olive Oil and Extra Virgin Olive Oil?
You have had the same question more than once where you were doing a recipe because most of them simply call for Olive Oil. However, when you go to the grocery store you would see a shelf full with different options. From Extra Virgin Olive Oil to the regular one. But, are they really different? Which one should you choose? What is the difference between Olive Oil and Extra Virgin Olive Oil?
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Are you aware of how fats affect your organism?
An important nutrient
While excess fat is detrimental to our health, a certain amount is required in order for the organism to function correctly. Fats are used as a structural element in cells and, as a result, are essential for cell growth and regeneration.
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Health Benefits of Olive Oil
The heart’s best friend:
Seventy-five percent of Virgin Olive Oil is composed of oleic acid, a substance that both helps prevent and treats cardio-vascular diseases. Its potential for reducing both cholesterol and blood pressure is beyond doubt. In other words it reduces the risk of suffering a thrombosis or heart attack. Today we are talking about the health benefits of Olive Oil.
Some recommendations for reducing hypertension
Today we are talking about the benefits of Olive Oil. Incorporate this product into our diets is a very good habit to have a healthy life. It has several benefitial aspects to have in mind. This is a product that, according to the Predimed study, notably reduces the arterial pressure of those who consume it on a regular basis.
Other beneficial products include are fish, chicken, turkey, fruits and vegetables. In general, they are those products that are rich in potassium, such as potatoes, tomatoes, leeks, asparagus and dates. Where fruits are concerned, banana and melon are the most highly recommended.
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Best Spanish Olive Oil
Congratulations are in order. One of the two most prestigious competitions in the olive oil world have just been held in the USA – the Los Angeles International Competition – and we have been awarded several prizes.
On this occasion in addition to receiving awards for the quality of our Premium Olive Oil we also received a Silver Medal in the Best Packaging section for the design of our Águra bottle.
How to taste Olive Oil
Do an Olive Oil tasting can be something fun and surprising. You could recognize more scents than you can image in the first place.
We recommend you to do the tasting with your friends, in that way you can compare your impressions with each other. And if you have children at home, you can tell them to join you! We are sure that you would learn a lot about the instinct they have and adults have lost.
10 good reasons to buy Olive Oil online
The Internet allows us to go to so many different places that we would not have known in any other way. This is the main reason why buy Olive Oil online is the best choice we have nowadays. However, we would tell you a few more:
Know the origin
It is difficult to choose between one bottle of olive oil or another at a physical store since you do not have so much information about it. Just a few times, we could find information about the origin of the Olive Oil, besides the design of the bottle.
From where is it, how is it elaborated, which variety of olives have been used, who is behind the product… Such as our EVOO from centenary Olive Oil. Continue reading “10 good reasons to buy Olive Oil online”
Gourmet Olive Oil
We are sure that you know how many varieties of Olive Oil are and which one you should use in every case. But, do you know why the Gourmet Olive Oil is so different?
I have a friend that always tells me that we can mirror the Olive Oil ranking with Football League. They have teams in the Premier League, and others in the Second and Third Division. The same happens when we are talking about Olive Oil. In the Premier League are Olive Oils Virgin Extra, in the Second Division are Olive Oils Virgin and in the Third one are Olive Oils.
Without any doubts, the best Olive Oils are the ones that are in the Premier League (AOVE). However, some of them are about to be in the Second Division. However, others are just in their place and others play in International Competitions. These would be GOURMET Olive Oils (with International Awards).
Why are these Olive Oils different?
Harvesting of centenarian olive trees
Last week we visited the new harvest of the centenarian olive trees. This kind of harvest is the same as the one made at the youngest olive trees. However, it has had some inconveniences. But this kind of harvesting is what made the essence of our company.
The difficulties of the harvesting are mainly based at two motives:
Olive Oil for hair care
Did you know that olive oil is used for hair care? In this post we explain how to use our Premium Olive Oil to care for hair. We are in the middle of May and, as you know, the sun is shining very hard these days…
Besides our skin, our hair also suffers the consequences of solar rays. Today, we would like to share a homemade remedy with you to solve this problem. To apply Olive Oil in your hair is a really useful remedy to maintain your hair hydratated and strengthen its structure.
Olive Oil is rich in tocopherol and essential minerals for the cells, components with regenerating and moisturizing properties. They provide with necessary nutrients for your hair to recover its vitality.
We always say that AOVE is essential in our kitchens, but we also have to make room for it in our bathroom.
