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Olive & Date Rice Side Dish #SundaySupper

April 8, 2016 by Denise 16 Comments

This olive & date rice is an easy and delicious side dish. Tangy green olives, sweet dates and toasted pine nuts makes for the perfect combination.

This olive & date rice is an easy and delicious side dish. Tangy green olives, sweet dates and toasted pine nuts make the perfect combination.

My good friend Lisa is a kindred foodie spirit. We often go on field trips around Pittsburgh checking out new restaurants and markets. Recently she told me about a friend at work that eats dates with green olives and that it was delicious. I think she ended up making a panini with some type of cheese, maybe gouda? Anyway I was intrigued because I’ve come to love olives and dates as I got older. And from that conversation a star was born….olive & date rice. Thank you Lisa for that great idea! And it is the perfect dish to share on today’s Sunday Supper – Simple Rice Recipes.

I think the reason this works so well is because the green olives are tangy and the dates are sweet. These Castelventrano olives are my new favorite kind because of the color and taste. Sometimes Costco carries them but you can get them online. So the sweet dates and tangy olives make a delicious combination with starchy rice and crunchy pine nuts. Actually anything tastes good to me with pine nuts but I digress. This was a really tasty side dish and my hubby gave it two thumbs up.

This olive & date rice is an easy and delicious side dish. Tangy green olives, sweet dates and toasted pine nuts make the perfect combination.

This was of course an easy recipe. I made my rice the same way I always do but today I added chopped up olives and dates to cook with the rice. While that was cooking, I toasted the pine nuts. (As you can see I burnt them a bit. I seem to burn pine nuts a lot because I forget to watch them in the skillet. And as they can be expensive, I end up using them anyway.)

Olive & Date Rice

This olive & date rice is an easy and delicious side dish. Tangy green olives, sweet dates and toasted pine nuts make the perfect combination.

When it was done, I added a quick tablespoon of butter to give it a bit of richness. It was yummy! This would be a great side dish with lamb or beef kebabs or maybe some Paleo Middle Eastern Meatballs? While I hope you like this easy and tasty side dish. I can now vouch for the delicious taste combination of green olives and dates. Next we try Lisa’s panini. Lisa, time for a guest post! Please scroll down for more Simple Rice Dishes from my friends at Sunday Supper.

This olive & date rice is an easy and delicious side dish. Tangy green olives, sweet dates and toasted pine nuts make the perfect combination.
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Date & Olive Rice Dish

This olive & date rice is an easy and delicious side dish. Tangy green olives, sweet dates and toasted pine nuts make for the perfect combination.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 4
Author Denise Wright (MyLifeCookbook.com)

Ingredients

  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 cup rice
  • ½ cup dates chopped
  • ½ cup green olives chopped
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 Tablespoon butter

Instructions

  1. In a pot, add your olive oil and rice and saute for 1 minutes.
  2. Add in your olives, dates and salt and mix well.
  3. Add the water and bring to boil.
  4. Once boiling, cover and lower heat to medium low.
  5. Cook for 20 minutes.
  6. Take out of pot and spoon into a large bowl.
  7. Add butter and mix until melted.
  8. Serve and enjoy!

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Comments

  1. Teri @ The Freshman Cook

    September 05, 2017 at 9:41 pm

    Loving these flavors all together! Such a great side dish!

    Reply
    • Denise

      September 06, 2017 at 7:59 am

      Thanks for stopping by Teri!

      Reply
  2. Christie

    September 03, 2017 at 6:51 pm

    This is such an interesting combination of flavors. I have to try this one!

    Reply
    • Denise

      September 05, 2017 at 8:58 am

      Thanks Christie…hope you like it!

      Reply
  3. Tara

    September 03, 2017 at 11:49 am

    I have yet to try dates with rice. This sounds absolutely incredible!

    Reply
    • Denise

      September 05, 2017 at 10:52 am

      I hope you like it Tara…..I really enjoyed it and it’s very simple.

      Reply
  4. Cindy @CindysRecipesAndWritings

    September 03, 2017 at 11:07 am

    I like dates and rice together and rice and nuts together so this sounds so good to me!

    Reply
  5. Liz

    September 03, 2017 at 7:22 am

    Sweet and salty; chewy and crunchy! What a fun rice recipe!!

    Reply
  6. Joy @ Joy Love Food

    April 08, 2016 at 7:16 pm

    This sounds like an amazing combination! I love green olives and raisins together, ie empanadas, so it totally makes sense to pair green olives with dates, I cannot wait to try it!

    Reply
    • Denise

      April 09, 2016 at 6:05 am

      It’s a combo I’ve never had so I’ll have to try the green olives and raisins now. 🙂

      Reply
  7. Caroline

    April 08, 2016 at 6:00 pm

    This rice includes some of my favorite things to eat (dates and pine nuts) so I know I’d like it – delicious!

    Reply
    • Denise

      April 09, 2016 at 6:05 am

      Thanks Caroline.

      Reply
  8. Lisa

    April 08, 2016 at 4:41 pm

    This looks and sounds awesome! Already know that it will be a favorite. Your kindred foodie spirit for life!

    Reply
    • Denise

      April 09, 2016 at 6:06 am

      Lisa! My inspiration! Thanks for stopping by good friend!

      Reply
  9. Kristen

    April 08, 2016 at 8:48 am

    Denise, I have to say, I am a bit jealous of you and your friend’s trips around Pittsburg. I need a foodie friend 🙂 This rice looks great. Olives and dates pair so well together. Gotta love salty and sweet!

    Reply
    • Denise

      April 09, 2016 at 6:06 am

      Aw, yes I am lucky to have found my foodie friend (one of which is my sister). Thanks for stopping by.

      Reply

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