{"id":1773824,"date":"2022-05-27T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=1773824"},"modified":"2025-01-08T08:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T14:16:34","slug":"graza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/graza\/","title":{"rendered":"Graza Olive Oil Squeeze Bottles Make Meal Prep Easier and More Efficient"},"content":{"rendered":"Salad is a go-to lunch for me. When the weather gets warm, I obsess over crisp veggies and greens topped with flavorful vinaigrettes. Yum! But I hadn't had much luck finding the right ratio of extra virgin olive oil\u2014until my Graza olive oil<\/a> review.\r\n\r\nIt turns out it's all about the delivery. Oil spray bottles<\/a> don't offer enough EVOO (that's extra virgin olive oil for short) goodness for my liking, and pouring straight from the bottle gives a heavy glug of oil that's hard to distribute. Simple-looking Graza olive oil squeeze bottles revolutionized the way I whip up salad dressing and then quickly transformed the way I grill and serve meat.\r\n

What is Graza olive oil?<\/h2>\r\n\"\r\n\r\nGraza EVOO<\/a> is made from Spain's best Picual olives that, according to the brand, have a fairly straightforward and simple process for turning into olive oil. It's the simplicity that makes these oils so vibrant, tasty and miles beyond some of the best olive oil<\/a> brands on supermarket shelves. The brand's process is described as harvesting, and then a quick \"crush, press and filter producing a mouthwateringly fresh olive oil that is never blended.\"\r\n\r\nThe Graza duo comes as a set of two oils\u2014one for drizzling and one for sizzling. They're both extra virgin olive oils<\/a>, with the former offering a richer green hue and an earthy, grassy flavor that tastes like a trip to the Mediterranean. It comes in a fun-to-use 500 milliliter squeeze bottle that offers enough flavor for dozens and dozens of meals.\r\n\r\nThe sizzling squeeze bottle comes in a larger format at 750 milliliters. It's ideal for baking into flavorful olive oil cakes<\/a>, cooking sauces and saut\u00e9ing fresh veggies and meat. Sizzle offers a slightly lighter flavor and pale yellow tone and boasts a higher smoke point<\/a> than its greener, bolder counterpart. That means it's an ideal choice for seared, grilled and roasted dishes.\r\n\r\nLet's also go over the basics of olive oil vs. extra virgin olive oil<\/a>, and learn when it's best to choose one over the other.\r\n\r\n[SINGLE_AFFILIATE_PRODUCT superlative=\"We Tried It\" product_name=\"Graza Olive Oil\" short_description=\"Always fresh and classically good, Graza Olive Oil comes with two options for perfect cooking and grilling every time.\" image=\"2095385\" image_credit=\"VIA MERCHANT\" pr_name=\"Graza\" pr_url=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=131817X1598243&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.graza.co%2Fproducts%2Fsizzle-drizzle-combo-pack%3Fvariant%3D42066782716118\" pr_display_text=\"Shop on Graza\" \/]\r\n

Graza Olive Oil Features<\/h2>\r\nThe Graza Drizzle and Sizzle combo pack<\/a> has adorable names, but even cuter squeeze bottle packaging that reminds me of Sriracha bottles and the sort of ketchup<\/a> dispensers you'd find next to the hot dog stand at a ballpark. The contents are decidedly more upscale, though.\r\n\r\nDrizzle<\/a> comes in a 500 milliliter size that's ideal for dipping, consuming raw and what the brand calls, \"finishing touches.\" It has a bright, grassy color and earthy scent that turns any veggie into a world-class dining experience.\r\n\r\nSizzle<\/a> comes in a larger 750 milliliter squeeze bottle that offers the same appealing squeeze delivery, but is ideal for cooking, baking, pan-frying and other heat-related olive oil adventures. It has a lighter texture and flavor that melts into the background against bolder flavors, although it does stand out against simple dishes. My favorite part of the Graza bottles is how casual and easy to control they are, but with all the mouthfeel, flavor and hardly-processed goodness of fancier (and far more expensive) oils.\r\n

How We Tested It<\/h2>\r\n\"\r\n\r\nFor my Graza olive oil review, I truly wanted to try the Graza Drizzle and Sizzle combo pack<\/a> on so many things, but I put Drizzle on my daily lunch salad once and then just couldn't stop. I had plans to add it to pizza, eggs and even charred eggplant salad\u2014but I never got that far. It was so<\/em> tasty that I ended up going through nearly the entire bottle with just three weeks of lunch salads and more crusty loaves of Italian bread than I care to count. But olive oil is healthy, right?\r\n\r\nAside from how delicious Drizzle is, the squeeze bottle design features a narrow cap that allows just the right amount of olive oil to quite literally drizzle all over whatever the heart desires without drowning lettuce and other delicate foods. I've always made my own salad dressings, and the wilted, gloppy lettuce struggle was real\u2014until now.\r\n\r\nI did manage to use the larger bottle of Sizzle on multiple homemade dishes, and I was pleased every time. It's perfect for a quick pan squirt before adding diced onions and peppers for an omelet, and a dream-come-true for getting the perfect sear marks on grilled fish recipes<\/a>. The last time I enjoyed olive oil this much was on a trip to Spain\u2014a time I was swimming in a sea of bright green oils, salty cheeses and soul-affirming loaves of bread. I definitely welcomed the trip down taste bud memory lane.\r\n

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