Scrumptious Baked Green Tomato Herb Salad Earns Top Prize in Olivia's Organics Summer Harvest Recipe Contest

CHELSEA, Mass., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The late summer harvest just got a whole lot tastier with the help of entries in Olivia's Organics Summer Harvest Recipe Contest.  Michelle Lee who blogs at Fun Fearless in Beantown took home a $500 prize for her Baked Green Tomato Herb Salad, featuring Olivia's Organics herb salad mix . In addition her recipe will be featured on the company website.

The contest called for recipes that embrace the flavors of the season, celebrate the summer harvest and utilize Olivia's Organics salad greens. Judges narrowed down dozens of delicious entries to a few favorites to determine the contest winner.  Entrants were judged on creativity, use of fresh, seasonal ingredients that can be grown in a backyard garden or found at a local farmers market, and, of course, the taste of the dish.

"Summer is the time to celebrate the best of everything local and take advantage of fresh, seasonal ingredients.  Our contest was a perfect opportunity to invite the community to share what they enjoy most about the season's bounty," said Mark DeMichaelis, President of Olivia's Organics.  "What we loved about Michelle's recipe was the lightness of the dish, the use of ingredients we can harvest from our home gardens, and her healthier take on fried  green tomatoes."

For more information about the Summer Harvest Recipe Contest, access to the recipes from participants and future Olivia's Organics contests you can join our Facebook community at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Olivias-Organics/268884081328?ref=ts.

The complete line of Olivia's Organics Crunch Bunch and Original Salads feature: 50/50 blend, Baby Arugula, Asian Salad, Herb Salad, Baby or Crispy Romaine, Baby Spinach, Spring Mix, Sweet Baby Lettuce Blend and Italian Crunch.

Olivia's Organics salads are locally packaged in Massachusetts for maximum freshness and are cultivated on certified organic farms exclusively in the U.S.  Selecting Olivia's salads help not only your body and the environment, but the local community too.  Olivia's gives back a portion of all proceeds to the Olivia's Organics Charitable Foundation, benefiting children in the communities where products are sold.

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About Olivia's Organics

Every time you choose Olivia's Organics salad greens, you help keep the Earth healthy and build a better world for local kids. Fresh and delicious, every leaf that goes into Olivia's Organics is grown with tender loving care by American farmers that cultivate their fields using only earth friendly, organic methods.  Olivia's Organics salad varieties are locally packaged in Chelsea, Massachusetts following the highest standards for freshness and food safety with 100% traceability. The company believes in investing in the lives of our children and a portion of all proceeds support the Olivia's Organics Charitable Foundation to benefit children's charities where products are sold. To learn more about the Foundation and Olivia's Organics please visit: http://www.oliviasorganics.org/.

SOURCE Olivia's Organics