One way could also be to caramelize olives.
Caramelized Green Olives
Ingredients
2/3 cup date jam
3 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon butter
dash powdered ginger
2 cups pitted green olives (about 1 pound)
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Put the date jam, water and butter in a smallsaucepan. Simmer just long enough to dissolve. Add the ginger.
Spread the olives in a cake pan large enough to fit them in 1 layer. Sprinkle the olives with a few tablespoon of their own juice (or water if you like). Cover with the jam mixture.
Bake for about 40 minutes, strirring occasionally, until the sugar in the jam has caramelized.
Serve warm or at room temperature as an accompaniment to a meat meal.