Cooking Oil

hellonew2015
hellonew2015 Posts: 327 Member
in Food and Nutrition
What do you use?

I use:

High Heat/medium heat: Organic Canola
and anything else organic extra virgin olive oil and organic Virgin cold pressed Coconut oil.

This blog has a visual list.
http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/cooking-oils-decoded/

Replies

  • queenofpuppies
    queenofpuppies Posts: 189 Member
    grape seed oil for most things; it has a high smoking temp and is pretty neutral in taste...olive oil for lower temps...lard if I'm going for crispy and deep fried...coconut oil is nice with spicy dishes but can be overpowering for some things
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Avocado oil
  • gnarlykickflip
    gnarlykickflip Posts: 49 Member
    queenofpuppies wrote: »
    grape seed oil for most things; it has a high smoking temp and is pretty neutral in taste...olive oil for lower temps...lard if I'm going for crispy and deep fried...coconut oil is nice with spicy dishes but can be overpowering for some things

    what kind of coconut oil do you use? i get the super cheap processed stuff and can barely taste any flavor from it
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    I use extra virgin olive oil for most things but if I don't want that flavor I usually use peanut or canola for cooking. I use sesame oil quite a bit for flavor.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Mostly olive oil, sometimes coconut oil or butter if I prefer one of those flavors for the dish.
  • thiosulfate
    thiosulfate Posts: 262 Member
    Cooking spray Hehe
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited June 2016
    Avocado oil, coconut oil, olive oil. Sometimes butter but most things I used to use butter for I use coconut oil for now...namely my eggs...I love the coconut flavor with the eggs.
  • hellonew2015
    hellonew2015 Posts: 327 Member
    I should try avocado oil! some oils can be harmful at high heat and I used to use olive oil until I found out it is unhealthy to heat it too much.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    hellonew2015 wrote: »
    I should try avocado oil! some oils can be harmful at high heat and I used to use olive oil until I found out it is unhealthy to heat it too much.

    See this: http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/03/cooking-with-olive-oil-faq-safety-flavor.html
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    hellonew2015 wrote: »
    I should try avocado oil! some oils can be harmful at high heat and I used to use olive oil until I found out it is unhealthy to heat it too much.

    Don't believe everything you read. Olive oil is safe even for deep frying.
  • hellonew2015
    hellonew2015 Posts: 327 Member
    I know there are conflicting studies out there, however I love eating it raw so I am not depriving myself from all the wonderful benefits, I throw it in my salads daily and love it with hummus and yogurt spreads! My diet is mostly middle eastern go figure!

    This blog url is from MFP which I liked.

    http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/cooking-oils-decoded/
  • hellonew2015
    hellonew2015 Posts: 327 Member
    This is a nice layout of oils uses

    http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/guides/tips_cooking_oils.html

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