Cooking with oil

jenmom2myboys

How do you calculate the oil you cook with? I am not talking pouting olive oil on things just to grease the pan? Thanks!

PinkyPan1

I have learned to use very little oil. My trick is taking a 1/4 tsp of oil and put that in the lid of the oil container and then use a rubber basting brush to cover the bottom of the pan I am cooking with. The rubber brush does a great job spreading the oil. I use to use 2 TBS and have cut way back. I hate giving up my calories just to use oil.

neanderthin

Calculate? I count the calories of the oil I use. I like oil, it's tasty.

jenmom2myboys

I have been using 1/4 also. Good idea with the basting brush. Thanks

YorriaRaine

This is going to sound weird but what I will do is put some oil on a piece of napkin or paper towel and rub that towel on the pan. It gives just enough oil to make it non-stick but not enough oil that I think any significant amount is being absorbed into the food. I don't really allot calories when I do it this way.

Putting oil on say...asparagus with some salt and pepper. I will measure the asparagus beforehand. Coat it in the amount of oil I want, then measure it again. It sounds tedious but doesn't take long if you have a scale with a tare feature.

Frying Chicken....its hard to say, I kind of just go with what myfitnesspal says, I think its one of those things where it would be really hard to know exactly.

Lizzy622

I use a sprayer. It puts a fine mist down to stop the sticking( I estimate about a 1/4 tablespoon). Then I sometimes add a good extra virgin olive oil after cooking for flavor.

jenmom2myboys

This is going to sound weird but what I will do is put some oil on a piece of napkin or paper towel and rub that towel on the pan. It gives just enough oil to make it non-stick but not enough oil that I think any significant amount is being absorbed into the food. I don't really allot calories when I do it this way.

Putting oil on say...asparagus with some salt and pepper. I will measure the asparagus beforehand. Coat it in the amount of oil I want, then measure it again. It sounds tedious but doesn't take long if you have a scale with a tare feature.

Frying Chicken....its hard to say, I kind of just go with what myfitnesspal says, I think its one of those things where it would be really hard to know exactly.

I have been measuring it out and then using the papertowel method, lol. Oh and I love asparagus with oilive oil and pepper in the oven!!

dopeysmelly

I measure it with a measuring spoon into the pan, but I use less than I used to. If it's for softening onions etc, I use 1/4 tsp and then add a 1/4 cup of water after 2 mins. Works wonderfully and the onions taste sweeter.

angelaneale

I add the exact amount I used (1 - 2 Tbsp) to cook with to MFP. If I sauteed spinach with 2 tbsp of Kerry Gold butter and then I ate half of the spinach I update MFP with 1 Tbsp butter plus however much spinach. I also add fat in the form of butter, coconut oil, extra virgin olive oil, bacon fat, tallow and other animals fats to everything I eat. As a society, we have been scared away from fats for too long. I'm not scared any more and they make our foods taste awesome!