Question about Cooking with Oil
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When you cook something in oil obviously you add it to the recipe on MFP, right? For instance if I use about 4 tablespoons and cook chicken breasts in it, I wouldn't put 4 tbsp in the recipe builder because I'm not eating all the oil that I used to cook the chicken with. Most of it ends up in the pan. It adds a lot of calories to the recipe though. What do you guys do about that? Just put maybe 1 tsp of oil per piece of chicken? Thanks in advance.
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I add it, just to be safe, but I don't fry very often, either.0
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I mostly add it, but I don't usually cook with large quantities of it, so I probably eat a larger percentage of what I use, if that makes sense. If I was using several tablespoons, and a lot was left in the pan, I'd probably try to measure or estimate how much was left and deduct it.0
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If I was using several tablespoons, and a lot was left in the pan, I'd probably try to measure or estimate how much was left and deduct it.
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I brown my chicken without oil.0
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Whenever I use oil to saute or roast anything, instead of trying to measure what's left, I just add 1 tbsp olive oil to my recipe or log. Or if I use a very little amount I'll put in 1/2 tbsp.0
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olive oil can be used. healthier. just don't heat it as high as you would veg oil or it will smoke something bad. it works great when you have a taste for fired food. fish also.
edited: use extra virgin light. (no..that don't mean to go out and find a young skinny guy) lol.0 -
I add it because I know some will soak into the food. I use sprays though because they coat the pan without an excess in oil0
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I add it to the recipe, however whenever I fry something, I use a 1cal per spray olive oil. I've started using this when I was on slimming world and it's great. I fry with it, use it to stop pasta sticking and also use it when making roasted veg and potatoes as it helps give them a nice crispy coating. Sorry if I sound like I'm advertising for the company lol, but I'm just sharing a healthy alternative0
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edited: use extra virgin light. (no..that don't mean to go out and find a young skinny guy) lol.
:laugh: good one, i'll remember that0 -
I add it to the recipe, however whenever I fry something, I use a 1cal per spray olive oil. I've started using this when I was on slimming world and it's great. I fry with it, use it to stop pasta sticking and also use it when making roasted veg and potatoes as it helps give them a nice crispy coating. Sorry if I sound like I'm advertising for the company lol, but I'm just sharing a healthy alternative
i'll have to look for that! great idea, thanks!0 -
Browning something without oil is wayyyy too advanced for me haha. it would burn. even when I use Pam (do I blame the electric stove or the user?)
. I can cook a few things fairly well, but still learning.
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I mostly add it, but I don't usually cook with large quantities of it, so I probably eat a larger percentage of what I use, if that makes sense. If I was using several tablespoons, and a lot was left in the pan, I'd probably try to measure or estimate how much was left and deduct it.
This, exactly. I don't find oil to be satiating, so even though the fats in my oil are healthy, I minimize my use of it.0 -
I add it just to be sure....and I try to cut other fats because 4 tbs are 476 Calories that on a daily diet plan of 1600 represents the 30% so ojust the total amount you have to take daily !0
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I use 0 calorie cooking spray (okay, it really has like 4 calories, I know) but I don't log it. And when I make popcorn I use less than a tbsp of sunflower oil but I don't log it. I make popcorn maybe twice a month & use the cooking spray for everything else so I don't think it's a big deal. If I used more than 2 tbsp a month I would start to log it.0
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I just add it per the recipe and figure it's better to overestimate my calories than underestimate.0
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The Hairy Dieters had a tip I liked. They used a pasty brush to brush oil on the pan. then you can use the healthier olive oil but only a very small amount :-) xx0
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I usually use olive oil cooking spray, but when I use olive oil, I use very little so I don't log it. If I was using gobs of it, I would but I don't worry about it. I'm still losing weight...if I get to a point where I'm not losing weight, then I'll reconsider not logging it.0
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I add everything that goes into the recipe, including all the oil...0
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Whenever I use oil to saute or roast anything, instead of trying to measure what's left, I just add 1 tbsp olive oil to my recipe or log. Or if I use a very little amount I'll put in 1/2 tbsp.
This is what I do. I usually cook my sweet potatoes in the oven cut up in slices, and I add about a tbsp of coconut oil to the dish, but most of it ends up in the bottom and not on the sweet potatoes, so I count 1/2 tbsp. For general frying, I usually count a tbsp (can't live in the South without a little fried okra every once in a while!).0 -
olive oil can be used. healthier. just don't heat it as high as you would veg oil or it will smoke something bad. it works great when you have a taste for fired food. fish also.
edited: use extra virgin light. (no..that don't mean to go out and find a young skinny guy) lol.
Very important info! When it smokes, it creates free radicals--cancer causing stuff--so try not to heat it above medium heat if it's EVOO or medium high if it's the light version.0
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