Healthy cooking oils?

Caroline3746
Caroline3746 Posts: 17 Member
edited November 8 in Food and Nutrition
What are some good healthy cooking oils? Something you could use for pretty much everything (baking, frying ect..)

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  • Reasie26
    Reasie26 Posts: 102 Member
    I vote coconut oil!!!! :)
  • Caroline3746
    Caroline3746 Posts: 17 Member
    I vote coconut oil!!!! :)

    Does it taste like coconut? Like can you taste it in your food?
  • jadedone
    jadedone Posts: 2,446 Member
    I like grapeseed. It is a little expensive but handles high heat and tastes neutral. Otherwise I use olive oil.
  • gregavila
    gregavila Posts: 723 Member
    Coconut oil, hazelnut oil, grape seed oil, olive oil, butter...

    Not all are great for frying though.
  • Goldenbast
    Goldenbast Posts: 227 Member
    I was wondering about coconut oil taste as well....I use Olive Oil, and sometimes Mongolian Fire Oil.
  • Reasie26
    Reasie26 Posts: 102 Member
    Yes, I think you can sometimes taste the coconut oil in, say a stir fry. But, it's very subtle and sometimes it adds to the flavor. So, it's very good for baking. There are high-heat and low-heat versions so you can get the one that works best for what you want to use it for. If I'm cooking something that I don't want to taste coconut at all on, I go with olive oil. Trying to stay away from "fake" oils like vegetable oil and canola oil.
  • Reasie26
    Reasie26 Posts: 102 Member
    Oh, also - don't forget, as for baking, a healthy oil alternative is applesauce!!!! :) You can also usually just reduce the amount of oil that's called for and it turns out just fine!
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