Cooking oil help

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  • yesiwillbeloosingit
    yesiwillbeloosingit Posts: 64
    The PAM light cooking sprays have 1 calorie for each spray :)

    I like to use to when I fry eggs - or make omlette and so on
  • granolagrl85
    granolagrl85 Posts: 135
    Coconut oil. It's oil of the gods. It has a higher smoke point than olive oil and it's good for you. It also has many uses besides eating. Diaper rash cream, face scrub (mixed with sugar and a squeeze of liquid castille soap), deoderant (cno w/ baking soda and corn starch), lube, hair conditioner, lotion.

    Also use bacon grease, other meat grease (duck grease anyone?), ghee, and butter.

    I dont like can sprays, never have. Vegetable oils are horrible for you.
  • GrahamBarwick
    GrahamBarwick Posts: 459
    Coconut oil. It's oil of the gods. It has a higher smoke point than olive oil and it's good for you. It also has many uses besides eating. Diaper rash cream, face scrub (mixed with sugar and a squeeze of liquid castille soap), deoderant (cno w/ baking soda and corn starch), lube, hair conditioner, lotion.

    well said :happy:
  • butlersoft
    butlersoft Posts: 219 Member
    I use olive oil for everything ... even high temp searing of meat / chicken.

    a tblsp is around 60calories however so for the last 2 weeks, we've switched to the Olive Oil "1Cal" spray. Yes - it's dryer than I'm used to so a good quality pan is essential to avoid food oversticking to it.

    All oil / fats are calorie dense so it does contain calories. A single spray is 1 calorie though.

    I've found 3-5 sprays happily cooks chicken breast or softens mushrooms / onion for an omelette .... and 5 calories is MUCH better than a previous 60 calories for a 1tbsp "splash" from the bottle :-)
  • Sophiepoo
    Sophiepoo Posts: 264 Member
    Loveee Coconut oil!
  • granolagrl85
    granolagrl85 Posts: 135
    Am I the only one who gets annoyed with cooking shows when they drizzel in olive oil and they have the burner set to medium high heat?
  • iraidatheseeker
    iraidatheseeker Posts: 48
    Thanks interesting - will do! :wink:
  • iraidatheseeker
    iraidatheseeker Posts: 48
    why don't you use any of the PAM spray cooking oils? i use the olive oil one and it has no cals/fat and tastes fine. I also use a non-stick pan so sometimes i dont even use oil. If you don't have a non-stick pan then use water. foods won't be as tasty but you can get the saute effect by using little bits of water along the way as you cook.


    I def use PAM sprays but there are some spanish dishes that I would really need to use oil with. :smile:
  • iraidatheseeker
    iraidatheseeker Posts: 48
    I cook a lot of things in Kraft Zesty Free Italian Dressing.... use it as I would oil... gives a great taste to chicken and is amazing if you make canned salmon into salmon patties. Try it and let me know what you think!

    Interesting - will do! Thanks! :wink:
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    Sunflower or peanut oil has been all the rage lately in healthy frying.

    Here's a good article addressing this...
    http://www.ehow.com/facts_7301345_oil-healthiest-deep-frying_.html

    I am a professional chef. This is good info. What I use depends on what the flavor profile is I'm shooting for. Oriental is sesame oil, Mediteranean is Oilve Oil, SE Asian or some Middle Eastern, Coconut or Palm Oil. Peanut is great for deep frying! hven't tried Sunflower Oil.
    On a different note, oils do have a certain calorie load but are essential to weight loss. If given a choice, I will moderately reduce my carbs and increase my oils. Key thing is do not buy processed oil. Ideally use cold, expeller pressed oils. Processing changes the chemical composition of the oil and never for the better.
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