Tell me again... what kind of oil?

[Ellyndria]

So, I do have extra virgin olive oil for the things I can use olive oil in, and I had always heard that canola oil was the next best oil to use. Well, now I've heard that canola isn't so good, and now that my bottle of it is almost gone, I'm looking to get something else.

 

We don't go through oil very fast... I mostly use it for stir frys and very occasionally for baking. Is there a good oil to use that would work for both of these situations? I was kinda hoping to avoid having three kinds of oil in the house since it doesn't get used much. I've used peanut oil for stir frys in the past, but I don't wouldn't think that would work so well for baking? I don't want an oil that imparts a flavor for baking.

[Tracy in Ky]

So, I do have extra virgin olive oil for the things I can use olive oil in, and I had always heard that canola oil was the next best oil to use. Well, now I've heard that canola isn't so good, and now that my bottle of it is almost gone, I'm looking to get something else.

 

We don't go through oil very fast... I mostly use it for stir frys and very occasionally for baking. Is there a good oil to use that would work for both of these situations? I was kinda hoping to avoid having three kinds of oil in the house since it doesn't get used much. I've used peanut oil for stir frys in the past, but I don't wouldn't think that would work so well for baking? I don't want an oil that imparts a flavor for baking.

 

 

Butter, coconut oil, and unhydrogenated lard are the best oils to use.

 

HTH,

Tracy

[5Youngs]

We use olive oil, but not for cooking.

I add it to cooked foods to preserve the integrity of it.

For cooking, I use grapeseed oil, peanut and coconut oil, as they can remain stable at high temperatures.

HTH~

[Mamagistra]

Butter, coconut oil, and unhydrogenated lard are the best oils to use.

 

:iagree: Yum!

[Suzanne in ABQ]

I use olive oil and canola oil, and ignore the erroneous hype I've seen about canola oil.

[Pamela H in Texas]

I use olive oil and coconut...

[Ellie]

I use extra virgin olive oil (or as Rachael would say, EVOO:D) for things that are not cooked (such as salad dressings), and extra light for things that are cooked (except I do use extra light in my mayo). Our little bitty Cuisenart deep fryer recommends using pure olive oil, so we bought a big ol' contaner of that. Three kinds of oil.:D

[Ria]

I use olive oil and canola oil, and ignore the erroneous hype I've seen about canola oil.

 

Yep, same here. I use butter, too. It all depends on what I'm cooking.

 

Ria

[kewb]

At any given time I have all or some of the following:

Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Coconut, Grapeseed, Safflower, Canola, and butter.

[Annie Laurie]

We have extra virgin olive oil for drizzling on tomatoes or whatever, but cook with canola, butter, or grapeseed oil. I've read the articles against canola but remain unconvinced, and coconut oil I have a hard time getting a handle on the fact that it has so much saturated fat so I never did start using it on a regular basis.

[Suzanne in ABQ]

Yep, same here. I use butter, too. It all depends on what I'm cooking.

 

Ria

 

 

Oh yeah! Gotta have butter! She was only asking about oils, so I forgot to mention how much I love butter! Olive oil, canola oil, and butter. That's me.

[Storm Bay]

In our house, anything we're not allergic or sensitive to. Okay, not quite. I canNOT have olive oil no matter how virgin it is, so we don't even buy it. My dc can have canola oil, we sometimes use safflower oil, GMO free, cold pressed Corn oil at times, and rice bran oil. I should add that we're also on a rotary diet, so which of those 4 oils we use depends on which day it is. We have that Spectrum shortening, but I can't eat that, so use it only for certain things I'm not eating.

 

Good butter is good, but we're dairy free, so only dh uses that.