Not many people know how important good fats are to overall health, and many have the wrong idea about what constitutes a "good" fat. I'm curious as to what fats and oils the people of EF use in their kitchens.
What fats do you use in your kitchen?
12/19/2011
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Oops, I forgot butter! One of my favorites!
12/19/2011
In general I use Extra Virgin Olive Oil, but I occasionally use butter when I'm feeling indulgent, or what the different flavor. Sometimes I will use a combination of the two. It depends on my mood and what I am making.
12/19/2011
We keep extra virgin olive oil, butter (tons and tons of butter), canola oil, and grapeseed oil on hand for cooking. I do think I have some shortening, but I hardly ever use it.
I do use margarine (it's really vegetable oil spread...) for toast and other things where butter would be kinda wasted, but otherwise I use butter for probably 80% of my cooking and baking. The rest goes to olive and grapeseed oil. Canola oil is for deep frying only due to its high smoke point and relatively low cost, compared to grapeseed.
Unfortunately, do to an allergy, I can't use oils from most nuts, including coconut and almond. And I don't eat red meat, so I don't use lard.
I do use margarine (it's really vegetable oil spread...) for toast and other things where butter would be kinda wasted, but otherwise I use butter for probably 80% of my cooking and baking. The rest goes to olive and grapeseed oil. Canola oil is for deep frying only due to its high smoke point and relatively low cost, compared to grapeseed.
Unfortunately, do to an allergy, I can't use oils from most nuts, including coconut and almond. And I don't eat red meat, so I don't use lard.
12/19/2011
Love olive oil, butter and crisco.
12/19/2011
we use a few of those, but virgin olive oil is what we use the most often!
12/19/2011
Yep, you forgot butter, got to have it on my toasts and waffles!
I use EVOO on my salads and for dipping breads. Then corn oil or regular olive oil to cook everything else.
I use EVOO on my salads and for dipping breads. Then corn oil or regular olive oil to cook everything else.
12/19/2011
Butter, EVOO and Vegetable (Mostly Canola)
12/19/2011
Pretty much just canola oil and shortening/butter - whatever the recipe calls for.
I don't know enough about cooking to make too many substitutions without asking someone.
I don't know enough about cooking to make too many substitutions without asking someone.
12/19/2011
We also use butter, but not a whole ton. I've heard good things about coconut oil and plan to get some.
12/19/2011
I was going to say---I can't even vote if butter's not on the list! I usually use butter or a vegetable oil (typically canola), and then I have olive oil and peanut oil on hand as well in case I want their flavors.
12/19/2011
Butter, too and I highly recommend coconut oil. So good for you! But sometimes it can get soaked up and disappear into certain foods like stirfry.
12/19/2011
I love canola oil.
12/19/2011
And butter, because everything tastes better with butter, just like bacon!
12/19/2011
I read that so wrong ..."Not many people know how important good FARTS are to overall health". LOL big difference.
12/19/2011
Mostly vegetable oils, but we sometimes use coconut. I wish we could use coconut more often, but it stinks when you cook with it.
12/19/2011
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That's why I don't use coconut oil to cook, even though it's better for my health. I do let my husband take virgin coconut oil in the pill form.
Originally posted by
LAndJ
Mostly vegetable oils, but we sometimes use coconut. I wish we could use coconut more often, but it stinks when you cook with it.
12/19/2011
we also use butter.
12/21/2011
Olive oil, shortening, vegetable oil, bacon grease (or other animal fat renderings if available), and BUTTAH! ^_^
12/29/2011
I use butter mostly, as well as olive oil, shortening, and corn or canola oil. It depends on what I am cooking and what the recipe calls for. I always bake with canola oil, butter, or shortening and I always prepare dinner foods with olive oil.
12/29/2011
I mostly use butter for everything, although if a recipe were to call for something else, I'd use that.
12/29/2011
I use a lot of EVOO and butter. Just depends on what i'm cooking. I have been trying to really cut back on salts/fats as of late, trying to use much smaller portions etc.
01/03/2012
Butter. Mostly because I know what it is. I use a lot of olive and canola oil too though I'm really getting sour on canola. It smells horrid.
01/03/2012
Butter too. Lots and lots of butter.
01/03/2012
olive oil and butter
01/17/2012
BUTTER AS WELL
01/17/2012
Mostly we use EVOO, but we keep small quantities of other oils etc for certain dishes.
01/17/2012
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Truthiness!!!
Originally posted by
Kindred
And butter, because everything tastes better with butter, just like bacon!
01/18/2012
Mainly extra virgin, first cold pressed olive oil.
01/27/2012
Coconut oil is my #1 favorite to use
01/28/2012