All that oil! | Imamother

chocolate moose

Tue, Nov 14 2006, 11:58 am

When you make salad recipes and they call for a cup of oil, do you really add it all?

Nomad

Tue, Nov 14 2006, 12:00 pm

woh - that seems like a lot!

chocolate moose

Tue, Nov 14 2006, 12:06 pm

I know. I saw this sort of discussion on another board. thought I'd ask here.

mimsy7420

Tue, Nov 14 2006, 12:10 pm

The usual rule for salad dressings is 1 part acid and 2 parts oil. So if you are using 1/2 cup of vinegar then 1 cup of oil makes sense. But I would only use that sort of recipe on shabbos or special occasion. It's too much oil for a regular night.

de_goldy

Tue, Nov 14 2006, 12:24 pm

I find that using much, much less oil (like 1 tablespoon!) is usually sufficient.

pinktichel

Tue, Nov 14 2006, 7:17 pm

I always 1/2 the oil and sugar. Makes no difference in taste. Btw, started halving the amount of sugar in baking too.

Tefila

Tue, Nov 14 2006, 7:21 pm

In general I cut down on oil and eggs and sugar listed in recipes and still get compliments and requests ffor seconds 8) I am sure they say more having this in mind

shopaholic

Wed, Nov 15 2006, 10:11 am

Pink tichel, getting healthy? I don't lessen anything in baking. I'm always worried it won't come out right. As for dressings, I never use any that have more than 1/4-1/2c oil.

Flowerchild

Wed, Nov 15 2006, 10:14 am

I never add that much, but oil is not bad for you, its the fried oil, the oil that you fry in thats bad for your arteries, ther than that oil in salad is not bad for you. I just think that much oil is kinda gross, unless its a huge salad

Buddy

Wed, Nov 15 2006, 1:22 pm

Usually, the first time I follow a recipe, I follow it exactly. After that I change it around according to my taste, less oil, less sugar more spice - whatever it is...