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amother
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 Thu, May 02 2019, 3:30 pm
Hi!
A recent thread about oil made me rethink my random types of oil usage.
I'd like to hear what types of oil are the healthiest.
I use canola for years and by now I don't even know why!!!
I don't like the taste of olive oil in salads.
I wish I can tag Ramom! 
Please share which oil you use for
🥞 Baking
🥗 Salads
🍳 Frying
🥘 Cooking
Thanks!
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MiracleMama
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Thu, May 02 2019, 3:32 pm
Baking, frying, cooking - coconut oil (I don't bake a lot and fry hardly ever).
Salad - olive oil or avocado oil
Try different brands of olive oil. Some have a heavier or pungent/ bitter taste, some a lighter and more neutral taste.
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Optione
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Thu, May 02 2019, 3:42 pm
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I use avocado oil. If I'm baking a cake or similar, I use canola.
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amother
Pink
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Thu, May 02 2019, 4:08 pm
🥞 Baking - mostly coconut for the sweet stuff (similar or good sub to margarine too), sometimes avocado like for bread and protein
🥗 Salads - olive oil, as above some taste better than others. Also a little vinegar can take away the strong taste (if you like the vinegar taste..)
🍳 Frying - avocado oil only. really dislike taste of fried coconut oil.
🥘 Cooking - usually avocado, toasted sesame oil for asian dishes. that's about as fancy as it gets.
these are the healthiest oils that are cheapest (relatively) and easier for me to get
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amazingmommy
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Thu, May 02 2019, 4:37 pm
I use the extra light olive oil in all the above. I sometimes use coconut oil for frying and baking.
I don’t have canola oil in my house anymore
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hillary
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Thu, May 02 2019, 5:41 pm
Baking- coconut oil
Salads - olive oil
Satueing and cooking - avacado oil
Potato kugel - sunflower oil (avacado is pricey)
We also will not use canola.
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Baruch_Hashem
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Thu, May 02 2019, 5:48 pm
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Excuse my ignorance...what is wrong with canola oil?
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hillary
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Thu, May 02 2019, 5:51 pm
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Very processed using many chemicals to refine it.
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amother
Blue
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Thu, May 02 2019, 6:08 pm
Cooking- olive oil
Baking- olive oil
Salad- olive oil
Frying- olive oil
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Zehava
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Thu, May 02 2019, 6:12 pm
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Light or extra mild olive oil for everything. Dh used to complain but by now he hardly realizes.
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rosenbal
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Thu, May 02 2019, 6:29 pm
If I had to pick 1 oil to have for everything ...Avocado hands down. It's good for high temps, it's healthy (like olive), it's very neutral tasting. Best deal for it is at Costco.
In reality I use a few:
Avocado oil - high temps, sometimes sauting or grilling veggies (but would use for salads if no olive oil at hand or want milder taste)
Extra virgin Olive oil (only one with all the health benefits like the Mediterranean diet has) - for salads, sometimes sauting or grilling veggies
Coconut Oil - I actually hate the taste, but won't use the refined one (thats tastless) because its chemically processed and looses healrh benefits (or worse). I've discovered a triple filtered one at Trader Joes. Almost no flavor, but not chemically refined. Use a lot for baking.
Toasted sesame oil - a bit for asian flavor. I like the Trader Joe's one because has a cold pressed one (not pressed at high heat, using chemicals etc so healthier)
Used to use Canola but learned that canola, sunflower, Safflower, vegetable, corn oils...all chemically refined at high temps. Oils are unstable so rancid (so need chemical processes to make them smell/taste good). Very highly inflammatory on your body!
Yes, I know the good oils are expensive. Sigh.
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amother
Firebrick
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Thu, May 02 2019, 6:33 pm
Avocado oil for most stuff, cooking, frying, and sometimes olive oil if I run out if it.
Coconut oil for baking.
I also use canola oil here and there when I'm out of stuff or not making something healthy anyway (silly I know).
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amother
Burlywood
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Thu, May 02 2019, 7:25 pm
I am a health coach. Healthy oils help your body absorbe vitamins and nurtients from produce. They are essential to making every cell in your body work optimally. Each healthy oil has diff good benifits.
I use olive oil, avocado oil, and coconut oil in vegetables, salads, stir fries, soups, basically anything that touches a "real food."
oilive oil: antioxidents, anti-inflamatory
coconut oil: fatty acids with potent medicinal properties
avocado oil: antioxidents, a whole host of other good things.
I use melted coconut oil instead of butter or margerine always because margerine is basically poisen and butter does not have much health benifit (although ghee, clarified butter has a lot of benifit, if you are not cholov yisroel that is a good option as well)
I use canola oil in desserts and challa when the item is already not healthy and should be eaten sparingly. I do this because it is cheap and because I don't eat these things in any case, and because when it's a dessert I feel it is less important to keep it healthy (if it has sugar and flour, its already bad for you, so why pretend that its doing something good for you/ even the benifit of the healthy oil is in moderation, no one things eating a cup of coconut oil is good for you).
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amother
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Fri, May 03 2019, 11:03 am
I appreciate the responses. Where can I buy avocado oil with a good hechsher?
What brand of olive oil do you use dear imas? You seem to have figured it all out! Thanks!
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hillary
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Fri, May 03 2019, 11:05 am
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Walmart carries avocado oil with ou
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amother
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Fri, May 03 2019, 11:17 am
| hillary wrote: | | Walmart carries avocado oil with ou |
Thanks
Any other avocado oil with other hechsherim?
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hillary
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Fri, May 03 2019, 12:58 pm
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Not that I know of. Maybe ask in a health food store such as Supreme health. Just BTW avocado oil is very expensive.
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lucky14
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Fri, May 03 2019, 1:05 pm
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I use canola oil for shnitzel, challah, and baking because it's cheaper. For things like stir-fry, grilled veggies, salads, etc I use olive oil.
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cbg
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Fri, May 03 2019, 2:07 pm
Cooking- Baking- Frying- coconut, avocado
Sometimes- Butter for dairy, tallow or shmaltz for meat
Salad- extra virgin olive oil
Mayonnaise- light olive oil
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