How to Use Healthy Oils

Heart healthy oils can be essential to helping keep your cholesterol under control.

Olive oil is one of the best oils for multi-purpose jobs in the kitchen. Canola oil also has several uses. The good news is that they’re very tasty and can be used easily in your favorite recipes.

Here are a few tips to use healthy oils in your diet:

When it’s time to dress your salad at mealtime, try mixing together some olive oil and red wine vinegar to pour over your greens. Olive oil provides a rich flavor to your vegetables and the vinegar will give it a little tang. Adding spices such as pepper can also help to improve the flavor.

You can also make a switch when it comes to butter. Many people love to spread butter over bread. While it’s tasty, it’s also full of saturated fat. Try dipping your bread in olive oil mixed with garlic and spices as a substitute.

You can also make “butter” from olive oil. Simply pour some olive oil into a small container and refrigerate it. It will become solid in the cold temperatures. When you’re ready to use it, you can simply spread it like butter on bread, vegetables, or anything that you would normally butter.

Olive oil makes a great cooking oil.

It can be cooked at very high temperatures, and the nutrients in it don’t become lost in the heat. You can use it to make anything from chicken to vegetables to stir-fry.  Not only does it brown food well, it also adds a delicious flavor. Olive oil can also be added to pasta to help keep noodles from sticking. It can be mixed with vegetables and spices to make pasta dishes.

For baking breads, olive oil is the perfect ingredient. It can be used as a main ingredient, but it can also be used to coat the dough as it rises. You can also brush olive oil onto bread to give it a nice finish.

For baking sweets, it’s better to use canola oil.

Canola oil is light like a vegetable oil, but its flavor goes better with cakes, cookies, and other sweet treats. Simply use it in place of plain vegetable oil in your recipes.

This will improve the heart healthiness of your meal without compromising on taste. With a little bit of substituting and creative cooking, you can make sure that heart healthy oils are a part of your lifestyle. Your heart and your taste buds will thank you.

Deika King, TND, MH, CCT, PSc.D
Traditional Doctor of Naturopathy Houston
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