Cooking Oils - any 'optimal' choices ?

[Rickaboy]

Jordo,

Do you recommend any particular cooking oils for 'optimising' diet ? ... coconut oil, sunflower oil, peanut oil ... seems to be millions of choices .. whaddya reckon !?

Thank you kind sir and a happy new year to you as well.

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

My preferences:

Olive Oil
Coconut Oil
Kerrygold butter or Ghee
Avocado Oil

That's about it :-)

[tnumrych]

My preferences:

Olive Oil
Coconut Oil
Kerrygold butter or Ghee
Avocado Oil

That's about it :-)

All I've been doing is the top 3 (haven't found ghee in a store around here, although haven't really looked either) for several years. But I've found the avocado oil is wallet unfriendly. Glad I'm FeigainzZz approved.

[salvilla]

No leftover bacon fat on your list?

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

No leftover bacon fat on your list?

You have some leftover? Mine ends up in my hair for the day :-)

[strideknight]

You have some leftover? Mine ends up in my hair for the day :-)

"I don't know who that new doctor is, but he smells delicious!"

[teebob21]

Recently I have been using bacon fat for my eggs, ghee for sauteeing vegetables, and schmaltz for frying chicken or searing meat. Schmaltz is rendered chicken fat, and it's amazing. If you buy and eat whole chickens, it's free: just cut the excess fat out of the gut cavity and save it until you have enough to render. There are lots of recipes on line for making your own ghee and schmaltz. I also save the chicken bones and make soup stock/bone broth, but that's off topic.

[Onsager]

All I've been doing is the top 3 (haven't found ghee in a store around here, although haven't really looked either) for several years. But I've found the avocado oil is wallet unfriendly. Glad I'm FeigainzZz approved.

You can make ghee very easily at home

[sidd]

What about canola oil? I read different opinions on it. Some recommend it for high heat cooking instead of extra virgin olive oil.

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

What about canola oil? I read different opinions on it. Some recommend it for high heat cooking instead of extra virgin olive oil.

Canola has a 50*F higher smoke point @ 400*F, but regular olive oil and avocado oil are suitable for high temp cooking at 425 and 400*F, respectively.