I was chatting with my sister Lisa about oils. Here is what I said to her:
I have many kinds of oil all for different purposes. I use EVOO only for
raw or very low heat applications such as creating an infused oil. I
use basic olive oil only for medium heat such as sauteeing veg or
chicken. For high heat searing, I use grapeseed oil mostly. I use Canola
when I want a very neutral flavor and for mayonnaise. I want to
experiment with coconut oil soon. Occasionally I will get a specialty
oil, such as walnut, for a specific use such as making peanut butter. I
actually have a little oil list I use!
Then I thought I should share my cheat sheet, so here it is!
avoid:
refined, deoderized, bleached,
1+yr old, stinky, veg blends,
partially hydrogenated, trans fats,
chemical extracted, polyunsaturated,
saturated
good:
cold pressed, expeller pressed,
monounsaturated, naturally refined
unrefined (but not for searing)
### searing
avacado unrefined/raw VHSM
almond
pecan
tea seed
hazelnut refined
* light olive oil, refined
# sometimes
sunflower refined, high oleic
### stir fry oils
# prioritize
apricot kernel refined
peanut
macadamia
* virgin olive oil
# sometimes
rice oil
rice bran oil
# sparingly
sunflower, refined linoleic
grapeseed
sesame
soybean VHSM
### baking
olive, can or dark bottle
coconut, unrefined virgin
hemp
lard, non-hydorgenated
# sometimes
butter, grass fed
canola, rapeseed organic
pumpkin seed, refined
# sparingly
canola .11 / oz
rapeseed, conventional
butter, grain fed
### salads
flax, unrefined
* safflower, unrefined, high oleic
hazelnut, unrefined $2 / oz
* extra virgin olive oil
# sparingly
walnut
### avoid
stir fry
palm kernel VHSP
palm VHSP
corn
cottonseed
baking
shortening
coconut, hydrogenated
margarine, hydrogenated
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Three minute eggs benedict for one with outtakes
I want to compete on the Next Food Network Star. For my first ever
food video, shot just for the audition, I decided to do an eggs
benedict. It is a bit rough, but not to shabby for my first time!
I had to edit it down from about nine minutes. I put the funniest out takes after the video!
food video, shot just for the audition, I decided to do an eggs
benedict. It is a bit rough, but not to shabby for my first time!
I had to edit it down from about nine minutes. I put the funniest out takes after the video!
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