Is a vegetable oil a pantry requirement?

[Anonymous]

I have one or two cake recipes that require it. If I'm baking a dessert once every six months, I really don't care whether I'm using the healthiest possible oil. DH also makes fried chicken about once a year, so yes we have vegetable oil.

We have peanut oil for the semi-annual homemade potato chips or French fries. Most of my personal oil use is a single spray of olive or avocado oil in a nonstick pan for an egg.

[Anonymous]

It is for me. I use it maybe once a week or two. There are a few recipes my family likes that call for it.

[Anonymous]

I use avocado oil for everything. Baking, cooking, frying, whatever. I buy it at Costco.

[Anonymous]

Use rendered fat or ghee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Use rendered fat or ghee.

I can't for cholesterol reasons. But the info on advocado oil is helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:is grapeseed oil a fine substitute in brownies & cake mixes (99.999% of my "baking" needs)?

You can use cooled melted butter 1:1

Melted butter is a poor substitute in many baking recipe since it is solid at room temp.

Personally, I use avocado oil for high temp frying, searing, and making popcorn. For baking recipe that specifically call for oil, I use safflower or sunflower oil. But that isn’t all that often. Maybe the occasional muffin or birthday cake? My brownie recipes, cookies, and quick breads all call for butter.

[Anonymous]

I use canola oil in recipes that call for vegetable oil (baking). Olive oil for cooking. Those are the only two oils I keep in the house

[Anonymous]

I normally have the following fats in my pantry/fridge

Ghee
Butter
Olive oil
Avocado oil
Peanut oil
Sesame oil
Canola oil
Mustard oil
Coconut oil
Bacon fat
Sunflower seed oil
All of it for cooking or eating

I also use oils like jojoba, almond for skincare.

My absolute must have is olive oil, ghee, butter, sesame oil, mustard oil and coconut oil.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use canola oil in recipes that call for vegetable oil (baking). Olive oil for cooking. Those are the only two oils I keep in the house

Canola oil is the worst seed oil.

[Anonymous]

I got rid of the veggie oils. I was using Avocado but it got too expensive or me. There is a light olive oil that is for frying & baking so I keep that on hand. They sell it at Costco.

[Anonymous]

Avocado oil is very neutral and has a higher smoke point than EVOO, so good for getting a pan hot like for stir fry. I do keep a small bottle of vegetable oil for things like brownies but find it seems to turn rancid more quickly than I can use it (I don’t bake often with oil).