What type of oil do you use for salads, pasta and frying? / myLot

Philippines

December 12, 2008 1:17am CST

When I was still young, I remember being unconcerned with the type of oil that we use for cooking. But now that we are more informed of the benefits and harm that oils have, we have made a lot of changes. For salads, we have veered away from using mayo-based salad dressing. And for pasta, as much as we can, we have veered away from cream-based sauces. although white sauces are my fave when it comes to pasta. :( instead we choose oil-based ones, specifically pasta sauces abd salad dressings that make use of extra virgin olive oil. In frying, we have been using canola oil for the past couple of weeks. How about you, what oil do you use in your salad dressings? pasta sauces? and in frying?

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4 responses

oyenkai

@oyenkai (4394)

• Philippines

31 Mar 09

We don't use oil in our salad - we like vinaigrette but I also like Creamy Mango dressing or Creamy Avocado dressing although I don't know how to make them :P I just buy them from a specific store. For frying, we use Canola (Canadian Oil) which is also a sort of vegetable oil but is rich in monounsaturated fat instead of saturated fat :) Thanks for the response on my discussion!

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rensal77

@rensal77 (116)

• Philippines

31 Mar 09

Hmmm... I haven't tried creamy mango or avocado dressing. Where do you buy these? We also use canola oil for frying. Sometimes olive oil for sauteing. :)

oyenkai

@oyenkai (4394)

• Philippines

31 Mar 09

I'm from the Philippines and I buy these special dressing from Greenhills - the store's name is Goolai :) They sell pre-packed vegetable salad in Rustan's Supermarket.

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rensal77

@rensal77 (116)

• Philippines

31 Mar 09

Thanks for the info. I am from the Philippines, too. Will check out Goolai if I go to Greenhills or in Rustan's.

cream97

@cream97 (29086)

• United States

31 Mar 09

Hi, rensal77! I use cream dressing for my salads. And I use virgin oil for my pastas. And I use Canola Oil for my frying purposes.

I know that I need to reduce the dressing that I am using on my salads. I do love using reduced fat salad dressings. I will try the extra Virgin Oil.

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rensal77

@rensal77 (116)

• Philippines

31 Mar 09

If we opt to buy cream-based salad dressings, we also choose the reduced-fat variety. Yup, canola oil too for frying. This is healthier than the other varieties of oil.

Barb42

@Barb42 (4214)

• United States

12 Dec 08

I have used Canola oil for years for cooking. I don't use oil in salad dressings. We usually use Ranch dressing. If I was making a salad dressing, it would probably be with olive oil. But I mostly use Canola oil around here.

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@otobits (97)

• Philippines

23 Apr 09

for the salad i use olive oil, while for frying is less cholesterol oil such as veg, oil or sunflower oil.

rensal77

@rensal77 (116)

• Philippines

24 Apr 09

good thing my husband loves olive oil in salads. I am the one who prefers mayo-based or cream-based ones. Good thing that you also opt to use healthy oils in salads and in frying.