Wednesday, August 25, 2010

How to add Healthy Oils

HOW TO ADD HEALTHY OILS

As you all know there are 9 Good Healthy Guidelines that are a MUST for a successful journey and healthy lifestyle, I have found that many do well with most but struggle with getting in the OILS-If this is you here is some ways to make sure you are getting in 2 TEASPOON of oil a day.

Healthy oils are: olive oil, canola, sunflower, safflower, flaxseed.

FYI: Fish oils, Oil capsules, avocados, peanut butter, nuts, salad dressings, etc., do NOT count towards WW healthy oils requirements. Only the pourable kind.


1) Cook with it, a lot of recipes start off with oil in the skillet
2) Mix up a marinade for meats and/or veggies
3) Mix it with meat sauces, or most sauces
4) Sauté with it.
5) Drizzle over pasta
6) Drizzle over popcorn
7) Drizzle over veggies
8) Drizzle over pizza
9) Drizzle over corn on the cob
10) Drizzle some over fat free cheese(it helps melt better)
11) Mix up some salad dressing (like olive oil and balsamic vinegar)
12) Rub it on poultry or fish before baking it
13) Rub it on meats for the spices and/or rubs have something to stick to
14) Rub some on a baked potato
15) Grill sandwiches
16) Stir Fry veggies
17) Coat some homemade baked fries
18) Makes garlic toast, (oil and garlic on bread toast)
19) Add some to soups
20) Add some to smoothies
21) Mix 2 tsps olive oil to fat-free salad dressing
22) Add to anything that is fat-free. instead of the fat, you're replacing it with healthy oils
23) Roast veggies with oil
24) Mix canola oil to oatmeal, yogurt, smoothies, soups
25) put some in salsa
26) If you eat frozen dinners, drizzle some over it.
27) make some Herb or Spice Infused Oil, (for dipping or cooking)
28) Mix in some Butter Buds or Molly McButter, You'll have butter flavored oils.
29) mix some in the new PB2 (powdered peanut butter..available at bellplantation.com)

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