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[alafaye]

I looked under food substitutes and kind of had my question answered, but I want to be sure before I start substituting willy-nilly.

I've come across a lot of good recipes that I love...only some of them call for more vegetable oil than I'd like. I know applesauce is a good one, but I'd like to hear first about everyone's experiences with oil-

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[blueyz72]

Are you talking about baking? Your post is not very specific and depending what type of recipe you are trying to subsitute in can very greatly. Baking yes I would apple sauce, if it's something like a dressing I would just cut back on oil and up other liquids but it takes more playing around with recipes.

[alafaye]

Yes, sorry. Baking.

I use olive oil mostly in place of vegetable oil in cooking.

Thanks!

[ninabrujaha]

I'm amused by the idea of using applesauce to stir fry vegetables.

[kaowolfie]

If you do a bit of Googling for low fat baking, you should be able to find some general guidelines. To the best of my knowledge, mashed bananas can also work in lieu of applesauce, but the flavor tends to be more pronounced.

[alafaye]

Thanks!

[ladysilverlark]

Depending on what I am baking I just substitute some or all of the vegetable oil for an oil I like better. In more savory duplications(breads, roll). I find olive oil works really well.

I also use apple sauce too. Depending on how much oil a recipe calls for you may still need to use some oil.

[stacyinthecity]

I don't use vegetable oil at all but I'm not adverse to fat. I just use butter, coconut oil or olive oil, depending on what I'm making. I stick with traditional fats. I suppose if I was making a pie crust, I'd try some good lard too.

[rainbow]

it depends on what you're cooking. for frying there's really no sub, but you can sautee and steam instead.

for baking...well, it works, but it also means you're upping the sugar content while speeding up how fast the sugar gets into your blood stream, which can lead to blood sugar spikes and crashes.

i cut back on the sugar in baking instead, and keep all the fat, but i choose healthy ones like coconut, butter, lard, and olive oil, and i avoid vegetable oils like the plague.