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Confused about cooking fats


busymomma

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Hi--I'm totally new, and researching how the heck I'm going to start Whole30, and just read the whole Whole30 cookbook cover to cover, but I'm still really confused about what fats/oils are suggested/allowed. Should I be prioritizing ghee/coconut oil for cooking over vegetable oils? Which one's better--ghee or coconut? Also, I thought you're not supposed to cook with olive oil...I've been using safflower oil, sunflower oil, or butter to cook with my whole adult life and not sure how to make that transition. I know that's a lot of questions...thanks everyone!

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Vegetable oils are ONLY approved for eating out when it's the only option.  Any oils with soy in them are out.  You can cook with olive oil as long as you stay under the smoke point of each oil - google the smoke points if you don't know them.

You can use ghee (home made or bought) but not butter.  You can also use animal fats, avocado oil, coconut oil, sesame oil (for drizzling, the smoke point of sesame is extremely low).

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