The Skinny on Oils

Even though we're all avoiding the fried foods and cutting out many of our "treats" we still want our food to taste good, right? Well, that can be accomplished through seasoning AND through oils. Don't just use olive oil (or Pam) to saute your veggies. Venture out and give yourself a real treat with some richer, more decadent oils. My favorites are white truffle oil and dark sesame oil. When used in modersation they can bring an amazing flavor to your food while only adding a couple of extra calories - definitely a worthwhile tradeoff in my opinion!

Here's the skinny on 1 tbsp of oil:
Olive Oil: 119 calories/13.5 g fat, 1.7 g saturated fat
Truffle Oil: 120 calories/ 14 g fat, 2 g saturated fat
Sesame Oil: 123 calories/ 13.7 g fat, 1.9 g saturated fat

Peanut Oil and Canola Oil are in the same ballpark, too.

So, steam your veggies and drizzle a teensy bit of truffle oil or sesame oil on them for a new, amazing, decadent flavor.

Drizzle on grilled, roasted and baked meats or fish and veggies.

The only real difference in these is cost. Truffle oil is quite pricey and sesame oil is more than olive oil, but if it gets you to eat those boring UNFRIED veggies with no ranch to dip them in then it's probably worth it ... for a while anyway. And by the time we're all broke we should be skinny so we'll be happy anyway, right?! :)