Category Archives: Fats, Oils & Salt

Which Salt Is Best? Do a Taste Test!

Which Salt Is Best? Do a Taste Test!

There must be as much hype about salt as there are salt varieties. In this blog, I’ll share science-based guidelines for making the most flavorful and nutritious choices, plus a do-it-yourself home test. The first guideline for buying salt is to favor additive-free, unrefined sea salt, as it contains valuable trace minerals and is free… Continue Reading

Saturated Fats

Once again people are enjoying healthy and flavorful unrefined animal fats available in quality coconut oil, palm oil, lard, tallow, duck fat, smaltz (chicken fat), butter and ghee. Only saturated fats can safely withstand high temperatures. Below you’ll find a guide for quality (unrefined) saturated fats, but first here’s critical information: 1. Do not use refined oils… Continue Reading

Homemade Ghee Recipe

It is critical to use unsalted butter to make ghee; and for the most flavorful result, use cultured butter. Organic Valley and some—but not all—European-Style butters are both cultured and unsalted. This recipe is easily doubled or tripled but requires increased cooking time. Makes about 2 cups 1 pound cultured, unsalted organic butter Place the… Continue Reading

Oil Shopping Guide

Quality Unsaturated Vegetable Oils There is much confusion and misinformation about what constitutes a quality vegetable oil. But it’s really pretty simple to make a healthy choice, and it starts with looking for the words “unrefined” or “extra virgin” on the label. All other vegetable oils are refined. But reading a label isn’t enough, because… Continue Reading

Ghee (Clarified Butter)

Ghee, or pure butterfat, looks like liquid gold and is the most soothing and delicious ingredient imaginable. I lavish ghee in sautéed and baked goods as it enriches the flavors of both sweet and savory foods. I’ll detail why its such a healing food below and here’s the Homemade Ghee Recipe link so that you… Continue Reading


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