Suzy Eats

Oils and fats are all very different. More specifically, they contain various amounts of saturated and unsaturated fat content. For health reasons, it is always best to select an oil that is high in monounsaturated fat and low in saturated fat. Olive Oil is probably one of the healthiest and contains a high amount of monounsaturated fat and low saturated fat. Some may argue that it is the healthiest oil to eat, but it is probably not best to use it when you are deep frying foods.

Depending upon what kind of cooking you are doing there may be an oil of choice 🙂 For frying foods-  best oils are those with high smoke points such as canola, corn, safflower and sunflower. For stir-frying and salad dressing-any oil low in saturated fat like canola, corn, flaxseed, olive, peanut, safflower, sunflower and walnut are all great choices. We recommend avoiding coconut and palm oil, butter and margarine (although butter is healthier than margarine).

Listed below is a table of the various types of oils and their fat content.

Suzy Eats was recently contacted by Alard Products www.alardproducts.com and we agreed to review their ORGANIC OLIVE OIL. We will be sharing the results of our review soon as we are eating our olive oil daily 🙂

Stay tuned as will have some Olive Oil Giveaways soon!!! 🙂

As mentioned in a previous entry, Suzy Eats encourages everyone to increase their intake of monounsaturated fat (http://suzyeats.com/2011/03/are-you-eating-enough-monounsaturated-fats/). There is a lot of data to support that monounsaturated fats can help improve cholesterol levels.

Five foods that contain monounsaturated fats:

1. Avocados
2. Nuts
3. Olives
4. Olive Oil
5. ??? What do you think is another ??

Today’s guest blogger: Summer aka MOM from MimiCooks. http://mimicooks.com She is a blogger who specializes in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Meals. She has numerous healthy recipes and was recently featured on Easy2Cook.  Please check out her site for other delicious recipes.

Roasted Vegetables

For this recipe, all you have to do is choose your favorite vegetables or seasonal vegetables, wash and cut and place in a baking pan, mix with some oil, salt and black pepper then bake in a 450 degrees Fahrenheit oven until tender and the vegetables have a nice color, around 45-55 minutes. Serve hot or at room temperature as a side dish next to any meat , fish or poultry dish or by itself with rice or pasta on the side. You may add ginger or any other type of your favorite spices to make it your own recipe.

Check out this article from Science Magazine. http://www.sciencemagnews.com/mediterranean-diet-improves-heart-risk-factors.html

More support that the Mediterranean Diet can help improve your health!