Canola Ink
February 26, 2010
In This Issue
Famous Chef Revamps Classic Dish with Canola Oil
Canola Oil Best Value for Health
Canola Oil Sends Other Frying Oils
Up in Smoke
Even for Butter Restaurant Chef,
Canola Oil Key Ingredient
Fat is Not the Enemy
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Famous Chef Revamps Classic Dish with Canola
Oil
We hear
culinary superstar and
restaurateur Thomas Keller of French Laundry in Yountville, Calif., likes
canola oil and he used it in a recipe for Classic Beef Stroganoff on CBS-TV’s
"The Early Show" along with sharing some cooking tips. Try his recipe
or our Creamy
Beef, Mushrooms and Noodles for the diabetes-friendly version.
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Canola Oil Best Value for Health
An
Associated Content article on how to select cooking oils gives canola oil top
billing, deeming it the healthy, inexpensive choice. That’s because canola oil
is low in saturated fat, cholesterol free and a source of vitamin E as well as
neutral in flavor and light in texture. All of these advantages make it ideal
for many cooking applications.
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Canola Oil Sends Other Frying Oils Up in Smoke
Three
restaurants famous for their fish and chips rely on canola oil for frying.
Morrell’s Country Kitchen, Burke’s Seafood and Matt Murphy’s Pub, all
Massachusetts eateries, said canola oil is ideal because it is trans fat free and rarely
burns with a high smoke point.
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Even for Butter Restaurant Chef, Canola Oil
Key Ingredient
Chef
Alexandra Guarnaschelli of Food Network fame and New York City’s Butter
restaurant shared her "one pot wonder" recipe for Braised Chicken
Thighs with Tomato on NBC-TV’s "The Today Show." Despite the
restaurant’s name, this dish shines with healthier canola oil.
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Fat is Not the Enemy
The idea that all fats are bad is a nutrition myth. Good fats like
those in canola oil can actually improve overall health in moderation. To reap
the benefits of healthy fats, choose a cooking oil with zero trans and low saturated
fats like canola oil, which is high in good monounsaturated fat.
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