Is it bad to cook your vegetables with vegetable/canola oil?

[kraze]

Does it become trans fat? Should one avoid this on a cutting diet? Please advice. Eating raw vegetables is no fun. Thanks for any help!!

 

[SubjectiveIllusion]

How about steaming!?! It still tastes tender and allows more nutrients to be retained at the same time!

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

or slow cook the veggies in some low sodium broth and make a soup

 

[Lenas25]

or slow cook the veggies in some low sodium broth and make a soup

Thats what i do and love it....................steam some as well.

 

[rettoforever]

I don't believe that oil is necessarily bad. Fats that are low in saturation are beneficial. Olive oil would be a better choice, as well as safflower oil. I do like steamed vegetables, and maybe a little spice and drizzled oil on top will give those veggies some taste.

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

retto, yeah if you sautee onions in olive oil at a low heat then i believe it's ok, then add the veggies and slow cook them at a moderate heat