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yeah ruin the health qualities of the olive oil by adding canola …no thanks
But for most people the only reason to use any kind of olive oil other than extra virgin is the higher smoke point. Which you lose if you have EVOO in your oil blend. This is just EVOO diluted with cheaper canola, with the same smoke point as EVOO. Why? If you want the taste of olive oil, use EVOO. If you want neutral taste or a roughly 100°F higher smoke point, use the canola.
I have started using coconut oil. High burn point and no major flavor change.
Rice bran oil is a much better choice than canola, higher omega 3 than olive oils of any purity, much higher smoke point than canola or olive oil…490F, and can find on Amazon for as little as $12.00 or less per "gallon". If you mix the olive and rice bran at the 1 to1 ratio, and…..add some coalvita olives and Emersion blend them into a fine pureed liquid, this will give either a perfect cooking oil or salad oil. Add less olive if cooking at higher temps than 350F.
I do not use canola
The new mixture would be cheaper, simply because you are diluting an expensive product with a cheaper product. But how much cheaper would it be?
If olive oil is $12/L, and if canola oil is $7/L, then 1L of the mixture would be $8.25/L ($12×0.25L + $7×0.75L)
The major benefit is cost. It's not as healthy for you as straight-up extra virgin olive oil, but it has a higher smoking point than olive oil, which is good, because using olive oil is very unhealthy when heated up too hot (ie stirfries)
i'll buy that!
wait.
no, i won't buy that.
You missed the point entirely. The assumption of this example is that you have Extra Virgin and Canola Oil on hand. The benefit is that you wouldnt need to buy another bottle of oil you do not use often enough to justify the cost.
you are mixing one part of extra virgin olive oil (which is normally about twice as expensive as regular olive oil, where I shop) with three parts canola oil, which is normally less than half as expensive as regular olive oil.
If olive oil costs A per oz and you make 4oz of the alternative its:
Olive oil – 4 parts olive oil at A = 4A
Alternative = 1 part virgin olive oil at 2A + 3 parts canola oil at 0.5A = 3.5A at worse.
Another great tip! THANKS!
Um which one is cheaper. I would think the regular olive oil