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Title: What can i use if i don't have grapeseed oil?
Post by: Tasty on October 17, 2011, 12:48:15 pm
I want to make a choc chip muesli slice and i have all the ingredients except grapeseed oil. What can i use instead? I have vegetable oil, peanut, macadamia and olive oil.
Title: Re: What can i use if i don't have grapeseed oil?
Post by: thermoheaven on October 17, 2011, 01:16:04 pm
Any other light flavoured oil should be alright; from your list, I'd pick themacadamia oil because I think the flavour would be most complimentary, but I don't know if it is suitable for cooking with - check the smoke point on macadamia oil. i definitely wouldn't use the olive unless it was a light olive oil.
Title: Re: What can i use if i don't have grapeseed oil?
Post by: fundj&e on October 17, 2011, 08:25:06 pm
I would use Macadamia Oil or vegetable oil

like thermoheaven said ,check the smoke point on macadamia oil

Title: Re: What can i use if i don't have grapeseed oil?
Post by: Frozzie on October 17, 2011, 08:27:22 pm
sunflower oil is a good substitute for grapeseed oil  :)
Title: Re: What can i use if i don't have grapeseed oil?
Post by: Decadent Dot on October 18, 2011, 05:33:39 am
I too would use sunflower oil as an alternative to grapeseed., though grapeseed is my vegetable oil of choice.
Title: Re: What can i use if i don't have grapeseed oil?
Post by: andiesenji on October 19, 2011, 12:20:29 am
As a reference, here is an easy-to-read graph of the smoke points of almost all culinary fats and oils. 

Cooking for Engineers (http://www.cookingforengineers.com/article/50/Smoke-Points-of-Various-Fats)

I've posted this before in another topic. 

We do have the section Tips and Tricks but sometimes these "Standard"  answers, such as a link to temp and measurement conversions, need to be in a highlighted topic that stays at the head of the list instead of moving down because of the date of last post.

Just a suggestion.
Title: Re: What can i use if i don't have grapeseed oil?
Post by: Tasty on October 20, 2011, 01:29:57 pm
Thanks everyone. I ended up buying the grapeseed oil in the end. My muesli slice tasted ordinary though so probably won't make again.

I didn't know about smoke points either. You learn something every day :)
Title: Re: What can i use if i don't have grapeseed oil?
Post by: judydawn on October 21, 2011, 12:24:31 am
There are a few muesli bar recipes on the forum Tasty.  I've made this (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=6874.0) one and it is really nice. Wondering if you could add your choc chips to this.