Keep a handle on your oils with cooking sprays

18/09/19

JD Seasonings is committed to ensuring that you can max out on flavour when it comes to your food, but not at cost to your waistline. In an ideal world, things would be simple – fat would either be good or bad. We would understand if we should run, screaming, from the smallest glistening drop, or if we should actively seek out ways of getting fats into our diets.

But things aren’t straightforward. There are good fats and bad oils and – while we can cook a lot of food without oil, there are some that need a little helping hand. Yes, skin-off chicken breast trimmed of fat, we are looking at you!

There’s a really great middle ground when it comes to making it easy to add the tiniest bit of oil without ruining the diet – the cooking spray. In fact, a cooking spray includes so few calories you could be saving hundreds of calories per week, simply by giving your pan a little pump instead of a splash.

One of the earliest sprays on UK supermarket shelves was Frylight. Made in Britain, Frylight comes in 9 different flavours so that you can chose the oil that best suits your tastes. Created as an alternative to butter, Frylight has moved with the times and now also offers a garlic oil spray as well as coconut oil and avocado oil versions.  

With each spray using just one calorie, you can give your spray a couple of pumps and still be cutting calories. Frylight offers a great range and the oils can sometimes lend another dimension to your dish. Try the Frylight Coconut oil with our Tikka Masala spice blend for greater depth of flavour or a spray of avocado oil with your Chilli Con Carne.

There are plenty of other brands on the market which makes it really simple to find a healthy alternative that works for you. 

If you are a firm fan of olive oil, then prolific olive oil producer has created an extra virgin olive oil spray with no additives or preservatives. While this is amazing for giving your salad a squirt of dressing, make sure to give it a miss when it comes to your frying pan. It’s just too delicate to cook with. However, in does have a non-virgin version that’s perfect for frying with.

Cooking with a low-cal spray is a very clean way to cook as many of these sprays are non-stick, which makes light work of the dishes!