Fried chicken, brownies from a box and stir-fried veggies—very different foods that, nevertheless, share a common ingredient: vegetable oil. Its omnipresence might suggest otherwise, but don’t be ...

Not all heroes wear capes. These vegetable oil substitutes from your pantry can come to the rescue and save you from a trip to the grocery store! Perhaps you’ve bought and prepped ingredients for a ...

Cooking oil looks simple, but it behaves like a chemical. Heat it too much, reuse it incorrectly, or pick the wrong oil for ...

Vegetable oil gets an unfairly bad rap, but some vegetable oils are healthier than others. Vegetable oil can refer to oil that comes from plants, but the vegetable oil you see in the supermarket is ...

Lindsey DeSoto, RD, is a nutrition writer, medical reviewer, and registered dietitian who helps clients improve their diet for health-related reasons. Her writing covers a variety of topics, including ...