How-To's

The possibilities are endless. Just to get you thinking, consider these uses for our oils: Drizzle on warm pasta, steamed vegetables or popcorn Pop your popcorn in our oils Add a teaspoon (more or less) of Acala Farms Fresh Roasted Garlic Cottonseed Oil to mashed potatoes for the best garlic mashed potatoes ever Bake pumpkin seeds in your favorite oil Drizzle on salads Use for dipping bread Frying eggs Baste on haddock, cod or whitefish before baking for incredible moist flavor 

This week’s flavor profile is Fresh Cilantro. Light, bright and all cilantro, but not too strong to serve as a stand-alone dipping oil, customers often tell us they can’t believe cilantro flavor this fresh can come from an oil.  This incredibly fresh flavor makes Acala Farms Cilantro Cottonseed oil a true stand-out in the specialty oil category and opens endless food-and-fun possibilities. Especially fantastic with seafood, our Fresh Cilantro Oil favors salmon (just brush it on, add a little sea salt and pepper, and grill), and perfectly enhances salsas and guacamole. We love it in the black bean salsa that tops these sweet...

Next in on our flavor spotlight list is the incredibly versatile, far from overpowering – yet never boring – Fried Shallot flavor-infused cottonseed oil. Deep and mellow with rich shallot flavor, it is perfect for browning meats, searing steaks, sautéing mushrooms and stir frying anything. We love to use it whenever baking veggies. Tossed in Fried Shallot oil, with a little Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top makes any vegetable delicious. Try Fried Shallot in the next potato salad or linguine and mushrooms you make. This roasted carrot puree could be your new Thanksgiving staple. If looking for something savory and rich, shrimp mac and cheese is the way to go. Also...

We’ve decided it’s time to break down the culinary benefits of each of our oils, so over the next few weeks we’ll look at each flavor profile, share our favorite recipes and develop brand new ones for each oil, moving from mildest to spiciest. PURE COOKING OIL—silky-clear, lightweight and flavor-neutral, Pure has a barely-there nutty taste that makes it ideal for a myriad of cooking applications. Perfect as an alternative to butter and other cooking oils in baking, it doesn’t break down at high temperatures so the result is cakes and pastries that are softer and moist but never soggy....