I’m not particularly convinced seed oils are the devil, but I do just use EVOO for everything I can to be safe since no one seems to disagree that it’s good for you.
However, there are some uses where EVOO or avocado oil are completely inappropriate and ruin the dish.
For example, a stir fry - you need something that holds up at high heat and has a neutral taste. This is not true of either EVOO or avocado oil, so I’ve been swapping back and forth between canola oil and sunflower oil.
I’ve read other threads where people suggest avocado oil is a good neutral tasting oil, but… it’s not neutral tasting at all, unless it’s refined - and everyone tends to say refined oils are bad too!
What gives? Is refined olive oil or refined avocado oil still better than a seed oil like canola or sunflower oil?
I use Chosen brand avocado oil and have never noticed a flavor, good or bad. I find it a great neutral oil for baking or stir fries. Perhaps you are using an avocado oil that is bad quality or gone rancid?
I cook every day.
Obviously taste is totally subjective so if that taste is more important than the concerns for using other oils then go for it, for me it isn’t!I only use avocado oil for cooking now including stir fry. I have no problems with the taste.
After reading articles like this one, I stopped stressing over the nutrition of oils I use. I don’t cook with a ton of oil anyway and we don’t eat very much packaged/processed food. Coincidentally, I do a lot of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cooking so olive oil often makes sense. For everything else, I usually have canola or grapeseed on hand.