I had a wonderful “ah ha!” moment a few days ago at the store.
I had been browsing the section where they have spray oils for pans and
dishes. Of course, most of them are
unhealthy oils like canola (baaaad).
There are a few that are supposedly made with olive oil, but in reality,
many them contained a blend of oils that just happened to include olive
oil. Or if they were truly made of
olive oil, they had other ingredients like Soy Lecithin, Dimethyl Silicone, and some mystery ingredient
referred to as propellant. These may
not be the worst things to add, but why use what we don’t need?
And yes, the obvious answer to this is,
“Get your fingers messy and spread out some darn butter” or “drizzle your own olive
oil”. True. But sometimes you just want to spray and GO. I have two children, so yes, I approve of
shortcuts when I can find them. Besides
that, butter-laden fingers aren’t always the best option when the Toddler Tornado is
trying to swing on the living room curtains.
But I digress.
There were a couple of sprays that were
about as pure olive oil as you could get, but the price! Five dollars for a can of spray! Do you know how much oil is actually in there? It’s pressurized to make it shoot out but
there is a very small amount of oil contained in those cans. And $5 is a dozen pastured eggs… or a latte.
Then came my “ah ha” moment. Being an herbalist-in-training, I have
dozens of lovely little bottles with droppers and droppers, sprays and pour-ers
(?). Why not just fill a small spray
bottle up with regular olive oil and leave it out on the counter for times
needed. Voila!
Simple. Inexpensive. Refillable.
To save a little more money, you could
always fill this with “light” deflowered (non-virgin) olive oil. I always keep some cheap olive oil on hand
for when my hubby makes pancakes and waffles or other manly mystery projects;
because getting the man to take a moment to melt down coconut oil is an
impossibility and I don’t let him near my good olive oil.
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