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Don’t save your infused oils only for salads. Use them in marinades, as basting oils, and as anointing oils.
Drizzle them on cooked fish, poultry, meats, and vegetables, including potatoes.
It’s fun to have a variety of flavored oils to work with—garlic, basil, rosemary, wasabi, lemon, and jalapeño oils, for example.
Since oils begin to lose their freshness six months after the bottle is first opened, the more often you use them and the more frequently you replace them, the more lively-tasting they’ll be.
One of our favorite companies, Boyajian, sells small bottles of flavored olive oil that are a better way to buy flavored oils if you don’t use large quantities.
How about a deconstructed salad dressing?
Read our review of Boyajian infused olive oils, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week.
Prefer grapeseed oil? Salute Santé flavored grapeseed oils are another Top Pick Of The Week. Grapeseed oil is extremely heart-healthy, like olive oil, with a very high smoke point.
Heart-healthy flavored Olivado avocado oils also made our Top Pick Of The Week honor roll. Avocado oil ranks as extremely heart-healthy as well, with the highest smoke point of all.
Infused Brookfarm macadamia nut oil, another Top Pick Of The Week, is heart-healthy and mac-nificent.
Like it zingy? Try Gil’s Habanero Tequila Oil.
Want to learn about the many different types of oils? Check out our Culinary Oils Glossary.
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[1] Basil and garlic are two popular infused EVOO flavors, but there are numerous other flavors including the “hot” group of chipotle, jalapeño, wasabi, and more (both photos © Boyajian).
[2] If you’re a fan of balsamic vinegar, try this one: It’s enhanced with natural cherry flavor.
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