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Article: A splash of olive oil makes the difference. (includes recipes)
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- September 1, 1996
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Sunset Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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One of the most confusing principles in low-fat cooking relates to very low calorie foods like vegetables. If you add even a small amount of fat, such as olive oil, the percentage of calories from fat shoots up well over the 30 percent benchmark. But the dishes can still be considered low-fat. Here's why.
Compare the cauliflower at right with an indulgent burrito. One serving of cauliflower has only 4.1 grams of fat and 76 calories, with 49 percent of these calories from fat. The burrito, on the other hand, has a whopping 42 grams of fat and 930 calories, but only 41 percent from fat. (For the percentage of calories from fat, multiply grams of fat by 9 calories per ...