Things you use almost daily

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Originally Posted by ~*BellaDonna*~

Do you use olive oil in cooking or is it apart of your skin care routine? Or both?

For cooking; and my dog gets it drizzled on his food, too. Though....he prefers coconut oil, so I switch it up from day to day for him.

Fortunately, I am blessed with great skin (it must be from my grandmother), so I use nothing but water and my hands - and sunscreen from time to time. Though, honestly, I am sure diet and exercise have as much to do with skin as anything else. I'd bet the olive oil I eat and the drenching sweat of yardwork and gardening in the Colorado sun is a huge factor in having clear skin.

I'm somewhat of an oil fanatic when it come to cooking. Right now, I have organic canola, walnut, avocado, organic coconut, Tunisian and Greek olive, and peanut oil in my cabinet. I use canola, avocado and olive oil for most general cooking, coconut for pancakes, walnut for baking, peanut for stir fries. I was obsessed with grape seed oil for a while, but I don't care much for the taste.

There is one of those specialty olive oil stores down the street that sells blended olive oils categorized by flavor - grassy, peppery, buttery, nutty. The grassy olive oils are my favorite for vinaigrettes.