Oil free vegan struggle meals with Arcane Potato: Episode 1

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A delectable assortment of vegetables interspersed in the finest rice noodles. The noodles are coated with a heaping spoon of 100% peanuts peanut butter, a giant glug of soy sauce and a sprinkling of my favorite hot paste.

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7 Comments

IoSapsai@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

What is the concept behind "oil free"? Peanut butter is quite fatty and also has unsaturated fat. Is it avoiding vegetable oils? I'm genuinely curious. I thought it was avoiding fat altogether.

Arcanepotato@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

It's no refined oils, but yes in general the idea is low fat too. Refined oils are just empty calories. A serving of 2 tbsp of this peanut butter would have 3 g fibre, 8 g protein, 2% of my daily calcium and 6% of my daily iron. Peanut oil would have none of that.

This was the only thing I managed to eat yesterday, so I'm not all that worried about the fat.

This is the website of one of the more famous proponents of a whole food plant based no oil diet: https://nutritionfacts.org/ Like I said in another comment, I'm not a strict adherent but I don't keep refined oil in the house and I try to make choices that align with it when I can muster enough fucks.

buycurious@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Hi there. Stumbled across this from “All.”

How come you didn’t use any oil to cook your veggies?

Arcanepotato@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (3 replies)

A recipe like this wouldn't normally use oil (maybe a chili oil but not to cook it), but I included that term because I think sometimes people think whole food plant based no oil food is a pile of avocados and fancy lettuce.

Oil is empty calories. It's extracted from its source but you don't get any of the good stuff in the foods. I'm not a super strict noiler but I don't keep/use cooking oils. I'll buy potato chips on occasion tho.

wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee · -1 pts · 2y (2 replies)
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Arcanepotato@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

100% peanuts peanut butter?Like the only ingredient is peanuts?

I'm kinda high so I don't remember what it's called

mvirts@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

I see it called "natural" peanut butter but then again that term is basically meaningless.

yamaonan@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Looks tasty!