I am having trouble figuring out how to get my oil in every day. Any ideas?

Drizzle it over your salads. Use it to saute meat or veggies. Worst case, just add it to your protein shake. 2 teaspoons is nothing, so it should be easy to meet the goal.

I add one teaspoon to my salad/2c of veggies at lunch and 1 teaspoon over my 2 cups of veggies at dinner.

Add it to your salad; or spread it on your bread and bake it. If that's too boring add some chicken and melt some fat free cheese on it. It's good with mushrooms too. I like to saute sliced mushrooms in olive oil and some cajun seasoning. Makes a great snack!

How much olive oil do you want to use a day?

Greek girl here...have NO PROBLEM getting in my olive oil!

I like eating greens, steamed veggies and salads, so everything gets dressed in olive oil and lemon juice. When I'm eating Italian at home, I toss my whole wheat pasta with olive oil. Instead of garlic bread, I make a small bowl of seasonings that includes chopped garlic, fresh ground black pepper, toasted sesame seeds, ground up toasted pumpkin seeds. I dip the bread into the olive oil and then the seasonings.

If you like the taste of olive oil, try to find a high-quality oil, usually from Greece or Spain. Trader Joe's carries both types. If you want a lighter flavored oil, go with an Italian brand. The extra-virgin oils are stronger in flavor.

Dress grilled fish with an olive oil dressing. Grate a red onion, add a bunch of chopped parsley, the juice of a lemon and a little salt. Mix it all together, then with a fork, slowly drizzle in half a cup of good olive oil. Then pour that over grilled fish like salmon or trout. Also good on chicken breasts.

I find the easiest thing to do is to mix it with equal parts white vinegar, 1 tsp of sea salt, a few grinds of pepper and a sprinkle of salt free seasoning mix (Garlic & Herb Mrs Dash is my fave). Just shake and use as dressing on salads, marinade on meat... anything, really. Not that creative, but tasty.

Hi,

I just started ideal protein today, and am wondering how much olive oil I am supposed to use everyday?? Same with sea salt??

Thanks!!!
Jennifer

I use it as my salad dressing with apple cider vinegar and I use it when making my omelet and when sauteing my veggies. Hope that helps.

Be careful you don't go overboard! I started making my own salad dressing (very similar to what usmcvet outlined above but with a few other add ins) and was also using it when cooking meat or veggies. I think I ended up consuming too much olive oil which has really slowed down my weight loss over the past two weeks because there's a good amount of fat in it.

I know you're having a hard time getting it in now, just wanted to also caution you about the pendulum swinging the other way!

Thank you!!!!

I have started adding some to my bedtime shake on the days I haven't used it during the day. It makes the shake creamier, and you don't taste if when it's only a tsp!