You Already Know How to Cook with Ghee

Hello ghee lovers and new ghee users alike! Well, the title says it all. The great news about ghee is that if you’ve ever cooked with butter, olive oil, avocado oil, coconut oil, (or really, any cooking fat), then you already know how to cook with ghee! 

Ghee can be used in place of butter or oil with a 1:1 ratio, which means that however much of a cooking oil you’d use, use that exact amount of ghee instead. For example, if a recipe calls for 3 tablespoons of olive oil, you can sub in 3 tablespoons of 4th & Heart Ghee or Ghee Oil in its place! 

Using ghee is a perfect (and lactose-free!) way to incorporate extra flavor, vitamins + micronutrients, and healthy fats that your body craves! Plus, ghee’s high smoke point of 485ºF allows you to cook on higher heat without the worry of your oil or butter burning. 

To shed some light on ways you can begin cooking with ghee, here’s what we at 4th & Heart would use it for on any given day: 

• For breakfast: to fry or scramble eggs, top toast or baked goods, or blended into your favorite morning beverage
• For lunch or mid-day: a pick-me-up ghee coffee or matcha, searing a chicken breast, or using our ghee oil as a vinaigrette base for a salad 
• For dinner: try making some of the many recipes on our blog, such as Shrimp Scampi with Garlicky Green Beans, or Keto Greek Salmon & Cauliflower Rice Bowl 
• For dessert: try subbing our Vanilla Bean Ghee for butter in our Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies (or any baking recipe, really), dipping fruit in warmed Chocti, or making a delicious cake or loaf, like our favorite Chai Spiced Carrot Cake Loaf!

There are truly so many ways to incorporate any and all of our ghee products into your everyday cooking, and we promise that your cooking (and body!) will be all the better for it! 

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