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Oil that is obtained from walnuts that are pressed to extract the natural oil. The richly flavored oil makes it a good choice for use in salad dressings and sauces, but it is more expensive than several other popular oils such as corn oil or canola oil.

Oils for cooking are used to fry and sauté foods, for making salad dressings, and for use in baking....

The oil produced from manual or machine pressing of the fruit (olives) from the olive tree. The flavor and color of the olive oil produced from the same variety of olive may vary significantly from one region to the next as well as from grower to grower, since soils and environment will have an effect on creating different flavors within olives grown in the same area.

A golden colored oil with a citrus aroma that is produced from the skin of the lemon. As edible oil, it is commonly used as a dressing for salad oils or as a food ingredient.

A type of sauce that may use mayonnaise or a vinaigrette combined with other ingredients to create a topping or flavoring that can be mixed into salad greens or salad items being prepared.

A type of oil derived from hot, red chiles that have been steeped in vegetable oil to extract the flavor and heat contained in the chile.

A type of edible food oil, also known as soy oil or soya oil, which is processed from soybeans. It is one of the most widely used oils for food preparation and processing.

The oil obtained from pressing hazelnuts. The brown colored oil has a slightly sweet, nutty taste and is generally used as a flavoring for baked goods and for some sauces.

Cottonseed oil is pressed from the seeds of the cotton plant. It is almost always blended with other oils for the creation of various vegetable oils and it is also used in the manufacture of margarine, salad dressings, and commercially prepared fried products.

Avocado oil has a light, but unique flavor that makes it an excellent choice for salad dressings or for use as a condiment.

An oil, made from the seeds of safflowers, which is clear and mostly flavorless. It is high in polyunsaturated fats and is a popular oil to use in salad dressings, because it does not solidify when chilled.

Also known as sunflower seed oil, this golden colored oil is derived from the seeds of the sunflower plant.

A liquid cooking oil that is extracted from the fruit, seeds, or nuts of a vegetable plant, such as corn, soybeans, peanuts, safflower seeds, sunflower seeds, and rapeseeds (used for canola oil).

Apricot kernel oil is obtained from the dried kernels of the apricot tree. The oil is obtained by removing the pit from the apricot and cracking the shell of the pit in order to access the kernel covered by the shell.

A simple salad dressing prepared with good wine vinegar, oil, salt, pepper, and fresh green herbs, also referred to as a vinaigrette.

Sesame oil is pressed from sesame seeds and is available in both light and dark varieties. The light version, made from unroasted seeds, has a mild nutty flavor and is popular in Indian cooking.

A type of seasoning or cooking oil that uses the tea seeds harvested from the tea plant (Camilla sinensis), cold-pressing them to produce the oil.

A type of oil that is less expensive and not quite as flavorful as higher grades, making it very suitable as cooking oil for fried foods.

Poppy seed oil is obtained from the small dark seeds of the poppy flower. It is a good choice for salad dressings because of its smooth, subtle flavor.

Pine seed oil, which is obtained from pine nuts, is one of the most expensive oils on the market, so its appeal is very limited.