American Recipes Without Seed Oils

These are all 40 American recipes on The Foodie Kitchen, each cooked with a traditional fat such as butter, ghee, tallow, lard, coconut or olive oil instead of seed oils. They are grouped by meal so you can jump straight to breakfasts, mains, sides or desserts.

Jump to: Breakfast & Brunch · Dinner & Main Dishes · Sides, Soups & Breads · Desserts & Baking · Snacks, Dips & Sauces · Drinks

Breakfast & Brunch

• Brown Butter Pancakes — Seed Oil Free Weekend Breakfast — Brown butter pancakes with a nutty, caramelised depth that no vegetable oil version can match. Seed oil free, 20 minutes.
• Butter French Toast — Brioche in Brown Butter — Brown butter French toast with brioche — caramelised, eggy, deeply flavoured. No vegetable oil. Seed oil free breakfast in 15 minutes.
• Coconut Oil Granola — Seed Oil Free Breakfast — Coconut oil granola — oats, nuts, seeds, and honey toasted in coconut oil. Crispy clusters, no seed oils. Better than any shop-bought.
• Dutch Baby Pancake in Brown Butter — Breakfast Showstopper — Dutch baby pancake in brown butter — one batter, one cast iron, 25 minutes. Dramatically puffed, crispy edges, custardy centre. Seed oil fre
• Ghee Avocado Toast — Seed Oil Free Breakfast — Ghee avocado toast — sourdough toasted in ghee with smashed avocado, flaky salt, and a fried egg. Seed oil free. The best version.
• Ghee Banana Muffins — Seed Oil Free School Lunchbox — Ghee banana muffins — moist, golden, and deeply flavoured. No vegetable oil. Seed oil free. The best muffin for school lunchboxes.
• Ghee Scrambled Eggs — The Perfect Technique — The perfect ghee scrambled eggs — low and slow technique, creamy and soft, finished with chives. Seed oil free. Master this dish.
• Lard Biscuits and Gravy — Southern Breakfast — Southern lard biscuits and gravy — flaky lard biscuits with a sage sausage and milk gravy. Seed oil free. The real Southern version.
• Tallow Hash Browns — Crispy Shredded Potato — Tallow hash browns — shredded potato fried in beef tallow until deeply golden and crispy. Seed oil free. Ready in 20 minutes.

Dinner & Main Dishes

• Butter Garlic Salmon — Pan Seared in Grass-Fed Butter — Pan-seared salmon in grass-fed butter with garlic and lemon — crispy skin, restaurant technique, seed oil free. Ready in 15 minutes.
• Butter Mac and Cheese — No Seed Oils — Homemade mac and cheese with grass-fed butter roux — no processed cheese sauce, no seed oils. The best macaroni cheese you'll make.
• Classic American Meatloaf in Tallow — The Weeknight Standard — Classic American meatloaf — ground beef and pork in tallow with a tangy glaze. The seed oil free weeknight dinner that feeds six. 90 minutes
• Classic American Pot Roast in Tallow — Sunday Dinner — Classic American pot roast in beef tallow — chuck braised low and slow with carrots, potatoes, and onions. Seed oil free Sunday dinner. Serv
• Garlic Butter Shrimp — Pan Seared in Brown Butter — Pan-seared shrimp in brown butter and garlic — done in 8 minutes, seed oil free. The brown butter makes every bite.
• Lard Crust Pumpkin Pie — The Flakiest Possible Pastry — Pumpkin pie with a traditional lard crust — the flakiest pastry possible. Pumpkin filling with heavy cream and maple syrup. No seed oils, no
• Lard-Seared Pork Chops with Apple and Cider Pan Sauce — Seed Oil Free — Bone-in pork chops seared in lard, with caramelised apples and an apple cider pan sauce mounted with cold butter. One skillet, no seed oils.
• Smash Burgers in Tallow — Cast Iron, Beef Fat, No Seed Oils — Smash burgers seared in beef tallow on a cast iron skillet — the way McDonald's made them before seed oils. Crispier crust, deeper flavour.
• Tallow Apple Cider Donuts — Seed Oil Free Halloween Recipe — Apple cider donuts fried in beef tallow. Crisp exterior, tender interior, cinnamon sugar coating. Better than any commercial donut.
• Tallow Beef Chili — Texas Style No Beans — Texas-style beef chili cooked in tallow — no beans, all beef, deep chilli flavour. Seed oil free. Slow cooked for 2 hours.
• Tallow Beef Short Ribs — Slow Braised Korean Style — Beef short ribs braised in tallow with Korean-inspired ginger, soy, and pear marinade. Seed oil free. Falls off the bone after 3 hours.
• Tallow Beef Stew — Classic American Pot Roast Style — Classic American beef stew cooked in tallow — tender chuck, root vegetables, and rich tallow-based broth. Seed oil free comfort food.
• Tallow Chicken Thighs — The Crispest Seed Oil Free Chicken — Chicken thighs seared in beef tallow — the highest smoke point fat produces the crispiest skin. Seed oil free, cast iron, done right.
• Tallow Fried Chicken — Crispy Southern Style — Southern fried chicken in beef tallow — crispier, more flavourful, and the way it was originally cooked before seed oils. Seed oil free.
• Tallow Roast Turkey — Crisp Skin, Moist Breast, No Seed Oils — Tallow rubbed over the skin for the crispiest possible exterior. Herb compound butter under the breast skin for moisture. The correct seed o
• Traditional Chicken Noodle Soup in Grass-Fed Butter — Seed Oil Free — Classic chicken noodle soup with a butter base, rich bone broth, shredded chicken, and egg noodles. Jewish penicillin, made without a single

Sides, Soups & Breads

• Bone Broth Tomato Soup — Slow Rendered, Butter Finished — Seed oil free recipe from The Foodie Kitchen by Savannah Ryan.
• Ghee Mashed Potatoes — The Richest Version — Ghee mashed potatoes — Yukon gold potatoes with brown-butter ghee and warm cream. Seed oil free. The richest mash you'll make.
• Lard Cornbread — Southern Cast Iron Skillet — Lard cornbread baked in a cast iron skillet — crispy edges, corn-forward, no sugar. The Southern tradition. Seed oil free.
• New England Clam Chowder in Butter — The Classic Cream Soup — New England clam chowder in butter — thick, creamy, with tender clams and salt pork. No seed oils, no cream substitute. The authentic Boston
• Tallow French Fries — The Original Recipe — Tallow french fries — crispier, more flavourful, and actually the original. The way McDonald's made them before 1990. Seed oil free.
• Tallow-Fried Fries at Home (Restaurant-Style Double Fry) — Skin-on shoestring fries double-fried in beef tallow, the way fry shops do it, scaled down for one pot on your stove. No seed oils.

Desserts & Baking

• Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies — No Seed Oil, Best You Will Ever Make — Brown butter chocolate chip cookies with no seed oil shortening — all butter, toasted milk solids, the best cookies you will ever make.
• Coconut Oil Chocolate Bark — Seed Oil Free Treat — Dark chocolate bark with coconut oil and sea salt — seed oil free, three ingredients. Easy to make, excellent as a snack or gift.
• Lard Pie Crust — The Flakiest Seed Oil Free Pastry — Lard pie crust — the flakiest, most tender pie pastry. No shortening, no vegetable oil. Lard produces layers butter cannot. Seed oil free.

Snacks, Dips & Sauces

• Buffalo Wings in Butter Hot Sauce — The Authentic Recipe — Buffalo wings in real butter hot sauce — fried in tallow, tossed in Frank's and grass-fed butter. The original 1964 Anchor Bar recipe, seed

Drinks

• Bone Broth — Tallow-Enriched Slow Simmered — Tallow-enriched bone broth — slow simmered for 12 hours, deeply gelatinous, rich with minerals. Seed oil free. The ancestral health drink.
• Butter Coffee — Ancestral Fat Morning Coffee — Butter coffee — grass-fed butter and ghee blended into black coffee. The seed oil free morning routine for the MAHA kitchen.
• Chicken Marsala in Butter — Italian-American Pan Sauce Classic — Chicken Marsala is thin chicken cutlets pan-fried in butter with mushrooms and Marsala wine — one of the most satisfying Italian-American pa
• Ghee Golden Milk Latte — Warming Turmeric Morning Drink — Ghee golden milk latte — turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, and ghee in warm whole milk. A warming MAHA morning drink. Seed oil free.
• Instant Pot Bone Broth — Pressure Cooker Method — Instant Pot bone broth in 3 hours — the gelatinous, mineral-rich version of a 24-hour simmer. Tallow-enriched. Seed oil free.