Coconut oil is one of my favorite fats to use in cooking. There are lots of posts out there that tell why, what it’s good for, and how you can use it, so we won’t rehash all that here. What we do have is a giveaway! Want some coconut oil? Tropical Traditions is hooking it up with this free giveaway!
How they found it
In this interview Brian Shilhavy explains how he and his wife, Marianita, discovered Virgin Coconut Oil during the years they lived on Mt. Banahaw in the Philippines. They were the first ones to export Virgin Coconut Oil from the Philippines to the US. He explains how their Gold Label brand is still made the traditional way by hand, is certified organic, and has been tested to contain the highest amounts of antioxidants among all other brands of virgin coconut oil in the Philippines.
Want some?
Want to try some Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil for yourself? You’re in luck! Tropical Traditions is giving away a quart of their Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil to one lucky reader of this blog!
How to enter
To enter the coconut oil giveaway, here’s what you do:
- Go sign up for Tropical Traditions’ email newsletter – they aren’t spammy and the newsletter will alert you to sales and special coupons.
- Come back here and leave a comment on this post telling us your favorite use for coconut oil. Post a link to a recipe if you have it!
- Want a bonus entry? Follow Tropical Traditions on Twitter and post a second comment telling us you’ve done so!
You can enter until Saturday, February 5th at 11:59 EST. We’ll pick a winner on Monday, February 7th via random drawing and Tropical Traditions will send you your prize! This giveaway is open to residents of the United States and Canada only.
Free bonus
Want a free copy of their Virgin Coconut Oil book? Here’s how to get one. If you buy something on the Tropical Traditions site, choose “Referred by a Friend” and enter User ID 6922110 on your first online order. The book will be automatically added to your order (and I’ll also get a coupon good for free stuff). Win win!
The fine print: Tropical Traditions provided me (Amber Karnes) with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product. Don’t swim for an hour after eating. Don’t tease the badgers.
I use coconut oil for just about everything, but favorite is to use it to fry all of the veggies that go into my Indian yellow curry. SO GOOD!
Religiously use it to cook my eggs, and of course, it’s a staple in coconut curry chicken!
Sounds delicious? Share your recipe?
I can’t believe i have to pick ONE favorite use for it. Okay, i have to say i use it evenly with my olive oil however i tend to use only coconut oil when making eggs. No matter how i cook my eggs the coconut oil seems to add such a distinct and delicious flavor to them i enjoy eating them even more than i already do.
I’m Twitter following as well . . . i could have just included that in the original comment. Robb i think you just want to have more comments on your wall this way. Haha! 🙂
I use coconut oil for nearly everything I prepare on the stove: eggs, sweet potatoes, meat (pan searing a burger), etc. It’s a versatile oil and cooks delightfully.
i love putting coconut oil in my black coffee for that extra energy satiety boost
top uses for evco:
cooking eggs, browning chicken, a tablespoon in protein shakes, browning veggies for stew.
now following tropical traditions on twitter!
Just signed up for the newsletter. Just 3 weeks into the paleo lifestyle and loving it. My favorite use of coconut oil so far is to get a few fillets of tilapia, a little sea salt and fresh ground pepper and a squeeze of lemon on both sides, throw some coconut oil in the pan and fry for 5 to 6 minutes on each side. Delicious! My wife likes to dredge a little egg wash and almond flour on her tilapia along with the same ibgredients above same cooking method over medium (6 on the burner turner) also delicious!
While we use coconut oil for cooking, I think our favorite use of it is as a moisturizer. We use it pretty much every day. I love the way that my wife smells after she has put it on her face before retiring for the night. I used it as sun protection when I went for a day long mountain hike this summer. Still got red, but not near as bad as my brother (who didn’t use it).
I’ve signed up for the Tropical Traditions’ Newsletter. Thanks for the suggestion.
Coconut oil is my go to oil for sauteeing onions with or without kale. Also use it to sautee red/green cabbage with addition of garlic cloves as a side dish for beef/pork/chicken/salmon. Although it imparts no coconut flavor, the texture and consistency improve the recipe end result.
When shopping the other day, my check-out person was interested in the coconut oil I was purchasing. I was able to extol its virtues and explained how I used it for cooking and as a substitution for other oils in baking. Taking baby steps in the education of the masses!
I make mayo using a combination of coconut oil and light olive oil, so that it more closely matches the consistency of typical mayo without being overly dominated by one flavoring.
I am absolutely going to try this now!
Do you also use eggs when making this mayo?
just signed up! Favorite daily use for coconut oil: eggs and spinach. My breakfast nearly every morning.
Hands down the best oil for frying eggs!
Been using Tropical Traditions for years (my mother found it through a raw food diet). Love it in everything from my morning eggs, on steamed broccoli, a spoonful just ’cause, face and hand lotion, etc…
Thanks TT and RW!
Coconut oil is great for dry hair and skin.
I love to use Coconut Oil on my skin!
I love to use coconut oil in my smoothies. Gives them a great taste!
I signed up for the newsletter. I am new to using coconut oil, and am getting some to regain my health after getting the flu. : )
I love most things made with Coconut Oil. But my favorite has to be this Paleo Bark from the Livestrong.com
Ingredients
* 1 cup Organic Coconut Oil
* 1/3 cup Unsweetened Organic Coconut Flakes
* 2/3 cup Macadamia Nuts
Sometimes I had unsweetened dried cherries, or unsweetened dried cranberries.
Directions
Mix together oil, coconut flakes and nuts. Line a pan or plate with parchment paper. Pour the oil mixture onto the parchment paper. Freeze for at least 30 minutes. Break apart into pieces of bark. Store in the freezer.
Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/recipes/coconut-macadamia-bark/#ixzz1CStQwG2Q
I use coconut oil for stir fry. It’s absolutely perfect. There’s no one recipe, but I tend to use cabbage + whatever vegetables I have on hand (if I’m lazy, a bag of frozen) and a healthy dose of meat. Add some asian hot sauce and I’m golden.
And, of course, I added @troptraditions on Twitter because I could really use a fresh batch of coconut oil. =)
I love cooking broccoli in coconut oil and First garlic. I signed up for the Tropical Traditions newsletter too.
I’m following @Troptraditions on twitter too.
Really interested to try it!
i use it for everything!
I’ve been a huge fan of coconut oil for years, and TT is where I got my first fix. (Too bad it wasn’t free…)
(I’m all subscribed now- newsletter and twitter.)
Favorite use? The one where it probably has the most impact is this: lightly steam some green beans, maybe half-way done, then transfer to a skillet, and sauté in coconut oil w/ red bell pepper. Toss in some slivered almonds right at the end, salt it up, and presto – best green beans you’ll ever eat.
I love Coconut oil. we use it for every basic cooking need, and for a fabulous hair conditioner and chapped lip balm as well. for the conditioner, put it on and wrap your head in an old pillowcase with a clothespin to hold it on. 1 hour, wash out.
Lip balm, put on at bedtime (no hanky panky – unless your into that sort of thing) and in the morning your cracked nasty lips are like new.
Oh, yeah, and did I mention that we cook/bake with it as well. Fried Bananas, anyone? (I like mine with a drop of vanilla, but that’s not necessary.)
And yes, I’m following TT on twitter now.
My favorite thing to cook with coconut oil is Sweet Potato Fries
Crispy Sweet Potato Fries
* 1 large sweet potato, cut into steak fries
* 1 tablespoon coconut oil
* 1 tsp. cumin
* 1/2 tsp. sea salt
Pre-heat oven to 400°, place cut slices of sweet potato into a large bowl, top with the remaining ingredients and stir to coat evenly (I use my hands). Spread the fries onto a cookie sheet or baking pan (I use a Silpat for easy clean up) and make sure the fries aren’t crowded – they need space or else they start to steam and get soft rather than crispy. Bake for 15-20 minutes, take them out of the oven and flip, then bake for another 15-20 minutes. Keep an eye on them the last 5-10 minutes as some of the smaller pieces might start to burn.
I am following Tropical Traditions on Twitter…
Hey,
I subscribed to the newsletter. My favorite way to use coconut oil is the easiest – sauteing veggies. The flavor is amazing and it’s so quick and easy.
Also, I followed them on Twitter.
I am fairly new to eating Paleo, in fact, I just started reading The Paleo Solution 🙂 I have been using the coconut oil to make stir fry veggies and also to fry eggs. I know that’s not really a recipe, but hey, like I said, I’m new.
I love this stuff. I signed up for the Newsletter
my favorite use is as a body or hair oil
I followed on twitter
Subscribed to the Tropical Traditions newsletter AND following on Twitter.
I really like coconut oil to use when I roast veggies in the oven and when I scramble eggs/make omelettes.
Signed up for the newsletter. I like melting some coconut oil over some frozen bluberries with some unsweetened coconut for a little dessert.
I use my coconut oil for a couple of things! Post workout shower lotion and paleo muffins!
Recipe: Work out hard. Shower. Apply coconut oil to those places prone to dryness!
Recipe:
2 mini 12 muffin pans
1/2 cup coconut flour
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt(use if you want)
1/2 cup cooked, pureed pumpkin meat
6 eggs, beaten
4 1/2 tbsps. coconut oil
1/3 honey(I usually don’t use it, but it does make it easier for people who need their sugar fix)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 cup coarsely chopped brazil nuts
Preheat oven to 400 F.
Coconut flour, baking soda, salt, and spices go into one bowl(small). Mix well.
Place pumpkin puree in a medium to large bowl. Add eggs one by one, lightly mixing. Add coconut oil and vanilla and mix thoroughly.
Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture and mix to eliminate lumps. Be careful not to overdo the mixing. Mix in nuts.
Use normal table spoon to place in muffin pan. 1/2 to 2/3 full.
Bake 15-20 minutes or until semi-dark brown. When you are able to stick a tooth pic in and remove without stickiness, muffins are done!
Immediately remove from pan to prevent excess cooking(and burning!).
YUMMMMMY!
– Houston George
Sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing that.
I use it to style my pompadour!
word on the tweet is that I know follow them on twitter as well.
I love to sear pork loin in coconut oil before finishing it in the oven.
I use coconut oil for cooking my grass-fed ranch steaks for breakfast. Also to make apple-date-coconut-walnut leather in my dehydrator.
And I’m following Tropical Traditions on Twitter…
I now follow Tropical Traditions on Twitter, too. I’ll try more recipes with coconut oil when I get more.
I use coconut oil for all sautéing of veggies and to cook eggs when bacon grease isn’t available. Also, I love coconut oil melted on a sweet potato with cinnamon in the morning to go with my sausage.
I use coconut oil to remove eye makeup and as a moisturizer when getting out of the shower. Also, I give my dog about a tablespoon a day! She runs into the kitchen when she hears the lid to coconut oil open. Yummy!
Haven’t tried it myself but I hear its good with eggs and I look forward to my first taste.
Actually lately, my favorite use for coconut oil is for oil pulling. Of all of the oils I have tried, it is the smoothest and tastiest 🙂
I’m brand new to this – just working my way through Robb’s book – and have no idea what to do with coconut oil. Is it like “Cooking with Coppertone”? I’m willing to learn 🙂
It’s damn yummy! We will help you get rolling.
Followed on Twitter.
I love coconut oil in coconut flour pancakes and to fry my kid’s sweet potato fries and almond flour chicken strips!
Coconut Oil is so delicioso. I usually fry my eggs in it and then spoon some into my coffee. I need to start buying the bigger jars becuse I seem to use it up too fast.
I like to drizzle coconut oil into my smoothies and then pretend I’m having a pina colada for breakfast 😉
Add a little Rum and you are there!
I like coconut oil as a body lotion. It’s great for skin.
Got em on Twitter too. This oil is mine!
I love to use coconut oil in oatmeal, it’s so delicious.
I have to say that the way I’ve used it most often is just eating it with a spoon.
I use coconut oil to fry up little egg “crepes” made with coconut milk and eggs.
I also get the Tropical Traditions newsletter and follow them on Twitter.
I use it when I make a coffee crusted fillet of steak. It is amazing
yea i now follow 5 people on twitter
Twittered!
I signed up for the newsletter… and my favorite use for coconut oil is actually for my skin. My face is ridiculously sensitive and pretty much everything makes my rosacea flare up, except one or two oils including coconut oil. Keeps my skin happy, moisturized, and relatively calm. Doesn’t hurt that coconut oil also tastes delicious on everything – I use it to saute just about every kind of vegetable out there.
I just eat a tablespoon of it straight.
And yes I’m following on twitter.
I use coconut oil to cook delicious Filipino meals such as adobo (super paleo) and lumpia. Therefore, it will only be fit to use my native land’s coconut delight to complement them! But I also use coconut oil for everything – cooking eggs, frying sweet potatos, and all other goods. I LOVE coconut oil.
Following them on twitter as well!
Another vote for using coconut oil in my breakfast eggs! 2 people going through a dozen eggs every other day uses a lot of CO! 🙂
I use Coconut Oil in everything nowadays, making a favorite use or recipe difficult… but an omelet fried in a little coconut oil is delicious.
and know I am an official follower of the Troptraditions tweets…
I placed an order! Signed up also. nancy
I use coconut oil as a staple for most cooking. Everything from baked sweet potato, pork chops, everything sauteed and as a butter substitute on steamed vegetables.
Coconut Baked Rabbit:
1lb free range rabbit
5 black mission figs (minced)
1 tsp paprika
4 tsp of coconut oil
preheat the oven to 375. Wrap all ingredients in tin foil and bake for about an hour. save the bones to make stock
Great stuff, we mix coconut oil,cocoa powder, ground coconut with a little honey till it is like cookie dough, drop spoonfuls on a cookie sheet and freeze for a tasty treat.
I love to saute up some spinach in coconut oil, then fry some eggs along side. The best part is licking the spoon I used to scoop the coconut oil from the jar.
We use it in a variety of recipes. We subscribe to the Paleo Plan (No affiliation). Many of their recipes call for C. Oil. We are also following their tweets.
I <3 coconut oil with morning eggs
Newest addiction when I’m not just eating the stuff out of the jar…. Mix curry and coconut oil in a pan a d fry chicken in it. Mmm so good!
I just signed up for their news letter!
I LOVE to use coconut oil to stir fry up tons of veggies! Greatest part of a meal right there! I use it in just about everything though. Great stuff.
I just followed Tropical Traditions on Twitter. Their feed always has great info!
I have just started to use coconut oil and love it! I used in while cooking a Paleo Casserole the other day when I needed to grease my pan. I have been reading about Paelo for a while and I am just getting started with really being strict with it. Just added the Tropical Traditions website to my favorite bookmark list. Very exctied!
My recipe I referenced in original post: http://chrispconstantlyvaried.blogspot.com/2011/01/paleo-breakfast-casserole.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ConstantlyVaried+%28Constantly+Varied%29
Thought y’all might get a kick out of the first paragraph in this health op. “superfood” hehe.
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/the-10-best-foods-for-your-heart-2441820/
BTW coconut oil is best used to fry sweet potato. Add salt, pepper cinnamon…damn yummy
Just read the rest of the article. LULZ!
Favorite: 2 TBS coconut oil in wok and stir-fry a load of thinly sliced onions, bell pepper, and zucchini. Add 2 TBS roasted chili paste, 2 TBS Fish sauce, 1 handful of cashews, and 1 tsp brown sugar (obviously optional). Usually serve as a side with Chicken Coconut Soup, or add thinly sliced chicken (liberally dusted with Penzey’s Bangkok Blend) to stir-fry or some other large hunk of animal flesh.
Otherwise use coconut oil daily for all my cooking needs, add a little to coffee, or eat a little off of a spoon because it’s so damn good!!!
following TT on twitter now
When I first started Paleo, I used EVOO for cooking, but found that most of my food either turned out too dry or too greasy. Since replacing all that EVOO with coconut oil, my meals are tastier and less-greasy! Love it. 🙂
I’m subscribed to the newsletter and twitter feed.
My approach would be considered extreme by some, but it hasn’t killed me yet! I take a few drums of Tropical Traditions coconut oil and mainline it into my apartment’s plumbing system. Yes, this means I shower, bathe, and brush my teeth with coconut oil. All cooking is obviously done with coconut oil, except for in the rare instance where I might use coconut butter.
When I workout, I sweat coconut oil. When I slip and fall (coconut oil is slippery, what can I say) I bleed coconut oil. When I watch Seabiscuit, I cry coconut oil tears.
I had my blood tested recently, and the doc was pleasantly surprised. Very low cholesterol! Not a single type B LDL! Little did he know, his lab had actually measured the coconut oil that now courses through my veins in place of blood. I didn’t have the heart to tell him.
Coconut Oil makes a great personal lubricant.
And I’ve began following tropical traditions on twitter. No way I’ll miss their next sale now…
I love to use them on my kale chips!!!
Favorite coconut oil recipe:
No-Bake Coconut cookie:
Melt 1T coconut oil just long enough to stir into liquid form
Add any combo of:
1T ground flaxseed, 1T almond meal, 1T shredded coconut, 1T chopped nuts
Plus: 1/4tsp vanilla and/or almond extract
Stir, the put onto parchment paper and Freeze about 5 minutes.
Makes 1 amazing cookie (** tastes JUST like the old Good Humor Toasted Almond bars, which I used to obsess over).
Gonna go make one now 🙂
I love all things coconut, however, I was surprised when skimming the recently revised Paleo Diet that Dr. Cordain didn’t include coconut on his list of recommended oils. In fact, it seems like he barely touches on coconut at all and what he has to say isn’t favorable. What gives? Maybe this would be a better question for the podcast…
Yes, Robb, what IS the deal with Dr. Cordain’s stance on coconut oil? In his Preface to the Revised Edition of The Paleo DIet, Dr. Cordain says “… the only oil I believe should be used for cooking is olive oil.” (p. xii) His only mention of coconut is two paragraphs (p. 133) where he says it’s high in lauric acid, known to elevate cholesterol, but since the Pacific Islanders are okay, the we all should go ahead and enjoy it. A contradiction?
I know Dr. Cordain recently altered his stance on SFAs and updated part of the new edition of his book to reflect this. Upon skimming through it however, the update was a minor one, probably only to appease those who keep bugging him about his outdated opinion. He definitely didn’t go to any serious lengths to “promote” SFAs which leads me to believe that he’s still kind of stubborn about this issue, or at the very least, sees them as neutral.
My favorite: coconut oil, brussell sprouts (halved), sea salt, fresh garlic, cracked pepper. Bake for 40 minutes or so at 325. YUMMMM. 🙂
I LOVE Coconut oil!! Coconut oil is pretty much the only fat that we used for cooking. ONe of my favorite uses is for these delicious Not Oatmeal Cookies:
http://saraatkinsphotography.com/blog/2010/12/nibbles_not_oatmeal_cookies.html
And yes, I am following Tropical Traditions on Twitter.
I put coconut oil in my green tea and use it for stir frying too.
Um…not the most paleo, but I loved cooking popcorn on the stove with it!
I use coconut oil daily by mixing it with my EFAs and cultured coconut milk. Then I drink it with my multi-vitamin and fish oil.
frying eggs and roasting veggies!
My favorite use for coconut is seasoning my cast iron skillet.
Also I find it best for cooking sausage.
I’m following tropical traditions on twitter.
I use coconut oil for cooking eggs and to saute veggies.
Here’s my favorite way to use coconut oil, a Paleo-friendly take on Indian-Spiced Greens:
http://eatmovethrive.blogspot.com/2009/04/greens-portions-and-lingering-meal.html
Num, num, num….I’ve just signed up for the newsletter.
Thanks for maintaining such a high quality mode of awesomeness, Robb et al.
Scrambled eggs in coconut oil for breakfast- delicious!
Mostly to fry eggs and veggies.
We’ve used it on our skin in the summer (face and lips). It helps!
I use coconut oil for cooking. Like to fry plantains in it.
Just started following them on twitter.
two words… shrimp scampi….
I’m coo coo for coconut.
We use so much coconut oil I buy it wholesale in 5 gal tubs.
The least processed is best, so look for: organic, virgin [no such thing as extra virgin], cold pressed.
Expeller pressed or centrifuge processed is cheaper, but involves higher temps, more processing, etc.
Refined is the cheapest, but save this for non-food uses only [has little if any coconut smell]
I’ve been adding a lot of coconut oil in my Andy Deas’ Famous Apple-Cinnamon, Pumpkin-Berry Coconut Cream Cocao Custard Pudding ™, which includes coconut oil, coconut milk, coconut cream, creamed coconut and grated coconut. Here is the original recipe: http://bit.ly/ht4Yms
Twitter: I’m now following @troptraditions
following tropical traditions on twitter….try the red palm oil…yummy
OK yes a tough one, as I use it for most of my cooking. Love using it to cook my paleo pancakes and coconut chicken fingers. Here’s another – Paleo Energy Bars:
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-energy-bar-redux/
Green beans with coconut:
I boil green beans until slightly cooked and drain them. Heat coconut oil in a pain, add green beans and salt. Once covered in oil, and hot, add some unsweetened coconut flakes. Very tasty!
My favorite is for frying yams or plantains but I use it for most anything unless I think the tropical flavor will be to strong.
I’ve actually never used the good stuff. The grocery store near me only had the refined kind 🙁 It worked okay making some Beef Short Ribs. I subbed Beef Short Ribs in this recipe:
http://paleodietlifestyle.com/braised-oxtail/
However, I’d LOVE to try this prime delicious looking stuff from Tropical Traditions!
Following on Twitter!
I love using cocount oil for my egg and vegetable omelette!
I use coconut oil for light sauteeing (like my morning omelette), but my wife uses it to moisturize her face!
I now follow troptraditions on twitter.
I love to cook just about anything with it, use it for pan cooking/frying, coating meats, coating veggies (like roasting cauliflower in the oven). I like eating it plain every now and then too.
One of my favorite things to do is pan fry sliced parsnips in it. Pan frying sliced sweet potato (orange, japanese, purple, etc.), jicama, and plantain is also really good too.
I love to cook sausage (and everything else) with coconut oil!
I use this stuff like butter on paleo “pancakes (almond butter, banana, and eggs), and also in coconut pancakes!
Absolutely love Tropical Traditions Coconut Oil. I use it in my eggs every morning and put it on my salmon when I make it every week. I would highly recommend it.
I love coconut to stir-fry vegetables or bake gluten-free muffins and cookies (along with coconut flour!). I also use it on my dry skin and it works miracles!
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Signed up for their newsletter…love frying my pancakes in coconut oil! So tasty!
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I love to put coconut oil on my face and hands to moisturize
Eggs, veggies, you name it. I love coconut oil!
I’ve signed up for the newsletter and I am following @troptraditions on Twitter. Cheers.
I use coconut oil every night as an all-natural makeup remover, I use it as suncreen when I surf, and I use it to cook. I love the fact that I’ve removed dozens of chemicals from my every day life & saved $$ by replacing sunscreen and makeup remover with coconut oil.
🙂
Coconut oil? I put that shit on everything.
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I love to cook my eggs in coconut oil, and then pour the remaining oil over the eggs. Om nom nom.
Following @troptraditions on twitter now too.
My favorite use for coconut oil is to melt a tablespoon of it over a tea kettle and just shoot it! It tastes amazingly like buttered toast!
So awesome!
My favorite recipe is paleo cookie bars.
Coconut oil is great for eggs and veggies, but I also use it to make Coconut Macadamia Bark. Just melt the coconut oil, add shredded coconut and some crushed macadamias, and freeze. Delicious.
My favorite use for coconut oil is in cooking. I’ve replaced olive oil with coconut oil in all of my cooking due to olive oil being easily oxidized in cooking. Here’s a recipe where I recently used coconut oil: http://scrawnywod.blogspot.com/2011/01/baked-kale-chips.html
While not the best total meal, my favorite use of coconut oil includes the use of various fruits and nuts to make an awesome dessert-like food. This calls for typically a single apple and banana (chopped) plus a handful of blueberries. Added to this are a half a handful of walnuts, 1-2 tbsp of coconut oil, some shredded coconut, ~1 tbsp cocoa and some cinnamon. Mix it all together and you’re good to go. Any fruits can be used, yet bananas tend to be a catalyst that makes everything work well. Add in some protein and you’d have a halfway decent PWO meal, albeit perhaps a bit heavy on fructose.
I just eat it straight up with a spoon!
I love coconut oil for sauteeing meat. It works well at high temps and gives my chicken a nice, brown crust. Woo hooo!
I use coconut oil with everything. Even just a snack in itself. My favorite is to use it for eggs and vegetables… especially Brussels sprouts!
Also following on Twitter! 🙂
I, too, have eaten it straight from the spoon.
I signed up. Favorite uses:
I use it to cook anything in from eggs to onions and then some.
I also have some with some tahitian flowers that I use as a body oil (smells yummy and absorbs quickly).
Please let me win! 🙂
Presumably served on the inner thigh of some dusky hue from a cocunny tree clad place ?
You’re a mdirty beast true and proper.
All joking aside i adore this too but don’t find it as filling as animal sat fat strangely.
Infact am about to sneak oer le border and pick up 36 poonds of orgasmic beef tallow with which i coat my body before taking photos of myself like the one you put up last week of yourself !!!
Bring le Mrs and come and visit..life is short.
All good things Nobby,
Sinc.
Simon
I signed up for their newsletter.
I follow Tropical Traditions on twitter. @skipbang
I saw a recipe for coconut almond cups that looked yummy on their site. Id probably try using this oil in my bread recipe and for other bake goods.
I use it for many things, including as a facial moisturizer and for cooking simple coconut chicken: http://www.suite101.com/content/paleo-diet—coconut-chicken-a306149
Am now following tropical traditions on twitter!!
My 2 favourite uses for coconut oil are 1. To moisturise my body 2.to eat straight from the tub by the spoonful. Yum.
Have just followed on twitter too………..
i like the coconut oil straight out of the jar!
signed up on twitter
Coconut Oil is a great subtitute for water on my Slip N’ Slide in the backyard. Also I cook with it.
fav recipie is some veggies and some diced chickend in a stir fry with coconut oil
also followed on twitter
As chamois cream for mountain bike rides
I use coconut oil for pretty much everything. Mostly, I use it for pan frying veggies and meats, and for stir-frys. Nice and simple.
Love it in a curry, on vegetables or even just off the spoon. Signed up for the newsletter.
Done. I love coconut oil too for everything. I especially love to sautee onions, gf ground meat and add the greens with s&p!! YUM!!
I’ve subscribed to the newsletter. I love to fry eggs in coconut oil… add some macadamia nuts for an island flare.
I feel so cheap and easy -but I signed up. I got that going for me.
Favorite use – a slice of sandwich meat, a slice of coconut oil – holy cow!
Double cheap and easy – twitter following also as eichx4
I’ve subscribed to the newsletter. I like to make coconut chicken tenders for the kids (hubby likes them too). Dip the chicken in egg followed by coconut flakes, and fry in coconut oil. Yummy!!
My favorite recipe? Fried eggs in coconut oil! It smells and tastes like the islands.
Cooking coconut oil with eggs is fantastic!
Signed up! I use it in stir-frys & in baking coconut protein bars. LOVE IT!
I love coconut oil, and use it as my only cooking oil (other than animal fats).
Here’s my attempt at a Green Curry Shrimp. Pretty easy. http://littledoglost.blogspot.com/2010/03/green-curry-shrimp.html
I’m following them on twitter, too!
I checked them out, and I think I have to try those coconut chips! Wow!
Thanks for the opportunity!
Roland
I’m a twitter follower (@KimmyJahnke)!
I subscribed to the TT newsletter. I like to buy coconut oil in bulk and use it for a bath.
Coconut oil, melted 85% chocolate, shredded coconut.
Make chocolate coconut drops. The oil hardens the chocolate better when it cools down.
solid!
as a generic cooking oil – sauteeing, etc. just a general oil usage, i guess. it’s pretty good stuff.
My favorite use of coconut oil is as cooking oil!
and now I subscribed on twitter!
I use coconut oil to saute sweet potatoes (already roasted) and apples, then add pumpkin pie spice blend- the closest to dessert i get these days!
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I love to cook all sorts of veggies and eggs in coconut oil.
I’m signed up for the newsletter! I love to slice sweet potatoe really thin and fry it in coconut oil with a little sea salt… so good! I use cococut oil for almost everything!
Here’s a simple recipe that I use when I’m short on time:
http://bekahsfeast.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/speedy-meat/
My favorite use is for stir frying but sometimes secretly I just eat a spoonful that always freaks my wife out.
Love it for stir fry (which I used to use peanut oil for).
My go-to fat.. Eggs, steak, veggies, and off-the-spoon!
I like taking it straight
I use coconut oil for stir-frys. I’ve just started using it recently and really like it.
I just subscribed to Tropical Traditions’ newsletter. I would love to win this thing! I’ve been eating Paleo since the beginning of December and with the change in eating and working with a trainer I’ve lost 22lbs so far and am stronger and healthier than I’ve been since I was a teen. I’ve still got about 70lbs to go, but now it doesn’t seem like the impossible task it was a few months ago. I can’t believe how much better I feel!
“Lime in the Coconut” roasted Salmon and Veggies
I cooked this for a Paleo holiday feast. My parents had never heard of the Paleo concept. They were pleased with then results.
Preheat oven to 400F.
Slice and place the following in a baking dish:
1 small onion, sliced
2 c brussels sprouts, cleaned and halved
1/4 head each of purple and green cabbage, sliced
2 tbsp COCONUT OIL (not olive, not macadamia, not grapeseed; who ever heard of “lime in the olive oil!”? Ew!)
1/2 c lime juice, zest included (alternatively, you can use the juice and zest of a grapefruit in addition to the lime -it makes it a little but sweeter – and once it mixes with the purple cabbage, the sauce becomes a beautiful lavender-pink color!)
Braise in a 400F degree oven for 30 min.
While the veggies are braising, rinse and clean a 1 lb filet of wild caught salmon.
Rub filet with 1 tbsp coconut oil.
After vegetables have softened for 30 mins, place the salmon, skin side down, on top of the veggies.
Bake for an additional 10-12 mIns, depending on the thickness of the fish.
If you Really enjoy coconut oil, drizzle some with a pinch of sea salt on top before you eat this wonderful feast.
This recipe would probably be good if tequila were added to the braising liquid too… Just an idea.
OK – subscribed. I spent most of my life not really liking coconut (I know … I’m weird), so this is a journey for me. There are some things that still just don’t seem to go well with coconut oil, but I agree with everyone who listed pan-frying their sweet potatoes or yams with it – those two things were MADE to go together!
Just did the Twitter thang too.
I use coconut oil mostly for cooking meat. Prob my favorite is taco meat for the breakfast taco.
I bought some coconut oil specifically for this recipe!
http://www.paleoplan.com/2009/11-22/coconut-chicken/
Going to try it out this weekend 🙂
I LOVE THIS stuff. On my skin after shower, to cook my eggs in, and a little in my dog’s food. So many great uses!
With six kids and a new grandson, I am finding it hard to spend the cash…
My daughter, wife and I are finishing the Whole9Life 30 day challenge today. It has been exceptionally eye-opening for us. Everything that people say happens happened. We feel great, look better, and have changed our shopping and eating habits (the rest of the family has yet to buy in).
We have not tried coconut oil yet, but I will scrape up the cash based on the wild response on this site alone.
Thanks for the information.
I bought a gallon of the extra virgin when it was son sale. It lasts a LOOOONG time.
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we are using the oil in pretty much everything these days!
i follow TT on twitter – 2kidsblogger
I subscribed to their newsletter. One of my favorite uses of coconut oil is in my daily protein shakes. YUM!
Stir-frying beef is my favorite use for coconut oil.
I am now subscribed.
I love to use coconut lotion/oil on my hands. they get really dry in teh winter!!!
I am a subscriber to the Tropical Traditions newsletter.
Blessings,
Katelynn
http://katellynnscreations.blogspot.com
I use coconut oil as a conditioner for my curly hair as well as one of the ingredients in my homemade salves and lotions. I recently found TT and am thrilled because if its unrefined quality!
Blessings,
Katelynn
http://katellynnscreations.blogspot.com
Wow! I had no idea of the multitude of uses and cannot wait to try this brand. I live in a small town and it was hard enough to find the one brand of coconut oil we have here. It’s great to know that this coconut oil can be ordered.
My favorite use, and only so far, is for paleo oatmeal raisin cookies.
http://paleomama.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/almost-oatmeal-raisin-paleo-cookies/
I love to fry my eggs in it.
now following on twitter too
I signed up! I really like using it to fry pork chops with apples and onions!
4thalabamaheath on twitter … following 🙂 now mail me some oil!
I LOVE coconut oil! I use it almost every time I cook. My (current) favorite use is beef, garlic, & ginger stirfry.
…and now I’m following @troptraditions.
I signed up for their email newsletter. I have never tried coconut oil before but would like to try to make pie crust with it.
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Eggs and coconut oil..the perfect combination! Fried eggs(Omega-3 enriched) sunny side up,yum!
Signed up for the newsletter. I actually like to use coconut oil as a conditioner for my hair.
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I use coconut oil for cooking everything, but my favorite is to pan-sear shrimp in it, along with some paprika and cayenne!
I used it this morning to cook my eggs over easy over bacon wrapped asparagus topped with Chorizio. on the newsletter and following on twitter. Cheers
I use coconut oil to fry eggs and basically anything that requires oil to be cooked in!
I always use coconut oil to fry eggs!
following tropical traditions on Twitter!
My favorite use for coconut oil is right off the spoon!
Runner up would be using coconut oil to fry up a chopped apple with cinnamon and pecans.
I use coconut oil as a daytime and nighttime moisturizer! I also carry a small container, full of coconut oil, in my purse, and use it as hand-cream! ☺ I love the smell!
I like to use it for my skin, but when I was eating bread I would spread it on a piece of toast along with some peanut butter and honey. Good stuff, but alas in the past now! 🙂
Just registered for the newsletter. I haven’t used the coconut oil much yet, but I will use it to sautee tilapia tonight, so that will be my favorite use for now.
You will love it! 🙂