Coconut Oil Recipes

I am a chef and coconut oil is as you say, a beautiful addition to your diet because of its health benefits (but it has to be the exta virgin...) I like to use it in a light dressing for Polynesian salad. 2T extra virgin coconut oil, 2T Extra expeller pressed peanut oil, 2T soysauce, 2T rice vinegar, 1fresh pressed garlic clove. I use this on chopped cabbage and fine shredded bell pepper. Top it with grilled or broiled fish or cold crab(pour it over the crab too. If you need more recipes, my email is ____@____.com-- I teach classes and am always willing to help.

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I believe I saw some recipes in "The Maker's Diet" by Jordan Rubin. I haven't tried coconut oil yet, but I know that he highly recommends the stuff. All his other advice has been great, so I trust him on the coconut oil! Just have to actually go and buy some!!! Best wishes!

Hi K.,
I use organic virgin coconut oil on almost everything. I love to put it on veggies and sautee or grill...Not only do I use it for cooking purposes, but for medicinal. Our pug was always getting ear infections....vets always prescribing antibiotics.....always reocurring. I put a small amount of coconut oil on cotton swab and rubbed in her ear. Must have been about a year ago and NO ear infections since.
My sister has had psoriasis for over 40 years....she is now eating a teaspoon or more a day and said this is the first time that she is seeing it disappear. I can't eat it like that, but I like to put it on oatmeal in the am or in my tea.
Hope you enjoy......
D. Z

I too have recently become interested in coconut oil. I bought a cook book at Sprouts written by a lady from Mesa. The name of the cookbook is Dee's Mighty Cookbook - it has some great recipes using coconut oil and coconut milk. HOpe this helps.

Hi K.,
My husband and I throw a tea bag in a cup with a heaping spoonful of organic extra virgin coconut oil and hot water and make a cup of tea. I just woke up and am drinking a cup as I type lol. We do this twice a day. I know that coconut oil can be used as a substitute for butter. Like on veggies, to sautee, on toast, in a smoothie, etc. I would think that used in a salad dressing would be yummy. Best of health to you.

I used to live in the Philippines and we cooked with Coconut oil for every meal (all stir fries, of course). The people I lived and cooked with were all average pilipinas so I don't know if those educated in the culinary arts would consider that the right thing to do, and I don't know what type of oil it was. But it worked for us. Everyone I knew cooked that way. Might as well try it!