How to use coconut oil?

I recently came down with mono. (Working mother of 2 - can't imagine how I got run down)

One of the holistic remedies is Coconut Oil - apparently the Lauric Acid in it is an immune booster. Any suggestions for how to eat it?(Let alone 4 T a day? )

I've been adding it to smoothies. It's fine that way, but I can only smoothie so much.

My mom likes to use coconut oil in cake recipes. I think the coconut flavor interferes with the flavor depending on the type of cake.

However, if you’re looking to eat ~4T of oil a day, the main way I know to do that is with dosa podi. This is a tasty spiced powder of toasted lentils/beans (urad dhal) to which oil is added to make a paste/slurry. The oil/powder mixture can be eaten with bread, tortillas, naan, or traditionally, dosas or idlis. You can buy it pre-made or can toast and grind your own. If you’re interested, I can post my mother-in-law’s recipe for it. If you’re curious to try it, you should be able to order it at most south Indian restaurants, even if you don't see it on the menu. Since the recipe can vary quite a bit, every podi I’ve eaten has had a relatively different flavor profile from all the others. Here’s an online source. This one is tasty, but has a mild asafetida flavor which you may not like.

Also, you could use the coconut oil like ghee sometimes is, and heat it with some spices and pour it over rice and eat it.

I hope you feel better,
Jen

What about using it as a substitute in pesto. I bet you could get a weekly allowance in one sitting

hope you feel better>>>

dan

coconut oil is wonderful for frying almost anything. Think of duck fat with a different flavor profile.

How about coconut oil popcorn.

Think of it as a substitute for butter.

Anything can taste better.

Tim

Yeah, a 6 cup batch of popcorn in our whirley pop uses 3T of coconut oil, and produces truly delicious popcorn.

I stir-fried some green beans in CO last week & they were really good. Just melt the CO, add the beans, and keep the heat high so they develop some wrinkling and caremelized brown spots. I think you could do this with just about any vegetable that you don't mind tasting a little coconutty - I think of it as a substitute for Canola Oil, which may or may not be so good for you, whereas Coconut Oil has a lot of health benefits.