Coconut oil

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I use it for frying, rather than polyunsaturated, which are not stable at high heats. I've also started using it in some baking and have discovered it is cracking for Yorkshire puddings.

You're better off googling the health benefits. I've seen some pretty whacked ideas about coconut oil on here.

Exaxtly what she said.
I use it to cook fish filet. I save a little quantity of the cooking quantity i have measured and let it melt on the fish as i serve. It gives it a faint coconut taste, soooo good!
Make you you get extra virgin coconut oil in a glass container, not plastic. You never know what plastic molecules will migrate into your oil.

I've been looking into the benefits of coconut oil too and decided to give it a try. It's quite expensive but i found it in Holland & Barretts penny sale, £14.99 a jar but two for £15! Unfortunately the sale ends today at midnight. They do international delivery too.

I use it instead of butter on most things. Cooking at high tempatures it tends to burn. It is great on toast. I use it on my legs too

I use it in place of vegetable oil. I also like to mix it in with my oatmeal.

Use it just like you would olive oil - I've switched 7/8th of all oil use to coconut (I have half a bottle of olive for when I need liquid oil - coconut will solidify depending on temp) plus I use it as a daily moisturizer & after I dye my hair, the next 2-3 days, after I wash I put a small amount in.

Just make sure to get virgin &/or food grade. I either get Vitacost or Trader Joe's (and they make a Spray version)

I solely use coconut oil for all my cooking, mind you I'm really not a great cook and don't make anything too fancy...stir fry, eggs, fish, chicken, I use it in baking too. I found it at Costco for $15 (CAD) for three jars (best deal!)...if you go to any other health food stores around here (Canada) its usually around $8-$10 (CAD) just for one jar.

In any case, hope you enjoy it!

I use it mostly as an all-over moisturizer and a little in my hair. I keep meaning to use it for cooking/smoothies, etc but I forget since I keep it in the bathroom. Out of sight, out of mind. It has a lot of great health properties too. HIV + folk can use it to increase their immunity. I hear it is good for IBS, wounds, etc.

fry EVERYTHING with it! it has a higher smoke point than olive oil so its perfect - it does the most amazing things to meat great moisturiser too btw.

also mix with almond oil for dark circles under the eyes - mine are gone!!

In the past 3.5 months I've switched to basically using nothing but coconut oil for oil. I eat a lot of it, including just eating at least one big spoonful of it in addition to cooking with it. Also eat avocados, whatever animal fat is in the meats that I eat, a small/moderate amount of nuts. I'm also gluten-free and don't eat added sugar or almost any dairy or alcohol.

My cholesterol dropped 35 points in the past 3 months, 34 of which was LDL (bad) cholesterol, and I'm now at the lowest overall cholesterol levels I've been at as an adult (150).

It's got plenty of calories, but apparently eating a lot of it is good for my cholesterol levels anyway.

I also love coconut oil as body lotion and makeup remover FWIW.

I feed it to my dog.

Same as just about everyone else.

Its just about replaced olive oil in our kitchen we cooked everything with it.

p.s. while you're at it, check out all the amazing health benefits of apple cider vinegar.

I use it to cook, especially for stir fry type stuff. It performs way better than olive oil in this kind of use because olive oil caramelizes at such a low temp. I first bought it because I wanted to use it as a base to make all natural bug repellent, but then started using it for cooking. It performs better for cooking than any other oil I've tried.