Uses for Coconut Oil?

BrokenBetty_2

My husband has randomly bought home 2 jars of coconut oil. I do the shopping and cooking - and have no clue how to use this.

Any ideas?

VJsmum

Curry sauces are nice.

There are quite a lot of medicinal uses

https://authoritynutrition.com/top-10-evidence-based-health-benefits-of-coconut-oil/

Mojisola

BrokenBetty wrote: »

My husband has randomly bought home 2 jars of coconut oil. I do the shopping and cooking - and have no clue how to use this.

Use it the same way you would any other cooking oil.

Nargleblast

Use it to fry off veggies and spices when making curry.

A tiny blob rubbed between your hands then smoothed over your hair makes a simple, effective, sweet-smelling hair conditioner.

Add essential oils to a teaspoonful of coconut oil for a body moisturiser (obviously be careful which essential oils you use, not all are skin-friendly.)

If making a batch of turmeric paste for medicinal/dietary use, add coconut oil at the end before leaving it to cool.

Anne_Marie_2

Mojisola wrote: »

Use it the same way you would any other cooking oil.

Agree with Mojisola. I mainly use olive and coconut oils in my kitchen, although I don't deep fry, so can't comment on its use for that. I have even used coconut oil in place of butter when making lemon curd, which was really lovely.
Good as a face cleanser and moisturiser, body moisturiser and the tiniest of drop for hair conditioning.

Oakdene

I know this may sound odd but how coconutty does it smell/taste? A friend of mine has said to use coconut oil in place of rapeseed, which I normally use, to help with my weightloss but I cannot stand the smell/taste of coconuts....

Pollycat

Recent thread:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/70844637#Comment_70844637

Pollycat wrote: »

A bit off-topic but I was looking for coconut oil (not for cooking) a while ago after reading about it on a website and came across this link which is pretty interesting:
http://wellnessmama.com/5734/101-uses-for-coconut-oil/

I buy mine from Tesco.

Check out the '101 uses' link.

DigForVictory

A colleague I know has sensational hair, skin & nails & she swears it's because of coconut oil. Internally & externally.
Follow the links to see how much/how/when/where!

You might want to ask your husband what he had in mind?!

Mojisola

Oakdene wrote: »

I know this may sound odd but how coconutty does it smell/taste?

Different brands vary - some are quite strong; others have very little smell.

Serendipitious

I met up with someone I hadn't seen for a month or so (a 60+ like me) and her complexion seemed very smooth, turns out she'd been using coconut oil regularly as a moisturiser. Have to say I was most impressed. Not bought any for myself yet.