After so many months of hearing how wonderful Coconut Oil is, I finally took the plunge to give it a try. It sounded like the cure-all for just about whatever I could need it for, so it can’t hurt to have it around, right? Coconut Oil has many different uses I just had to try it.
Cooking uses
- Cooking at high heat. Coconut oil doesn’t become toxic like some oils.
- Oven baked sweet potato chips {I am so trying these – yum!} Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Thinly slice sweet potatoes to about 1/8″ thick. Places slices on a baking sheet and brush lightly with coconut oil. Bake for about 15 minutes or until chips are lightly brown. Add salt if you want. Can be eaten plain or served with salsa or dip.
- Replace vegetable oil in recipes with coconut oil.
- Use in place of butter.
- Homemade coconut granola.
Check out more coconut oil recipes here.
Skin Care
- Shaving lotion – works as a moisturizer at the same time.
- Body Scrub
- Homemade deoderant – I am trying this!
- Homemade lip balm – trying this one too! I go through a ton of chapstick.
- Diaper rash cream
- Nipple cream for breastfeeding
- Mix it in the bathwater and soak in it.
Hair Care
- Leave in conditioner – trying this too, I have a lot of hair!
- Tame those flyways
Other uses
- Natural toothpaste.
- Aromatherapy
- Protecting a cut or scrape. We have used it this way a lot since Maggie is constantly falling and scraping her knees.
- Feed it to your dog or cat.
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Disclaimer: Tropical Traditions provided me 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.
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I love to use coconut oil for cooking! But I also love how you can use it for other natural things like toothpaste!
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my “favourite” use is coconut fudge, but the most practical, as mch as i hate thinking about it, is a treatment for head lice…
I just bought and used coconut oil for the first time last week. I made deodorant. It turned out really well. I’m looking forward to using it in some Indian cooking too
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I use coconut oil in all my cooking and baking. I use it to make toothpaste and as pre poo hair treatment.
I use coconut oil for a lot of things, but I think my favorite use is have a generous glob on my toast!
I just started using coconut oil an so far I’m in love with it
I just started learning more about coconut oil today and that is how I found your review. Thank you so much for the review, I like that it can be used in place of vegetable oil and as I was looking up more information on Google it says it can help you with weight loss!
You are right that coconut oil is great for cooking and baking! However, virgin coconut oil has a lower smoke point and isn’t ideal for high heat. A refined coconut oil work great for those purposes. I love virgin coconut oil in smoothies, oatmeal and baked goods. Yum!
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I love using coconut oil for lots of baking projects and I also use it in a face scrub mixed 1/2 with baking soda and peppermint essential oil!
love using it for oil pulling and in drinks!
i love coconut oil
I love coconut oil its the best oil in the world 🙂 xoxo
Coconut oil is like magic! I use it in the kitchen all the time for cooking, smoothies, spread on toast. And I use it for skin care too. I need to try it on my hair!