-Darryl.
.-= Darryl´s last blog ..Video- Primal Lifts Breeze Block =-.

As for coconut oil, I’d been hearing about how cooking oils oxidize at high heat for a few years. When I found out that my cooking oil blend contained soy (bad, bad bad bad for anyone, but especially in my family where we have a history of hypothyroidism), I started searching out the safest oil to cook with. Almost everyone said olive oil or soy oil, and I KNEW those two were wrong. But a lot of other people were saying coconut oil and even lard. Most of them got flamed, but their explanations made the most sense! So I looked into it more and found out that in addition to being one of the safest oils for high heat cooking, that it had a lot of health benefits. Boosting metabolism was a biggie to me. My mother found a jar of Nutiva virgin coconut oil for $2 (I’m serious), so I gave it a try. I’ve been using it ever since.

Personally, I think the coconut oil is fantastic for frying and sauteeing. I always used real butter on my veggies, but I decided to experiment with the coconut oil and found that it brings out the flavors even better than butter does! Though a 50-50 combo is even better. Coconut oil and butter are deliciously synergistic, and I can even find a 50-50 blend of coconut oil and ghee at a local health food store. Which, by the way, might be a good way for you to go if you’re experimenting. Also, coconut oil makes awesome fries! I’ve heard that tallow or lard is even better, but coconut oil is more slippery than regular cooking oils, so it doesn’t cook in like, say, Wesson oil does. So it crisps up more, and that super slight coconut flavor isn’t sweet, so it just kind of boosts the flavor of the fries. My husband, who’s SO not on board with healthy fats, LOVES french fries made in coconut oil. He can’t taste the coconut at all (I can, very slightly) but he raves about how “light” they taste compared to normal fries.

Now, I’m going to stop babbling, BUT I did want to point out first that coconut oil was my very first step in real foodie-ism. I felt so much better eating foods cooked in coconut oil (even better than when I used no oil at all), that I paid more attention to the Real Food blogs and such. And now I’ve got one co-worker doing it, and between the two of us, we have about 3 more coworkers interested.

My question that I forgot to ask when I replied to you on my blog. Why did you pick coconut oil? I have it and use it for making whole wheat vegan cookies for the girls, but I’m scared to use it in real food… I stick to extra virgin olive oil, walnut oil, sesame oil, butter!, and (yummy) bacon! You have me perplexed and intrigued…keep up the great job, and thanks for telling everyone else about it!

Jersey- *lol* thank you. I know, my bad! I’m too busy working on my niche sites and playing Frontierville.

Audrey- Thank you! It’s funny because it’s so obvious the connection between real food and real health. You know, over the holiday weekend when we went out to eat every day, I put 4 lbs back on? I’m almost back down now (give or take a pound), but I told my husband no more going out to eat until I get down to my next goal. I don’t even want it anymore! And my twitter url is http://twitter.com/wordvixen . I’ll head on over and follow you.

What’s your twitter url? Mine is @Audabeth. I’m looking all over for yours and can’t find it! Follow me and I’ll follow you back.
.-= Audrey´s last blog ..Real Food Baby Steps- Up your salt intake =-.