Imposter olive oil

[malkin]

My mom always put coconut oil on sunburn.

[badger]

My mom always put coconut oil on sunburn.

that's what I ended up using the coconut oil for - my skin.

[arielmoon]

Hemp oil is supposed to be a good medium heat oil. I have not tried it yet.

Personally I use coconut but there are times when the flavor could be distracting!

[Blueberry]

I'm totally confused. I thought coconut oil = saturated fat = bad for you Other than the calorie load, it might not be bad for me?

We use mostly Olive or Canola (as a relatively neutral oil). Recently purchased peanut oil (for a specific recipe - smells good when heating, though). I don't use olive in anything that's going to go in the refrigerator or for anything where the flavor would be too strong - but that's not much. I happily saute spinach in it, squash, etc.

Signed, the oil dunce.

[OakLeaf]

Coconut oil is high in medium-chain fatty acids and supposed to be one of the healthiest oils there is.

With most natural foods, portion control is everything...

I mostly use olive and canola too, ghee for Indian cooking and butter for baking (which I do pretty rarely), but I'm interested in exploring more coconut oil in baking.

Really you're supposed to use grapeseed oil for cooking, and olive oil only to finish a dish... but I just buy a decent inexpensive olive oil (what's in my pantry now is Gaea Laconia) and use it for both.

[Blueberry]

We just buy the Whole Foods standard bottle - and it lasts us a year (we actually cook most meals - so not a lot of oil being used). I do use butter too - in moderation. No pre-processed butter food products for me, thank you

Interesting on the coconut oil - I'll have to explore. I think it may be hydrogenated coconut oil I've heard all the bad stuff about (but I was thinking coconut milk too).

[shootingstar]

I think it's coconut water that is supposed to be the healthiest "liquid" from the coconut.

Probably won't take the chance of cooking with coconut oil regardless of what is said. Already I avoid using coconut cream for curries, etc. Not that I ever did use much of it in the first place.