Coconuts In A Jar

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Do you use coconut oil? If so, do you think it really has all the health benefits the write-ups claim?

I tried a spoonful of it today. It looks like lard but tastes pretty darn good. I haven't tried the manna yet, but it smells delicious. I'm thinking of throwing one or the other in smoothies and oatmeal. I still feel a bit unsure - it just looks like it would clog the heck out of your arteries. But from what I've read that is not the case at all.

If anyone has any thoughts, suggestions, recipies on how to use this stuff, I would love to hear from you.

Comments

Solo said…
Ooohhh, I love these "guess what it is" pix you put up. It looks like a year old jar of Pond's Beauty Cream!

Wait, you already know what it is. Darn.

The coconut I'm partial to is contained in a bottle of Malibu Rum.

Does this help?
August 15, 2011 at 10:36 PM
Taradharma said…
If you say so, CJ, but it looks like something I'd rub into my skin but not ingest. I'm a shea butter fan myself (for external use).

And, because I'm not a big fan of coconut, it doesn't appeal. I'll just keep drinking my green goo vitamin and mineral mix every morning!
August 16, 2011 at 2:11 AM
Martini Cartwheels said…
Oh man, I thought if anyone would know it would be Solo or Tara. I'm having warm grape nuts with milk and coconut manna this morning. Let's see how this goes....
August 16, 2011 at 5:57 AM
Solo said…
Oh, BabyGirl....warm grapenuts w/ coconut sludge? Really? Hon', I've gotta get you to NOLA so you'll know what human food tastes like.
August 16, 2011 at 11:09 AM
Anonymous said…
'slaps my palm to my forehead' and all this time I thought it was...put the lime in the coconut...not put the coconut in the grapes! Learn new sht every day.
August 17, 2011 at 12:54 PM
McMeaty said…
here's a link that might help with oil. http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-1092-COCONUT%20OIL.aspx?activeIngredientId=1092&activeIngredientName=COCONUT%20OIL
August 19, 2011 at 7:29 AM
McMeaty said…
and for the manna from nutiva's site.

http://nutiva.com/the-nutiva-kitchen/coconut-manna-recipes/
August 19, 2011 at 7:31 AM
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