I’ve heard about all the benefits of coconut oil and MCTs, so I picked up a jar last night. It is surprisingly inexpensive. So I mixed some natural PB and coconut oil with vanilla Metabolic Drive, popped it in the microwave, and it is pure heaven. It’s sort of soupy, and I may try to make a smoothie with it next time, but I’m literally just drinking this stuff as is.
I’m going to incorporate it into my diet more, so does anyone have cool recipes using coconut oil?
It has a very high smoke point, so using it to fry things is a good move.
Sautéed Vegetables with Beef
4-6 servings
1 lb. organic lean beef, sliced into thin strips
4 tablespoon Virgin Coconut Oil
1/2 c green onions, cut into 1-inch pieces
2 tablespoon soy sauce (organic, traditionally fermented)
1 teaspoon ginger root, thinly sliced
2 tablespoon sherry, or dry wine, or gourmet vinegar
Pinch of stevia
1/2 cup beef broth
1 cup mushrooms, sliced
1 cup bean sprout
1 medium carrot, thinly sliced
1 cup green beans cut in 1 inch pieces
Salt to taste
Procedure:
Heat Virgin coconut oil in a wok or pan. Fry beef until browned. Remove and drain.
Stir-fry ginger and onion in 2 tablespoons of Virgin coconut oil for 1 minute.
Add beef broth and stir.
Simmer for 2 minutes. Season with soy sauce, sherry and stevia leaf.
Add green beans, mushrooms, carrots, and bean sprouts, stirring constantly until crisp. Add salt to taste.
Serve it while still hot.
Optional: Serve on a bed of alfalfa sprouts
Yogurt Energy Drink
1/2 cup plain yogurt (preferably whole milk organic, can be flavored, like vanilla)
1 banana, cut into 2 pieces
2 egg yolks - raw/organic
2 tablespoons Virgin Coconut Oil (melted)
2 tablespoons Flaxseeds (ground)
Scoop of protein powder
crushed ice (optional)
Maybe Power Drive or some Spike if you feel frisky, but I haven’t tried that personally.
Put yogurt, banana, egg yolk, protein, flaxseeds and coconut oil in a blender. Blend it at medium speed. Put crushed ice in and blend again. Good for 2 servings.
Garlic-Parmesan Halibut
1 to 1 1/2 pounds halibut, cut into 4 pieces
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
Lemon pepper to taste
Sea salt or Celtic salt to taste
TOPPING
2 tablespoons Virgin Coconut Oil Mayonnaise
2 tablespoons finely grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons finely chopped green onions
2 garlic cloves, pressed or finely chopped
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon hot sauce or pinch of cayenne pepper
Himalayan salt, to taste
Serves 4-6
Crispy Coconut Chicken Salad
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/4 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
1/4 cup ground almonds
1 egg, beaten
2 tablespoons Virgin Coconut oil
4 cups mixed greens
Rinse chicken and pat dry. Cut the chicken into strips and set aside. Mix coconut flakes and ground almonds together on a dinner plate. In a medium-size bowl, beat the egg. Dip the chicken strips in the egg and roll each strip in the coconut-flax mixture. Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the chicken strips until completely opaque through the center. Sever over a bed of mixed greens with Lemon-Olive Oil Dressing or your favorite vinaigrette.
Serves 2
Coconut Mayonnaise
1 whole egg
2 egg yolks
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon sea salt or Celtic salt
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
1/2 cup Virgin Coconut Oil (melted if solid)
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
Makes about 1 1/2 cups
Pumpkin bars
Put the following into the blender:
1 can of pumpkin
1 can of coconut milk
1 egg
1/2 tsp. molasses and 1/4 cup Splenda (you can skip the molasses)
Pumpkin pie spice to taste, 1/2 tsp is plenty
Blend well. Pour into buttered ceramic dish. Sprinkle top with nutmeg. Bake at 350° till top is barely set. Chill to fully set, but can be served warm or cold.
This takes about 45 minutes to bake.
Anyway, hope that helps.
I use it in smoothies and in cooking.
For smoothies, try blending it alone in the liquid at high speed before adding anything else to get the particle size down.
You can also spread it on toast like you would butter.
i cant seem to find it in any stores around here. it pisses me off because in JB’s Gourmet nutrition book i’d say half the recipes ask for it
[quote]Schwarzenegger wrote:
I’ve heard about all the benefits of coconut oil and MCTs, so I picked up a jar last night. It is surprisingly inexpensive. So I mixed some natural PB and coconut oil with vanilla Metabolic Drive, popped it in the microwave, and it is pure heaven. It’s sort of soupy, and I may try to make a smoothie with it next time, but I’m literally just drinking this stuff as is.
I’m going to incorporate it into my diet more, so does anyone have cool recipes using coconut oil?[/quote]
All I can say is don’t pour it into a cold PWO or MRP shake until it is actually being stirred because the oil will solidify and you could choke on the solid oil chunk… Like I did, lol.
On the other hand, if your pour it in while the blender is on it mixes very smoothly.
[quote]All2ez wrote:
i cant seem to find it in any stores around here. it pisses me off because in JB’s Gourmet nutrition book i’d say half the recipes ask for it[/quote]
If you can’t find it locally you can order some at www.tropicaltraditions.com
bpeck
I found it at Walmart.
It was in the baking isle by the oils, and it is a round, white, opaque plastic tub.
Delicious Coconut Oil Shrimp Super Awesome Recipe
chopped garlic
Mrs. Dash Extra Spicy
Coconut Oil
frozen, pre-cooked shrimp