My sister recently started using it, she gets it at Costco. Yes you can cook with it.

I buy mine at Costco. I put a tablespoon full in my morning coffee. I won't tell you what else I toss in my coffee, it make some people gag. LOL But I lost 43 pounds doing that. :) You can fry eggs in it as well as meat. You can also use it sparingly on your face as a moisturizer. There are over 100 uses for coconut oil. Just google.

Oh, if you buy processed coconut oil, you won't taste the nutty taste, but it's not nearly as good for you. Buy unprocessed. It doesn't smell like suntan oil, but you do get a nutty flavour if you plunk it in your coffee.

I get mine at Walmart.

uses for Coconut oil

Pammy, I buy cold pressed, organic oil and order it online. I'll bet that it's available locally, though. It does taste and smell coconutty, and though I use it for cooking some things, like oatmeal, not very many. I often put a Tb. in my morning sludgie and it's good in that. I tried it once for eggs.....and never again. I need to find some of the different stuff.

Mostly, however, I use it ON me, instead of in me. The scent is noticeable only when it's first applied; it does not linger at all. I keep a spoon next to the jar in the bathroom armoire and kitchen pantry. As you know, it is pretty solid in its natural state.

"it is pretty solid in its natural state."

Only if it is in its natural state at less than 76 degrees Fahrenheit. At 76 degrees or above it is liquid.

I know, this is an old post....buuuuuuuuuuuut....now I want to try coconut oil. No I don't have a Costco membership. If I went to Walmart would I buy it in the cooking section or the beauty section? Or a healthfood store is better?

How many of you eat it? Daily? Moisturize with it?

You can get coconut oil anywhere these days, Nicole. Even crisco has their own brand, although I wouldn't trust it. I use tresomega, which my market sells but there are many many brands. I use cold pressed organic extra virgin and it does smell coconutty. But I love coconut, and love the taste. I too, also rub it into my skin.

Nicole --- We use two different brands of organic coconut oil -- Tropical Traditions Gold Label and Nutiva Organic Virgin Coconut Oil.

I always order the Tropical Traditions directly from their website, and order the Nutiva from Amazon.com.

I always put a tablespoon of it in my coffee, and I use coconut oil as a moisturizer. I also drink coconut milk, not dairy milk, and eat coconut milk ice cream and coconut milk yogurt. The "regular" coconut milk yogurt is "runnier" than dairy yogurt (and really creamy) but the coconut milk greek yogurt is thick and creamy like dairy greek yogurt.

We use it for making popcorn on the stove. My kids love the "sweetened" popcorn flavor.

My husband has been on a brownie binge lately. He loves the King Arthur Flour brownie mix. He uses coconut oil instead of the oil the mix calls for. Can't taste the coconut at all, and the brownies are really yummy and moist.

It's the only moisturizer I use anymore, on my face, hands, and everywhere else. I know that it has strengthened my fingernails, made the pores on my face practically disappear, and keeps my hands, feet, knees, and elbows super soft.

NIcole, you can get it in most any grocery store with the cooking oils. I buy the organic.

I did follow all the links posted, so I have an idea of cost per ounce now. I won't buy the Crisco version....but I will check my supermarket when we do the grocery shopping. They have an organic section.

I really appreciate everyones input! Thank you!!!!

Nicole, I bought my last jar of cold pressed organic at Safeway, I transferred some with a frosting spatula into a little container to keep in my bathroom vanity, and left the rest in the kitchen where I do cook with it sometimes. Tiny yearling oysters cooked in coconut oil....really good, and they do retain a bit of coconut taste. Love these multi use products ;-)

Nicole -- the Tropical Traditions Gold Label is often on a two-for-one sale. I also like the fact that you can get it in glass jars.