Tropical Traditions Certified Organic Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil Review & Giveaway

 Most of us start out the New Year with resolutions to lose weight or eat healthier, yet many of us, me included, don’t make it very far. One of my goals was to start eating healthier and at home, rather than spending an enormous amount of money eating out, even if it was fast food, it still adds up. I’m pretty much a newbie, sadly, when it comes to cooking, but when I was given the opportunity to try Tropical Traditions Certified Organic Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil, I decided here is my chance to start making good on my resolution. Yeah, I know it’s March already…

About Tropical Traditions Certified Organic Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil:

“Virgin Coconut Oil is a food, and is one of the best cooking oils you can use. It has been a staple cooking oil for thousands of years in tropical climates. As a cooking oil, its chemical structure is kept in tact and therefore is resistant to mutations of fatty acid chains even when used in higher cooking temperatures, unlike most vegetable oils. Research shows that the medium chain fatty acids found in coconut oil boosts the body’s metabolism, raises body temperatures, and helps provide greater energy which can lead to weight loss.

Virgin Coconut oil is rich in lauric acid, a nutrient that supports the body’s immune system. Lauric acid is also found in human mother’s milk.  Dr. Mary Enig suggests the average adult include about 3.5 tablespoons of coconut oil per day in their diet to take in an equivalent amount of lauric acid that a nursing infant would receive from breast milk.”

My Thoughts:

When the coconut oil arrived, I was a little puzzled. I was expecting it to look like regular vegetable cooking oil, but instead, it was a solid white oil. I quickly read the jar and found out that the coconut oil solidifies in temps cooler than 76 degrees, and that all I needed to do was submerse it in warm water for a bit. Tropical Traditions offers hundreds of free recipes at www.FreeCoconutRecipes.com, so I viewed the site and finally decided what to cook! I decided to try my hand at the coconut fried shrimp.

The recipe was very easy to understand. My husband and I had then cooked our first sea food dish!!! Since it was coconut shrimp, I assumed it would be overwhelmingly “coconutty”, if that’s a word. Surprisingly, it was only slightly sweet with small hints of coconut. It wasn’t what I had imagined at all, especially with using shredded coconut and coconut cooking oil. I have to say, we really enjoyed it.

Since we were both surprised about the lack of overpowering coconut taste, I decided to use the coconut oil to cook over hard eggs to see if I could taste the coconut. Again, I was surprised. The eggs turned out beautifully, and I really couldn’t taste any coconut. I think Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil is a great cooking oil and could probably be used to cook almost anything. Plus, cooking with it is a lot healthier than most regular oils. If you want to take a small step to eating healthier, then try Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil. You won’t be disappointed!

*Be sure to stay tuned for a future posting about how to use Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil in bath & body products!*

My rating for Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil:

(5 out of 5 hearts)

{BUY IT}

You can purchase Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil through their website www.tropicaltraditions.com. If you choose “Referred by a Friend” for your first-time purchase and enter I.D. #7018524, you will receive a Free book “Virgin Coconut Oil: How it has changed people’s lives and how it can change yours!”. This book is packed with testimonies and solid research showing how healthy coconut oil is, and it also includes over 85 recipes showing how one can easily incorporate coconut into their diet. If you need help with placing your first order please contact their customer service department.

{GIVEAWAY}

  
Tropical Traditions has generously offered one lucky subscriber the chance to win (1) Certified Organic Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil - 32 oz jar! That’s a retail value of $37.50!

This giveaway is open to US & Canada residents only and will end on April 9, 2011 at 11:59 CST. The winner will be selected using random.org and will be emailed. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to my initial email with their mailing information or another winner will be selected.

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Disclaimer: I received the above products for the purposes of this review. All opinions are my own and do not reflect that of any company. No compensation was received for my review.