Except for salad dressings, coconut oil can be used in place of most other oils. It is not suitable for salad dressing, except for warm dressings, since the oil will solidify when refrigerated. This is also a consideration when using coconut oil as a replacement for vegetable oil in cakes and other baked goods. Simply melt the coconut oil and use it as you would any other oil, but be sure to bring other ingredients such as eggs and milk up to room temperature otherwise the cold ingredients will cause the oil to solidify.

Use Coconut Oil For:

• frying or sautéing
• on hot cereal
• as a spread for toast
• on steamed vegetables, baked potatoes or rice
• in hot beverages such as coffee or tea
• in smoothies
• for popping corn

For those who either don't have time to cook, or don't enjoy it, I heartily recommend a breakfast smoothie as a way to add coconut oil to your diet. Although I enjoy cooking and baking, my wife and I frequently go out for our evening meal so our morning smoothie is often our source of coconut oil for the day. We find this drink so satisfying that we even take the ingredients and a hand blender along when we are on vacation. I use a "stick" or immersion blender to make the drink since it is easy to clean and also does a better job than a traditional blender since it tends to pull the ingredients down into the blade as opposed to tossing them up in the air. 

For ease of use, I keep a bottle of coconut oil somewhere where it stays liquid (on top of the refrigerator)  and  a jug of oil on the shelf in the solid state for baking.

Coconut oil can be used as an alternative to butter on hot vegetables, hot cereal, on toast and practically anywhere else you would use butter, whether by itself or as an ingredient in baking, etc.

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