There has been so much on the internet about cooking with coconut oil and using it as a substitute for several other oils. I have always been an advocate for just using olive oil for almost everything because it has the best taste and I surely never figured I would give in to COOKING with coconut oil. The only reason I actually ended up purchasing this coconut oil from Trader Joe's is because I wanted to use it on my skin.
The way cooking with coconut oil actually happened for me is really simple. I ran out of olive oil and had nothing else but Pam to use. For starters I was using a little bit of the Pam but it just wasn't enough and I was mid-cooking already. I basically ended up going back into the pantry to check for a third time for more olive oil to no avail. I finally decided to pull out the coconut oil and give it a shot.
I have some sort of stigma against using coconut oil for cooking because I simply can't imagine a sweeter taste with my savory dishes. For the below dish, I was just making some sauteed zucchini and onions with garlic, salt and pepper. This is my absolute favorite dish lately, I just cannot get enough! The simplicity of the dish is perfect and its just so characteristic of summer to be honest. Also, I love how it's light but savory at the same time.
Let me just tell you: I ABSOLUTELY HATED COOKING WITH COCONUT OIL. Maybe I was doing it wrong but the taste was absolutely awful. The coconut oil taste was super overwhelming and I didn't think it would be. Like I said, I didn't look up anything when it comes to knowing what you should and shouldn't use when cooking with coconut oil, but I didn't think it was that strict. For some reason, I just absolutely hated the taste. I am pretty sure that I have mentioned on here before that I love everything that has to do with coconut. Coconut is actually one of my favorite flavors for almost everything, so I was anticipating loving this but it just did not cut the mustard.
Do you have any suggestions for what I did wrong here? Have you ever used coconut oil to cook anything? Let me know in the comments or send me a tweet, I'd love to know. -Brit.
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