Coconut milk is healthy way to add flavor

What’s to love about coconut? It’s wealthy and creamy, an addictive staple in Thai, Indian and Caribbean cuisine. Coconut is high in immunity-boosting lauric acid, which is touting (though not proven) to lower cholesterol and rev metabolism.

What’s not to love? Coconut is high in soaked fat. However, your bodies digest it more readily than animal fats, so don’t shun the coconut.

Spectrum organic coconut oil and further brands are extracted from copra, the dried coconut kernel. It has a long shelf time and neutral flavor, and can withstand high heat, so it’s saute-friendly. Like all oil, it has 120 calories per tablespoon, with 12 grams saturated compare with olive oil’s 2.
Coconut milk makes it wildly creamy but with no coconut flavor. It comes in nine flavors including a deliciously true-blue blueberry. One container has nearly 140 calories and 6 grams fat (all soaked).