**CLOSED**Tropical Traditions Coconut Oil Giveaway For You (and a recipe, of course)

Two weeks ago, I received a quart of Gold Label Standard Virgin Coconut Oil from Tropical Traditions.  I was so excited to try out this new-to-me cooking oil.  The first thing I did was open the jar and simple inhale the wonderful aroma.  I wondered if the oil, which definitely smelled coconut-like, would affect the taste of the foods I made with it.   Here's my opinion: sauteed onions - no taste, marinated steak - no taste, fried Tostones (recipe below) - definite taste, baked peach macaroon crisp (recipe to come) - had coconut in it, so it was hard to tell.  So, after using it in all those different ways, I would say it depends how much you use and how you use it whether or not you will end up with a coconut flavor in your foods.  For some ideas of how you can use it, go here to see the Tropical Traditions recipes  If you'd like to learn more about Tropical Traditions, here is a video called "How We Discovered Coconut Oil."



Disclaimer: Tropical Traditions provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose.  Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product.





Because I was feeling so tropical this week, I got some plantains with which to make Tostones (pronounced Toast-own-ays).  They are a Caribbean treat.

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