Tropical Traditions Virgin Coconut Oil Review and Giveaway!

Since putting my son on a gluten and casein free diet in April '11, I've had to rethink cooking and baking, and educate myself on ingredients I was once unable to pronounce! lol  As difficult as it is to have a child on a restrictive diet, we're actually having a lot of fun sampling new recipes together... all of which call for ingredients we were once unfamiliar with. 

I'm so enjoying experimenting with the wide variety of gluten-free flours, oils, starches, and milks currently in my pantry and fridge purchased to keep our autistic son thriving both physically and mentally. We don't deprive him of anything... not even the goodies like cookies!

I made the above batch of coconut oil and coconut flour chocolate chip cookies this afternoon (click image for recipe) and both my kids loved them! Some of the benefits of coconut flour (over rice for example) is that coconut flour is non-gritty. We've learned over time (actually it was pretty immediate) that we're not big fans of rice flour in deserts. If you've eaten gluten-free cookies, you may know what I'm referring to. This coconut flour is dense and rich with no grit to be found! It's what you'd call gluten-free perfection! Even if you're not worried about gluten, but love coconut, this recipe is sure to please. My daughter isn't on a special diet and loved these cookies, and the brownies I made last month with Tropical Traditions Organic Coconut Flour every bit as much as my son.

The Tropical Traditions Virgin Coconut Oil baked up nicely leaving no greasy residue behind... some cookies using butter or other types of oil make for an oily cookie. Between the coconut flour, which you could call a thirsty flour and this high quality coconut oil, the end result was a great looking and tasting cookie that's clean in your hand. I felt good about giving these to my kids.  They are on the dryer side, but not dry like most gluten free cookies we've bought or made... meaning they don't crumble in your hand. You will want to have a glass of milk handy though!

Win 1 quart of Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil!

Tropical Traditions is America’s source for coconut oil. Their Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil is hand crafted in small batches by family producers, and it is the highest quality coconut oil they offer. You can read more about how virgin coconut oil is different from other coconut oils on their website: What is Virgin Coconut Oil? 

You can also watch the video they produced about Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil:

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Tropical Traditions also carries other varieties of affordable high quality coconut oil. Visit their website to check on current sales, to learn about the many uses of coconut oil, and to read about all the advantages of buying coconut oil online. Since the FDA does not want us to discuss the health benefits of coconut oil on a page where it is being sold or given away, here is the best website to read about the health benefits of coconut oil.

If you order by clicking on any of my links and have never ordered from Tropical Traditions in the past, you will receive a free book on Virgin Coconut Oil, and I will receive a discount coupon for referring you.

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.

Wendy Lindsey

Wendy is the blessed mom to an 11 year old son with Asperger's Syndrome, a beautiful 9 year old daughter, & 6 children (miscarried) in heaven. She's temporarily given up homeschooling to give her son the peer modeling he was missing at home, essential for proper development in a child with autism. Currently she works full-time with special needs children as a para-educator.

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