Cooking with coconut oil for the first time

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Everyone I know seems to be using coconut oil for cooking. I guess it is supposed to be healthier for you. I bought a jar of it a couple of weeks ago and tonight I'm finally getting around to using it. Lesson #1: Do not keep it in the refrigerator. That makes it super hard and almost impossible to get out of the jar. I scraped some out and I'm using it to saute carrots that I cut up into coins. I tasted one of them while it was cooking and there doesn't seem to be any noticeable coconut flavor to the oil. That will be a good thing with my husband. He would object to coconut-flavored carrots. Does anyone here cook with coconut oil?