If you don't melt the coconit oil you end up with small pieces of the solid oil in your smoothie. If its summertime then the oil may be partially liquid. But you really have to liquify the oil to blend it well in a smoothie.
I use cocnut milk. You can get coconut cream concentrate. This is sometimes called coconut butter I think. Its coconut pulp ground to a fine powder. Coconut pulp is pretty high in fat and has good amounts of fiber. Coconut milk has low amounts of carbs. Coconut milk is basically the cream concentrate with some water added. Some brands dilute the milk more than others. I look at fat content to tell which milks are more diluted.
Coconut milk is tasty. Its usually more readily avalable locally than the cream concentrate. For different or high quality brands of milk you can try different ethnic stores like Philipino, Indian, Asian, Hispanic or health food stores.
I use coconut oil to cook with.
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