3 Big Fat Costco Essentials

During one of my last grocery shopping trips, I realized that I rely on 3 big fat Costco essentials. I can’t ever run out of these!

Indeed, I’m talking about actual fat. Healthy fats that cost less at Costco and are essentials at my house.

My 3 Big Fat Costco Essentials

Here they are, in no particular order. Ah, phooey. Who am I kidding? Of course they are in order. Butter is my favorite, hands down.

1. Butter

Now that we have such a large household, I find that we go through butter very quickly. We bake with it often and spread it on all of our muffins and breads.

Costco butter comes in a 4-pound-pack and currently costs just $2.87/pound. I haven’t found it for this low anywhere else I’ve shopped. I usually buy two 4-packs each time I shop (once or twice each month) so that I always have a couple pounds in my fridge and extras to grab from my freezer.

What do I make with butter?

Well, how long do you have?! These are some of our very favorites:

1. Homemade Graham Crackers
2. Sweet and Simple Butter Cookies
3. Garlic Butter Shrimp
4. Stick-of-Butter Rice is incredible and worth a huge mention (though I have recently admitted that I sometimes skip the butter in this recipe in an effort to save money, ha)
5. Easy {Low} Sugar Cookies
6. Low Sugar Lemon Melt-Away Cookies
7. Low Sugar Almond Melt-Away Cookies
8. Low Sugar Orange Melt-Away Cookies
9. Low Sugar Lime Melt-Away Cookies
10. Easy Butterscotch Bars
11. And then slather butter over any of these muffins and bread recipes

2. Coconut Oil

Coconut oil has been a staple at our house since I discovered its wonderful health benefits in 2005. We use it on our skin and in our recipes.

I love this 2.48 L tub from Costco for just $14.89. What an inexpensive way to get a lot of healthy fat into our diet!

What do I make with Coconut Oil?

These recipes are such good treats and made with this wonderful, healthy fat.

1. Pumpkin Breakfast Cake
2. Carrot Cake
3. Easy Applesauce Cake
4. Blueberry Shortcake with Cream Topping
5. Chocolate Chocolate Chip Muffins
6. Dark Chocolate Almond Granola
7. Granola ~ 5-Minute Stop-Top Version
8. Lemon Bread
9. Whole Wheat Waffles
10. Dark Chocolate Almond Granola
11. Coconut Flour Muffins
12. Coconut Fudge Bars
13. Chewy Granola Bars
14. Low Sugar Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
15. Low Sugar Carrot Cake
16. Low Sugar Super Moist Chocolate Cake
17. No Bake Cookie Cups 
18. Fat Bombs
19. Honey Sweetened No-Bake Cookies
20. Just about all 40 of these awesome Muffin Recipes

3. Olive Oil

I use olive oil for cooking more than I do for baking, and this Organic Kirkland Olive Oil from Costco is my favorite. It is only $14.79 for a 2 Liter bottle and it lasts a long time, even at my house!

What do I make with Olive Oil?

Here are some of our olive oil favorites:

1. Cake in a Crock Pot (you can hide spinach in this!)
2. Seasoned Potato Wedges
3. Bacon Chicken Pasta
4. Easy Veggie Stir-Fry
5. Homemade Pita Bread
6. Roasted Asparagus
7. BLT Chopped Salad
8. Simple Three Cheese Spaghetti
9. Crock Pot Shredded Ranch Chicken
10. Simple Cheesy Baked Chicken
11. Homemade Italian Salad Dressing

Extra Fats

Beyond these healthy cooking and baking fats, we love full fat sour cream, cottage cheese, whole milk, 4% milk fat yogurt, meat, avocados, nuts, nut butters, and cheese.

What are your favorite healthy fats?