She just loved it, and after learning more
about coconut butter, I made it a part of my second and now third born's menu of first food introductions.
But the tricky thing
about coconut butter is how temperature - sensitive it is.
I have a quick question
about coconut butter, coconut milk and other coconut products.
I won't get into too much detail
about my coconut butter making experience but I will say that both my food processor and blender are absolute crap and I need to fork out the money to upgrade.
I've been hearing so much
about this coconut butter.
I thought
about a coconut butter - oil blend but I think that's a last resort as I wanted to continue with the challenge of making them oil / margarine - free.
I was worried
about the coconut butter, but you're right!
I'm definitely curious
about the coconut butter, enough to give it a try this weekend.
So you guys know I'm all
about coconut butter (aka coconut manna).
I sure didn't know that
about the coconut butter.
Not exact matches
about 5 clementines — divided 2/3 cup
coconut sugar — divided 3 tablespoons chia seeds 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup hazelnuts 1/4 cup chocolate chips — I used vegan mini-chips 1 cup cooked black beans 2 tablespoons sesame tahini or another nut
butter 1/4 cup cocoa powder 1/2 tablespoon
coconut oil 1/4 heaping cup (50g / 3/4 oz) brown rice flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 ripe starfruit — optional
Place the almond milk, maple syrup, cashew
butter,
coconut oil, vanilla powder, apple puree and soaked chia and flax mix into a blender and blend until fully mixed (
about a minute).
Pudding 4 1/2 cups macadamia nuts — preferably soaked and dehydrated 4 1/2 tablespoons
coconut butter 6 grams or
about 3/4 cup Irish moss — soaked in hot water for 10 or more minutes and drained 3/4 cup raw agave syrup or more if you like sweeter 1 1/4 cup sliced banana 2 1/4 cups
coconut milk — see panna cotta recipe 3 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 1/2 vanilla bean — seeds matcha powder — to taste
1 tablespoon oil (
butter / lard /
coconut oil) 1 medium onion, finely chopped (I use a mini-prep food processor) 1 clove garlic, minced 1 pound ground beef or bison or lamb 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika 1 teaspoon cumin 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 cup chopped kalamata olives (
about 10 - 12) 1/4 cup golden raisins 1 teaspoon sea salt Scant 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 2 - 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro 1 teaspoon lemon zest
Plus there are so many different ways to go
about making the blender base: nut
butter,
coconut, avocado, and this recipe is adding a low - fat option to that creamy dreamy list.
I bought a 5 - pound bag of organic unsweetened shredded
coconut for $ 13 and made my own jar of
coconut butter for
about 60 cents!
Let's talk
about this
Coconut Almond
Butter.
I have discovered if you put the
coconut in your food processor and process it for
about 8 minutes or so, it makes a wonderful creamy
coconut butter.
When you talk
about coconut fat you mean
coconut oil /
butter?
Sticking with substitutes for
butter, let's talk
about coconut oil.
Place
about 1/3 cup of the batter into the waffle iron and sprinkle a bit of the remaining
coconut sugar on top of the batter in the waffle iron (you may want to grease the iron with
coconut oil or
butter to keep sugar from sticking), then close the iron and cook according to your iron's directions.
I would recommend substituting a liquid oil (like almond or jojoba) for
about half of the
coconut or cocoa
butter.
Lately Pierre has been lamenting AGAIN (see my posts on Moghlai Murgh, Beef Madras, Balti
Butter Chicken, Prawns in
coconut gravy & Grilled Broiled Prawns)
about lack of haute Indian cuisine in Clermont - Ferrand (or more generally, France) and yearning for his luscious, lip smacking favourite restaurant, the Shahi Maharani in Singapore.
Form the
coconut / sugar /
butter mixture into small balls (
about a tablespoon, but it doesn't really matter since these are no - bake!)
This time I switched out the
butter for
about half the amount of
coconut oil and the
coconut milk for unsweetened almond milk and ended up tasting basically the same!
What do you think
about using
coconut butter?
You can get
about two grams of lauric acid from one tablespoon of dried
coconut,
coconut butter, and quality
coconut milk (or homemade
coconut milk) will contain
about three and a half grams per two ounces.
After all, just
about all of us put
butter or
coconut oil on the bread slice when we go to eat it.
I finished dinner off with some carrot cake pudding,
about 1/8 cup with an extra spoonful of
coconut butter.
I know you can sub cocoa
butter for
coconut oil but I'm not sure
about the beeswax.
Place almond
butter and
coconut oil in a microwave - safe bowl and cook on high in the microwave for
about 30 seconds or until oil is melted.
But what
about cookies full of chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, peanut
butter chips,
coconut, heath bits, tortilla chips, and pretzels?
I just love making whipped extra virgin
coconut oil body
butter — not just for myself, but family and friends are crazy
about it, too.
In an effort to see if anyone could tell that these were indeed HEALTHIER cookies, I brought both a vegan batch (made with
coconut oil and a flax egg) as well as a regular batch (made with
butter and an egg) to a group of
about 12 guys.
If you want to use
coconut puree as a creamer you need to put the brewed coffee plus a teaspoon of
coconut puree /
coconut butter per 8 ounces of coffee in a high speed blender and process for
about 30 seconds to emulsify the
coconut butter.
I made these with raw cashews (added a dash of salt), cold
butter instead of
coconut oil (I cut this into the dry ingredients) and frozen blueberries (had to add
about 10 minutes to the baking time).
I'm very excited
about this recipe because I was given a jar of
coconut butter and I haven't had any ideas of how to use it.
I've been reading a lot
about the bulletproof process lately and the numerous health benefits of adding grass - fed
butter and
coconut oil to your morning cup of coffee.
Sophie's got vinyasa game for days, it's true, and we love learning new skills from our wellness friends, but truth be told, there's just one thing we're asking Sophie
about all day long and it has everything to do with her superfood
coconut butters.
(
Butter will take 30 - 60 seconds, and
coconut oil will take
about 15 seconds.)
To read more
about the show and some of the challenges click on this link: Food Network Blog Let's start baking... Toasted
Coconut Key Lime Puffs Yields: 20 - 24 1.5 tbsp puffs For the Choux Ingredients: 1 cup water 1/2 cup unsalted
butter 1 tsp sugar 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup all purpose flour, measured then sifted 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 4 eggs Equipment for the choux: Medium pot Stand mixer or hand mixer Baking sheets Parchment paper Directions: 1.
-LSB-...] popped plain popcorn (
about 1/2 cup unpopped) 1/2 cup (1 stick)
butter (buy grass - fed
butter here, how to make
butter here) 1/2 cup
coconut sugar (buy
coconut or palm sugar here) 1/2 teaspoon good vanilla (buy extracts -LSB-...]
Well, to make that freezer more crammed than it already is, So Delicious Dairy Free kindly shipped us samples of three new
coconut - based dairy - free ice cream flavors that we're nutso
about — Chocolate Peanut
Butter Swirl, Oregon Mixed Berry and Simple Strawberry.
3/4 cup heavy cream or
coconut milk 1/2 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed 1/2 cup unsalted
butter or dairy - free margarine 1 (3 1/2 - ounce) can flaked
coconut,
about 1 1/3 cups
I melted chocolate chips (a heaping 1/2 cup scoop; cut the sugar to
about 1/3 cup) with 1 tablespoon of
coconut oil (also all I had) and 1 tablespoon of
butter for the cake.
Take
about a tbsp full of the
coconut butter mixture and place in each mini cupcake cavity.
In a large bowl, use an electric mixer on medium speed to beat the almond
butter,
coconut oil, both sugars and vanilla extract until fully combined,
about 1 minute.
When I shared my Pumpkin Pie Chocolate Fat Bombs, many of my readers had questions
about one of the ingredients:
coconut butter.
Cow's milk would work just fine As for a topping, what
about a little drizzle of honey, pure maple syrup,
coconut butter, or fresh berry jam!
Place the shortening /
butter, egg,
coconut sugar, honey, egg and vanilla in the food processor for
about 15 seconds or until smooth and fluffy.