If taking this on the go with you, be sure to pack a separate
container of the coconut yogurt and toss the fruit salad with the yogurt right before you serve it.
Place a small scoop (we're talking < 1/4 cup)
of coconut yogurt in a bowl, along with the banana slices.
A lot of times, it will be like a healthier option like fruit or some dried fruit or dates or some
sort of coconut yogurt or something.
In a small glass or plastic cup, place a layer of berries (you can do either just strawberries or blueberries, or mix them together) then top with a
layer of coconut yogurt.
When ready to serve, eat as it is or dollop 1/4
cup of the coconut yogurt on top of each serving, toss gently, and then add the garnish of mint if using.
Regardless of whether they burn fat or not — grapefruits are high in Vitamin C, and (you can tell by the the colour) the red grapefruits also contain Vitamin A. Compared to other fruits they are low in sugar, while being a bit sweet - bitter balancing out the sweetness of the sweet potato, and cutting through the
creaminess of the coconut yogurt.
My
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Luckily for you, we parsed through the madness to develop this simple approach, turning a bag of shredded coconut (plus some pectin) into a week's
worth of coconut yogurt breakfasts.
(I didn't like the ingredient list in the SO brand
of coconut yogurt so I used plain cashew yogurt and it seems to have been a great substitute.
I ended up opting for a PB+J sourdough gluten - free bagel, with a
side of coconut yogurt, homemade granola and banana.
But that was to a batch that makes 6 - 1/2 pints of coconut yogurt
I used 2 flax eggs, i.e. 1 tbsp ground golden flax seeds mixed with 2.5 tbsp water per egg, a
mix of coconut yogurt and coconut milk (from can) in lieu of sour cream / yogurt, Ripple milk for regular (I just happened to have it on hand, would have used almond or coconut as well), and also, used 3/4 cup of blue corn meal which made these a pretty shade of blueish.
I left behind dairy yogurt altogether last year in favor of the alternate up - and - comers, only to run screaming back to dairy after freaking myself out about the
weirdness of coconut yogurt.
If you're going to make fruit flavored ice cream, I recommend replacing one of the cans of coconut milk (13.5 ounces) with 16
ounces of coconut yogurt, as it lends the perfect amount of tanginess to the ice cream.
* If you can't get hold of Rhythm Virgin coconut milk I recommend using an equal
quantity of coconut yogurt, or, failing that, full - fat canned coconut milk and increasing the cashews to 3/4 C and chia seeds to 1/4 C.
I had tried a couple different
types of coconut yogurt in Canada but they were always expensive, disappointing, and filled with junk I don't normally eat, so I had given up on it.