Coco Coco a Go Go!

Since I was young girl, I was under the impression that coconut (anything) was bad for you. Too much cholesterol, too much fat..just too much of a good thing.  Within the past year, I learned that notion was wrong. Coconuts are actually quite good for you. Delicious & Nutritious.

 

After yoga yesterday, our instructor invited us to join him for some home-made coconut milk, almond milk and chilled coffee. Yeah, he didn't have to tell me twice.

I had heard of making your own coconut and almond milk before, but had never tried it. Tasting his home-made coconut milk had my head spinning. It was one of the best things I had ever tasted, no joke.

I drove straight to the store and bought two coconuts, a young one and a ...regular one. I only needed to crack them open, extract the water & meat, and blend it all together! This was going to be a piece of cake.

Well, kind-of. The young coconut was easy to open with a chisel and hammer.  The regular coconut was not the same story. And definitely not worth purchasing in the future. After taking my mom's suggestion of roasting the coconut for 15 minutes at 375 degrees, I tried the same chisel and hammer maneuver, unsuccessfully. Bobby then had the brilliant idea of getting out the sledge hammer. He tried that, and that worked. Worked so well half of it flew into the pool.

And Voila! We were ready to make the coconut milk. Blend blend and I got two pints of this crazy amazing stuff. Although I think I'll stick to buying it in the store from now on.