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Posts Tagged ‘Young Coconut

This superfood “Power-Shot” is made with fresh coconut water and uses goji berries and golden incaberries for protein, antioxidants, and other phyto-nutritional goodness, with raw cold-pressed coconut oil for texture and even more energy-giving power. Juice from freshly squeezed oranges (Valencia is you have them) gives the perfect amount of mild sweetness. End product: a gorgeous,  [...]

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I drew a long espresso for the start of my day this morning but… never got to it because this great day-starter came along and afterwards the espresso had no appeal! And this lovely fresh beverage was quicker to make than most pots of coffee can brew! Although I drink espresso more for the dark [...]

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22 Aug, 2010

Fresh Young Coconut “Whipped Chantilly Cream”

Posted by: Angela Leeds In: *LGS Daily Recipe

The inspiration for this simple recipe is to create something creamy to put over top fruit, a warm live breakfast cereal, or a raw dessert… something akin to a Chantilly whipped cream, but healthful, quick, and easy. Made from the meat of a young coconut, with a few Utterly Pedestrian ingredients added, it whips up [...]

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Upon recently making my first trip to Whole Foods in Tampa (oof — the bill!) I was Christmas-morning squealy-happy to find gorgeously white young coconuts tucked into a corner of the produce department, obviously just waiting for me to take them home. It had been ages since I”d come across any on my shopping forays [...]

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I love young coconuts, but since I moved this past summer, I haven’t found a local source for them… and have had plenty of other recipes options that I haven’t been motivated to put a request into my local grocer to order a case for me. I’ll get to it… because I surely love them. [...]

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  • Smoothie maker: This is the type of recipe I would have never even thought about... very original!
  • Angela Leeds: Glad you liked it, Dawna! I was just just telling a friend of mine about it last night -- he was lookign for some easy, "meaty" raw vegan dishes and I
  • Angela Leeds: Hi Sabrina -- thanks for the tip on the macros. Yes, this was one of the first recipes I posted on the site, before I employed decent photography. I u

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