Posts Tagged coconut

Vegan Mango Pineapple Smoothie with Coconut Milk

Posted by on Wednesday, 2 February, 2011
Vegan Mango Pineapple Smoothie with Coconut Milk

Hooray! I FINALLY got my blender!  This bad boy is so bad ass.  I had no idea I could be so in love with a kitchen toy.  Anyway, I just couldn’t wait to try out some smoothie recipes so here you go –

This one is for all the Vegans in the house.  AKA my friends :)

See, I do think of you guys too!

1/3 Cup Coconut Milk
1 Mango — peeled and cut into pieces
1 Cup chopped Pineapple
Handful of ice — like 4 cubes

I use fresh fruits for my ingredients but feel free to use frozen … Read the rest

Chocolate Chip Cookies — Butter Free

Posted by on Sunday, 28 November, 2010
Chocolate Cookies - Butter Free

It was my task to make cookies for a girls pajama party.  You know the kind where you and your girlfriends lounge around in jammies and pig out on ice cream, cookies and cake.  Like usual, I waited until the last minute to bake these bad boys.  As I’m throwing in some ingredients I realized I was out of butter.   Whoops!  So I changed up my recipe and hoped for the best.  When all was said and done, they tasted great!

Here you go:

2 1/4 Cups of all purpose flour
2 organic free range eggs
1 Cup Organic Extra Read the rest

Healthy Organic Oils

Posted by on Thursday, 22 April, 2010
Zoe Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Canola oil, sesame oil, vegetable oil, avocado, tea, walnut, soybean, sunflower, safflower, palm, peanut… you get the picture.  So many oils, so many different smoke points, tastes, usages, health risks — what’s a person to do?  There are pros and cons to all of them.  But there are two that I feel are actually fairly good for you.  And by good for you, I mean good for your body.

Olive Oil Organic, Extra Virgin and Cold Pressed

Olive oil is made from pressing the fruit of an olive tree.  It has increasingly become more and more popular.  It’s best if … Read the rest