Guilty Pleasure… coconut flakes the size of chips

By on January 22, 2010

I love coconut, especially the young white ones. Whenever it’s sweet potato and yam season I eat to my hearts content. I then steam, mash, add real butter and toss on some shredded coconut. Well… lucky for me, they were out of my usual brand of coconut shreds, so I picked Coconut Flakesup a bag of Coconut Flakes. Not just any coconut flakes! The brand is “LET’S DO ORGANIC.” The ingredients? Organic Coconut (sliced and dehydrated), nada mas! No sweetener, no pasteurization, nothing!

Unless we make foods ourselves, it’s not easy to find a packaged food with one ingredient listed. I am thoroughly impressed, my taste buds are delighted, and my sweet potatoes… I actually forgot to grab some. I was so excited to find organic flakes with nothing else added. The upside to forgetting my yams or sweet potatoes is that I got to eating the flakes alone – better than a bag of chips. I’m hooked!

Young white coconuts are great to eat and drink by themselves, however… one of my favorite smoothies is to blend frozen coconut meat, a peeled orange, and choice of milk. A Tropical Delight!! Raw coconuts are a great snack/small meal in and of themselves.

In Sanskrit, the coconut palm is called kalpa vriksha: “the tree that supplies all that is needed to live.” Brigitte Mars, RAWESOME!

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