Guest guest Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Hey I think I must have missed this recipe. With the volume of e-mails this is not hard to do. I would love to have the coconut oil candy recipe.. .Please! Thanks Sheryl Sheryl Illustrations http://dovedesignsrus.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 At 02:35 PM 3/10/2004, you wrote: >Hey I think I must have missed this recipe. With the volume of e-mails >this is not hard to do. > >I would love to have the coconut oil candy recipe.. .Please! > >Thanks >Sheryl sure thing: for every-day candies: mix the following in your mixer (don't try the blender. it so doesn't work.) gobs of coconut oil handfuls of coconut some chopped nuts and some whole nuts (soaked, of course!) some honey (raw, of course!) some highquality cocoa if your so inclined mix well (the mixing softens the coconut oil enough to get it all gobbed together). it should be spoonable and the coconut oil should hold everything together nicely. spoon into little balls (or use your hands to roll into balls) and chill. yum! for " fancier " candies: heat coconut oil just enough to melt but not enough to hurt all the goodness. mix in enough chipped coconut to soak all the oil up. mix in some honey. take some ice cube trays (fun shapes or plain) --heidi uses little foil candy mold things -- and put two or three nuts in each " cube " . spoon coconut on top of the nuts. heat up more coconut oil gently and add honey if desired (for me that extra honey would make it too sweet). pour the liquidy coconut oil into each " cube " until it covers the nuts and coconut. chill. once they're cooled, they hold together great and they pop out of the tray nice and smooth - they look like little truffles! you could add cocoa to these too, or whatever... have fun, katja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Katja They do indeed sound yummy!! Thanks so much for your speedy reply. . .I needed something healthy to snack on and I love coconut. I think I am going to try the cocoa. My Naturopath told me I was allergic to chocolate but not cocoa. Can't remember what the difference is, but I am a happy person as long as I can have the cocoa. Thanks Again Sheryl Sheryl Illustrations http://dovedesignsrus.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 My Naturopath told me I was allergic to chocolate but not cocoa. Can't remember what the difference is, -- Sheryl ===> Maybe the soy that they add as emulsifier to most chocolate? Filippa ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 Sheryl, Cocoa powder is defatted chocolate, so it would be without the cocoa butter. Sorry you can't have the creamy cocoa butter. An aside: They used to sell coca butter as a tanning aide back in the 70s. It smelled divine all slathered over the skin! Deanna My Naturopath told me I was allergic to chocolate but not cocoa. Can't remember what the difference is, but I am a happy person as long as I can have the cocoa. Thanks Again Sheryl Sheryl Illustrations http://dovedesignsrus.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 oh i thought cocoa powder is just the ground up form of the fruit of cocoa, maybe roasted...is that right? i don't know anything about it honestly. bonny > Sheryl, > > Cocoa powder is defatted chocolate, so it would be without the cocoa butter. > Sorry you can't have the creamy cocoa butter. > > An aside: They used to sell coca butter as a tanning aide back in the 70s. > It smelled divine all slathered over the skin! > > Deanna > > My Naturopath told me I was allergic to chocolate but not cocoa. Can't > remember what the difference is, but I am a happy person as long as I can > have the cocoa. > > Thanks Again > Sheryl > > > > > Sheryl Illustrations > http://dovedesignsrus.com > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 Flippa, That makes total sense as I can't eat soy at all. Can you say indigestion? Well that is what soy does to me. Doesn't matter whether it is soy or soy oil. I have to watch all the ingredients in things. Can't use most salad dressings as they have it in it. Actually a lot of prepared foods have it in it. That usually isn't a problem as I eat very little if any prepared foods anymore. I would love to have a recipe for ranch dressing made with coconut oil. Thanks Sheryl Filippa <filippa91@...> wrote: My Naturopath told me I was allergic to chocolate but not cocoa. Can't remember what the difference is, -- Sheryl ===> Maybe the soy that they add as emulsifier to most chocolate? Filippa ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 Deanna I loved that cocoa butter for tanning too. I loved the smell. I can still smell it. Sheryl Deanna <nativenutrition@...> wrote: Sheryl, Cocoa powder is defatted chocolate, so it would be without the cocoa butter. Sorry you can't have the creamy cocoa butter. An aside: They used to sell coca butter as a tanning aide back in the 70s. It smelled divine all slathered over the skin! Deanna My Naturopath told me I was allergic to chocolate but not cocoa. Can't remember what the difference is, but I am a happy person as long as I can have the cocoa. Thanks Again Sheryl Sheryl Illustrations http://dovedesignsrus.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 > An aside: They used to sell coca butter as a tanning aide back in the > 70s. > It smelled divine all slathered over the skin! That, my friends, is the smell of summer. Lynn S. ------ Lynn Siprelle * web developer, writer, mama, fiber junky Editor/Publisher, The New Homemaker http://www.thenewhomemaker.com/ Celebrating 5 Years of Homemaker and Caregiver Support: 1999-2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 > They used to sell coca butter as a tanning aide back in the > 70s. > It smelled divine all slathered over the skin! >That, my friends, is the smell of summer. (Lynn S.) For me, it's coconut oil. The smell of coconuts always makes me think of coconut tanning oil! Filippa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Why doesn't a blender work? CU Anja > sure thing: > for every-day candies: > mix the following in your mixer (don't try the blender. it so doesn't work.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 dunno. it just doesn't. i guess cause the coconut oil is too firm or something. all the ingredients just sat there, stubbornly. i think they were mocking me. -katja At 07:57 AM 4/1/2004, you wrote: >Why doesn't a blender work? >CU Anja > > > > sure thing: > > for every-day candies: > > mix the following in your mixer (don't try the blender. it so >doesn't work.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Can I get the recipe? Re: coconut oil candy dunno. it just doesn't. i guess cause the coconut oil is too firm or something. all the ingredients just sat there, stubbornly. i think they were mocking me. -katja At 07:57 AM 4/1/2004, you wrote: >Why doesn't a blender work? >CU Anja > > > > sure thing: > > for every-day candies: > > mix the following in your mixer (don't try the blender. it so >doesn't work.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 At 10:11 AM 4/1/2004, you wrote: >Can I get the recipe? this is the way suze wrote it, which is more precise than how i did: 1.5 c. coconut oil 2/3 c. coconut flakes (pure - nothing added) 1/2 c. almond slivers 5 Tbsp. cocoa powder 5 Tbsp. raw honey (though, i'd use 1 teaspoon raw honey) mix it all together and chill - yummmy! also, i recently made a batch omitting the cocoa and adding raisins and boy! was that tasty! -katja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Katja, I just made my first kefir smoothie with vco and can now imagine what your ingredients were doing in that blender I now have a smoothie with little bits of vco floating in it. I guess the solution is to put the vco in a warm water quench? It melts at about body temperature, which isn't *hot*. CU Anja > >Why doesn't a blender work? > >CU Anja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 It really has to be liquid for it (VCO) to be homogenized correctly. Also all the other ingredients would have to be room temp. BTW unrefined coconut oil melts at 76 degrees... -Terry > Katja, > I just made my first kefir smoothie with vco and can now imagine what > your ingredients were doing in that blender I now have a smoothie > with little bits of vco floating in it. > I guess the solution is to put the vco in a warm water quench? It > melts at about body temperature, which isn't *hot*. > CU Anja > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2004 Report Share Posted April 2, 2004 Katja- >all the ingredients just sat there, stubbornly. >i think they were mocking me. Don't you hate it when they do that? <g> - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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