Recipe: Cereal and Coconut Milk

This delicious filling cereal hits the spot every time. This smooth and creamy milk is by far my favorite milk out there. Coconut milk can be used in smoothies, desserts, or as a substitution for dairy milk. Coconut milk contains lauric acid, a medium chain fatty acid, unlike the saturated fat in meat and more like the saturated fat found in human breast milk. Coconut milk helps blood cholesterol levels by raising the levels of HDL, the good cholesterol, while not affecting levels of LDL, the bad cholesterol. This change puts cholesterol levels into a better position for protecting heart health. With all the health benefits found in coconut milk I say drink up!

Coconut Milk

Ingredients: 

5 cups of water

2 cups unsweetened dehydrated coconut flakes

3 pitted dates

1/2 vanilla bean or 2 tsp vanilla extract

pinch of salt

Place all ingredients into Vita Mix and blend approximately 2-3 minutes until Vita Mix container gets slightly warm. Place a milk bag into a large bowl and pour the mixture into the milk bag and squeeze out the milk. Coconut milk will stay good in the refrigerator for 5-7 days. You may find after refrigeration that the fat from the coconut flakes will clump up no worries you may discard it or keep it in your milk jug.

Cereal

Ingredients:

1 chopped banana

1/2 apple chopped

1/2 cup chopped strawberries

1/4 cup blueberries

5 chopped pecans or to taste.  Of course you can top with any nut you'd like :)

Place all ingredients into a bowl and fill with coconut milk. Serve and enjoy!

-Shelly

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Coconut flakes, vanilla beans, dates, and salt.

Delicious dates. 

Blend away.

Apples, strawberries, banana, blueberries, and pecans.

 

Cereal with Coconut milk.