Lime and Coconut Cookie

Ingredients:

2 3/4 Cups all-purpose flour
1 Teaspoon baking soda
1/2 Teaspoon baking powder
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1 Cup butter, softened
1 1/2 Cups coconut sugar
1 Large egg
1/2 Teaspoon vanilla extract
Zest of one large lime
3 Tbsp lime juice
1/2 Cup toasted coconut
1/2 Cup coconut sugar for rolling cookies

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

2. Toast the coconut-place coconut on lined baking sheet. Bake for 5-8 minutes at 350 degrees. Tossing a couple of times. Remove from oven when coconut is light brown.

3. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

4. Using a mixer, beat together the butter and coconut sugar until smooth and very fluffy. This will take a couple of minutes.

5. Beat in the egg, vanilla extract, lime juice and lime zest. Mix until well combined.

6. Gradually add in the dry ingredients and toasted coconut. Mix until combined, don't over mix.

7. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of cookie dough into balls. Put coconut sugar in a small bowl and roll cookie dough balls in the sugar. Place on lined cookie sheets about 1 1/2 inches apart.

8. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. The cookies will start to crack a little bit.

9. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes. Move cookies to a cooling rack and savour it! 

Tropical Morning Smoothie

Ingredients:

2 Cups coconut milk
1/2 Seeded and cubed papaya
1/2 Seeled and cubed mango
1/2 Cubed pineapple
1 Banana
1 Orange peeled and cut into quarters
1 Tbsp coconut sugar
1/4 Cup coconut flakes
Ice

Directions:

Add all ingredients to a blender. Blend until smooth and pour into glasses and garnish with a piece of pineapple and a sprinkling of coconut flakes.

Kuu Pua Cocktail Recipe

Kuu Pua Cocktail

Ingredients:

Coconut sugar
Ice cubes
3 Slices fresh pineapple (1 to garnish)
2 Slices fresh orange
1 1/2 ozs Vodka
1 oz Passion fruit juice
1 oz Guava juice
1 Splash of coconut syrup

Directions:

Rim a cocktail glass with the coconut sugar. Fill a shaker with ice. Add the fresh fruit and muddle. Add the vodka, juices and coconut syrup, shake vigorously. Strain into the glass. Garnish with the pineapple rolled in coconut sugar.

Is Coconut a Nut?

Is a coconut  a nut? Is it s fruit? Is it a seed?, No a coconut is not a nut it contradicts its name. It is actually a type of fruit known as a drupe. A drupe is a fleshy fruit with skin and a central stone containing a seed such as a cherry, almond or olive.

The young coconut is smooth and green on the outside, within the shell is a coarse husk one to two inches. The inner shell is hard and dark brown or white depending on the age. Inside young coconuts they contain a large amount of coconut water. 

It is ideal to drink and eat the coconut jelly of a young coconut while a mature coconut is used in cooking or to make coconut milk, desiccated coconut or even coconut oil.

More about coconut at https://www.cocofina.com/blogs/everything-coconut/is-coconut-a-nut.