Yesterday I received a shipment of coconuts from www.sunrisecoconuts.com.au (Site is being reconstructed... will let you know when it's back online) and was sooooo excited. I made an awesome shake that rocked my world in more ways than one....

Meat of 2 mature coconuts  (I leave the brown stuff on)
water
2 vanilla beans
2 tablespoons of cacao powder
agave or sweetener to taste

Blend the coconut flesh with the water. You'll need enough water to get it blending well.

Strain through a nut milk bag, add your whole vanilla pods (if your blender is vanilla friendly... if it's not you might want to grind them in your coffee grinder first.) cacao and agave.

Blend again until smooth. Mine was a little warm so I added a tray of ice at this point and blended again. Yummers.

Beware... I recalled too late that coconut this way can act as a laxative if too much is consumed! Share with your friends! *clutched buttocks and runs....*

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Gosia, I have no idea! I guess that you are just enthralled with the inner workings of the world!

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Sounds yum Jen how do you open a mature coconut without the thingy

thanks for that so it is just like doing it with a young coconut I can do them just didnt know how do to the old one. Your a Jem Jen love ya to bits.......

Hullo Gosia, No I've not tried a machete. But I would like to. Apparently the knives used by banana farmers are great also.

The knives I use are pretty full on. I'll post some photos later on tonight of my favourite ones. I've been trying to do a coconut opening vid for mature ones but my camera is not good enough. Great excuse for more coconuts to be eaten though isn't it!

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