Coconut Hot Cocoa

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons organic unsweetened cocoa powder
1 15-ounce can coconut milk
1/3 cup Sucanat or Rapadura natural sugar
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1 ounce organic bittersweet chocolate, chopped (about 1/4 cup)
1 teaspoon organic vanilla extract.


Directions:

1. Whisk cocoa into 1/3 cup boiling water.

2. In a saucepan, combine coconut milk, brown sugar and salt. Simmer, stirring, until sugar is dissolved, about 2 minutes. Whisk in hot cocoa and chocolate until smooth. Stir in vanilla.


Yield: 2 servings.


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Coconut Oil and Swine Flu Immunity-- Information from the Weston A. Price Foundation

This is quoted from an email sent to the Weston A. Price Foundation members. It's important information that I thought everyone should know about!

With all the dire warnings, where is the message about building natural immunity?

You are all aware of the dire warnings about swine flu, the outbreak that started in the Mexican village of La Gloria and which local residents blame on infection and/or toxins coming from local confinement hog operations.

The internet is abuzz with warnings bordering on hysteria (conventional media) to a variety of conspiracy theories, and even to allegations that the pandemic is a government fabrication designed to sell stockpiles of anti-viral medications.

Conventional medical advice ranges from wearing face masks to taking the anti-viral drug called tamiflu (which can have many serious side effects, see http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=21087&name=TAMIFLU.)

It is interesting to note that not once in all the media broadcasts have we heard any mention of building natural immunity

NATURAL IMMUNITY
Fortunately, we do not have to sit back and listen to the news about swine flu feeling helpless and anxious. We can be proactive by simply nourishing ourselves and our families.

Vitamins A and D in cod liver oil offer strong protection against infection of all types, as well as against environmental toxins.

Vitamin C is important-either from vitamin C-rich foods like sauerkraut, or from one of the natural vitamin C supplements recommended in our Shopping Guide.

Healthy gut flora provide 85 percent of our protection against disease. Be sure to consume healthy lacto-fermented foods and beverages every day and avoid the foods that disrupt gut flora, especially refined carbohydrates.

Bone broth plays a double role of supporting the immune system and helping the body detoxify.

COCONUT OIL
We are grateful to Beth Beisel, registered dietitian and WAPF member for reminding us about the protective factors in coconut oil. Swine flu is a lipid coated virus (http://www.pnas.org/content/98/5/2115.full.pdf+html), and thus is inactivated by sufficient amounts of monolaurin. (Our bodies convert lauric acid, found in coconut oil, to monolaurin).

According to our own Dr. Mary Enig, two to three tablespoons of coconut oil per day appears to be an adequate dosage to fight infection, even from virulent antibiotic-resistant organisms such as MSRA.

There are lots of ways to get coconut oil into the diet: stir coconut oil in some tea; make macaroons; replace some of the butter in baking with coconut oil; and use it in cooking/sautéing. Mary's oil blend (see below) is a good way to incorporate coconut oil in cooking and salad dressings.


MARY'S OIL BLEND
1/3 melted coconut oil
1/3 sesame oil - expeller pressed
1/3 100% olive oil

Combine oils, store in a tight container, in an area free from sunlight, and use in cooking or on salads.


COCONUT SMOOTHIE
Beth has shared this great smoothie recipe with us.

1 banana
1 cup frozen mango
1 cup frozen pineapple
1 cup orange juice
1/2 cup pomegranate/blueberry juice
1/2 cup natural yogurt or kefir, preferably homemade from raw milk
1/2 can coconut milk

Whirl in blender and drink to your health!


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For information on the Weston A. Price Foundation go to their website at http://www.westonaprice.org

Coconut Diet Milk Shakes

Coconut Milk Shakes

Basic Coconut Milk Shake

Ingredients:
1/2 cup coconut
1 cup milk
2-4 Tbsp. agave syrup (or you can use stevia)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 Tbsp. cream (optional)

Directions:
Put all of the ingredients into the blender and mix until smooth.

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Non-Dairy Chocolate Coconut Milk Shake

Ingredients:
1/2 cup coconut
1 cup coconut water
3 Tbsp of cacao nibs
1/2 tsp. Vanilla
1 Tbsp. cocoa powder
2-3 Tbsp. agave syrup (or you can use stevia)
3 Dates (if desired)

Directions:
Put all of the ingredients into the blender and mix until smooth.

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Blackberry Coconut Milkshake


Ingredients:
1/2 can of coconut milk, refrigerated and shaken.
1/2 bag of frozen blackberries
2-3 Tbsp. agave syrup (or you can use stevia)
2 frozen bananas
1 cup crushed ice

Directions:
Put all of the ingredients into the blender and mix until smooth.

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Tropical Coconut Milk Shake

Ingredients:
1 small papaya, peeled, seeded, and coarsely chopped
1 mango, peeled, seeded, and coarsely chopped
1 ripe banana, peeled and coarsely chopped
1 can of coconut milk, refrigerated and shaken
2-3 Tbsp. agave syrup (or you can use stevia)
1 cup crushed ice

Directions:
Combine the fruit in a blender and purée to break everything up. Add the coconut milk, sugar, and ice; blend until thick and frothy.



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