Showing posts with label coconut water. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coconut water. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

New to Me Coconut Water!

Two things I love about cabin life:

1.  Watching the northern lights as I pee off my porch in the middle of the night.
2.  I can reach everything I need in my kitchen without taking a single step.

My two least favorite things:

1.  I think I smell like a homeless person due to a lack of laundry facilities.
2.  I'm still wearing my coat and long johns and we've been home from work for two hours (takes a while for that wood stove to kick in).

Anyhoo- has anyone tried this before?


I was shocked to find it in a notoriously ghetto grocery store in Wasilla.  I've tried a lot of bottled/boxed coconut water and to me, that guy tasted extremely close to this:  


On the topic of favorite Mexican beverages, I took a stab at raw horchata.  I put homemade almond milk in Viv with a dash of vanilla, a few hearty shakes of cinnamon, and a little raw honey.  I think it tasted quite a bit like the real deal.

I love it when Viv makes things frothy!  

I was craving Indian food the other day, and happened upon a recipe for Vegetable Samosas on Russell James's Raw Chef website.  I made only the inner workings of the samosas, to use as a topping for raw crackers.


First impressions:  I liked it because it tasted strongly of Indian food (garam masala in particular), but I didn't like it because it tasted strongly of Indian food.  Does that make sense?  After eating it as a snack for a couple of days I decided that I would indeed make it again. 

Russell James's fancy schmancy pictures had me so excited that I started the lengthy process for his Spinach and Wild Mushroom Quiche.  (If you make his recipes, you get to call zucchinis "courgettes"!)  I greedily lapped up the bits of crust dough stuck to the FP blade, so I'm guessing the recipe will be a keeper.  

Question:  Do you have a favorite "energy" drink?  My two faves are coconut water and kombucha.