coconutty

OK, so Christine hipped me to stirring coconut oil into coffee and that was yum-my. Then, she informed me that unsweetened coconut milk is also tasty in coffee or tea. I am here to say she is correct. Coconut milk is so similar to half & half that it almost brought me to tears this morning. Well, not really, but I was pretty enthusiastic about my tea. I was also excited to find tweakable recipes on Thai Kitchen's web site. Coconut chicken. Mmm.

THEN, Christine enlightened me to coconut butter. Soon after, I found my way to an online forum for fellow Yeasties. A kind lady named Elaine posted this recipe:

Coconut Cream Stuff (she doesn't have name for it yet):

1/2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes.
1/2 cup coconut cream (or coconut butter).
1/2 tsp. vanilla.
A dash of sea salt.
1/8 tsp. pure stevia powder (or other natural sweetener. I used Sweet-n-Natural to taste.).

Place in a bowl and microwave for 30 seconds to soften the coconut cream, then mix well. Allow to sit in the refrigerator for a bit.

Options:

Add cinnamon (also antifungal) or carob powder (I added both today).
Add carob chips.
Add other flavorings such as cherry, almond, or maple.

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The beauty of this snack is that coconut-anything is very antifungal, beneficial to your thyroid, and helpful for losing weight. And delicious all the while. Thank God for coconuts. There is even coconut flour!

By the way, Elaine warned me that chocolate (of any kind) may not be the best idea for folks fighting a systemic candida overgrowth. I won't elaborate here because I think it depends on how sensitive to yeast you are, and how far along you are in treatment. I will hold off on Daisy's yeast-free brownies - for now. If you are interested in the chocolate information, send me an e-mail (see my profile) and I'll direct you to Elaine's forum.

Now, back to my odd, yummy snack ~ perfect for a rainy day. So is Andrew Peterson's book I'm reading ~ On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness. I'll be reviewing it here soon.

Johnny is reading Anne Rice's new book ~ Christ the Lord: the Road to Cana. I'm next.

One last thing. nine inch nails' new album - Ghosts I-IV - is amazing. Our friend Ryan introduced me to Radiohead long ago by saying that OK Computer was "winter music." It was/is, and NIN's Ghosts I-IV is "rainy day music." You can download the 36-song album for only $5.00 - it comes with a digital booklet of gorgeous photography, a photo for each song. I'm not sure that Trent Reznor would appreciate the adjective "gorgeous" applied to his album's artwork. Sorry, dude.