coconut
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The Best Ways to Open a Coconut at Home
Fresh coconut is delicious, but opening one can be tricky—especially if you don’t have any tools with you. Below are six methods of opening a coconut, ranging in complexity from basically smashing it against something sharp, to breaking out the power tools and getting surgical. How to crack open a coconut without any tools You…
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The Difference Between Coconut Milk and Coconut Cream (and All the Other Coconut Liquids)
When it comes to following a recipe, the first step is making sure you’ve got the right ingredients. This can be especially tricky if an ingredient has a name that is similar to a different product. I don’t mean walnut pieces and walnut halves (there’s not much at risk with that mix up), but pondering…
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Coconut Water Is Not Actually Good For You
3In the last decade coconut water has left the palm-treed shores of tropical islands where tourists on lounge chairs stick straws straight into the fruit, and exploded onto supermarket shelves — helped along by beverage giants such as Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. Marketed as a natural health drink, brands spout various health claims promoting coconut water.…
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Unwind With A Piña Colada
Some pretty decent recipes can be found on the backs of boxes, bottles, cans and other packaging, and the piña colada recipe that’s printed on cans La Preferida cream of coconut is a good example of the genre.