I like coconut quite a lot.
I love coconut. Itโs important to me.
Itโs so important that this is the perfect time and place to expound my love in link form.
Real Talk: I spent the morning in the kitchen with a new coconut recipe that bonkers FAILED. Iโll get coconut, hazelnut, and chocolate together somehow. Itโs in the future.
Coconut Almond Chocolate Biscuits. ((coconut flakes!)) With cherry jam? Much success.
Coconut goes major healthy in this Carrot Ginger Coconut Soup ((coconut milk!)).
Alsoโฆ Iโm one of those people that drizzles olive oil on everything savory. Itโs pretty.
Coconut flour is a gluten-free dream! These cupcakes are made with coconut flour and fresh strawberries. Topped with cream cheese frosting. Quit it!
Gluten-free Strawberry Coconut Cupcakes (coconut flour!)).
These hearty gluten-free waffles are topped with big toasted coconut flakes and soft, sweet whipped cream!
Gluten-free Coconut Waffles ((coconut oil, coconut flour, coconut flakes!)). They donโt taste weird gluten-free. They do taste all-the-way awesome.
Crazy thing about the coconut in the Crunchy Kale and Coconut Bowl ((coconut flakes!))โฆ dudes will think it tastes like bacon. Iโm serious. Itโs a transformer. This meal is a drugโฆ a healthy, kale drug.
Coconut and cookies for breakfast! Itโs totally possible. Thereโs also millet and carrots. Get on this cookie bandwagon!
Vegan Carrot Cherry Breakfast Cookies ((coconut oil!)).
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Hi Joy!
Iโve been feeling culinarically (?) uninspired and somehow googled into you. Yay! I lived in L.A. for eight years & Iโm uncertain how our paths never crossed. I donโt know, when two people invest in so much butter & sugar in the same city, it feels wrongโฆ I really enjoy your blog! I have one too but my camera sucks- ha! Iโm in Chicago now & am going to do my best to not be working so I can make it to Wilmette for your book tour. I thinks its a bit of a drive but I like making the effort for kindred spirits. You bake with love. I donโt trust that everybody does, joy!! And everybody should!!! And I am so hungry right now.
Mandi(Crocker)
P.S. Your kitty is so cute it breaks my heart.
Those coconut waffles are still one of my favs!
Made the coconut scones. LOVE THEM! honestly ate three for breakfast. The most excellent vehicle for delicious jams and jellies. ACES.
Itโs true that coconut flour does react well in baked recipes, but I always hesitate to use it because itโs not a universally-liked taste. I tend to use almond powder more regularly.
But I love coconut milk โ and all these recipes look divine.
Look at those lovely fluffy layers on your scones! I just want to heat one up and schmear it with butter and jamโฆ mmm, coconut-y scone-y amazingness!
I sort of canโt handle so much coconut love in one post. But I can totally handle it. I love me some crunchy kale (whoa! I just had to edit myself because I wrote Krunchy Kale like some sort of Kardashian had taken over my hands!), and Iโm so excited to coconut waffles! THANK YOU FOR THAT ONE!
These look so good!! I love coconut too!! Amazing!
How coincidentalโฆI have coconut caramels setting in the fridge this very moment!
Hi Joyโฆ.I love you, your blog and coconut! I was curious, where do you get those wide coconut flakes? I canโt find them anywhere. Please answer me as I have left questions before that have gone unanswered. Please, please, please!!! Iโve got to find that coconutโฆit looks heavenly!!!
Aaaah! I love this post! Coconut is my faaaaavorite! <3
Have you had coconut Greek yogurt?! Ah-mazing.
oh coconut i always love you :) coconut is the best of all spices but not at all .
we have a coconut farm near our province my mom always make a โGinataanโ sounds cool right its so delicious. oh btw nice perfect photos it just like an art done reading it thank you for sharing :)
I used to hate coconut and then BAM I woke up and was obsessed with it and now itโs like spoon to mouth all the time yum. thanks for the round-up. best me making them all, market research you know?!
i think youโre gonna love the desserts here in Thailand. lots of coconuts in all kinds of form!
Canโt tell you the ridiculous pleasure I get from opening and flaking the beautiful flesh from a fresh coconutโitโs kinda sick!! Youโd think Iโd just discovered fire or something.
(BTWโglad you talk about your kitchen disasters too. No matter how much you cook, sometimes the kitchen wins!)
I also LOVE coconut
Have you ever had the coconut ice-cream that comes in half a coconut shell? I went to a wedding once and lot of people didnโt like theirsโฆ not such a shame for me!
Have a big bag of dried stuff in my cupboard, will have to make some biscuits soon for sureโฆ and goes so well on jam tartsโฆ yum!
All hail the almighty coconut! I freaking love this stuff. Iโm fairly certain you can add coconut to any baked good or dish and take it from blah to boo-yah! Thanks for all the links to some good recipes to try out. Iโll be making some of them soon, for sure :)
hellooo new fave food blog! adding you to my bookmark list :)
I love coconut! In fact, I just wrote a post dedicated to it myself, including a coconut cupcake recipe! I love the coconut almond biscuit idea! =)
Iโm a coconut freak too! I have like 100 of your recipes on my to-do list :)
I love coconut too! Itโs so versatile. I think my favorite way to have coconut is in cookies, although soup is a close second. :)
I have the answer for your coconut, hazelnut, chocolate combo. Standard coconut loaf cake with gooey yummy nutella through the middle ;) yummy!!! Yes its very basic, yes its a bit childish but cold day plus cup of coffee plus coconut cake with nutella equals very happy office staff.
Thereโs just something so wonderful about coconut โ it makes my heart sing!
Joy, if you havenโt tried Ina Gartenโs coconut cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, you simply must. They are sooooo tasty!!
COCONUT = THE BOMB DIGGITY.
I just made a coconut panna cotta! So smooth! So creamy! So amazing!
I love love love coconut!!
Recipe failure: such is life. Persevere!! I am currently eating a slice of coconut quick bread, as it happens, along with a square of chocolate, so I think it goes without saying that I am looking forward to the coconut + chocolate + hazelnut recipe to come!
Mmmm, I am coconut obsessed! I usually only ever eat the sweetened flaked coconut, but I am interested in trying the non-sweetened natural shredded coconut. I especially like the looks of that coconut and kale bowl :)
Oh wowโฆ just wow. My mom would LOVE all these recipes. She is a huge coconut fanโฆ HUGE! Me? Well, I like it, too. And I like all these recipes. Like the pancakes. Especially the pancakes.
Iโm with you on the coconut obsession. My prescription is three times a day with food! and I feel great! Check out my coconut carrot & banana muffins. https://blog.yoursnaturally.com.au/2012/02/recipe-a-mazing-muffins.html
Iโve been looking for new ways to try coconut โ thanks for this!
Also, I just discovered that you will be at Omnivore Books in SF in a few weeks. Canโt wait!
I hear you loud and clearโฆI am getting on the band wagon for coconut love. I never knew until this post that coconut flour is availableโฆwhere have you been all my life coconut flour?!
Coconut is god. End of story.
Coconut is crazy delicious โ โ especially toasted. Especially for breakfast โ โ or lunch โ โ or dinner for that mattter of fact. Okay โ truth is coconut is ALWAYS delicious
I have a love/hate relationship with coconut. I really like it on shrimp, but so far thatโs the only way I like it. Iโve tried making coconut macaroons, but I could only find sweetened coconut, which I did not like. So maybe if I can find shredded unsweetened coconut, I could learn to really love the stuff :)
You should seriously consider visiting Kerala, India if you love coconut that much! Iโm from there and my mom uses coconut in EVERYTHING she makes.. from every single curry to breakfast dish to pastry.. if youโre interested, look up south Indian cooking and youโll find coconut as the main ingredient! :)
I love coconut!! Iโm guessing you already know this, but in case you donโtโฆ did you know you can whip coconut cream? You just chill a can of full-fat coconut milk and then scoop out the hardened cream part. Whip it with beaters and voila! Coconut whipped cream! It tastes phenomenal and holds up pretty great!
Love love love coconut and these recipes are great!! Thank you so much!!
I love coconut too!!! Iโm actually going to make coconut thumbprints with salted caramel as we speak, Iโll be posting it soon! xx
Hey, just wanted to drop a note and let you know how inspiring your blog is. Such fantastic photos โ and love the idea for these biscuits. Very clever.
Courtney
Those coconut waffles are a dream โ they are so satisfying without leaving me in a waffle coma for the rest of the day. I can even see them stacked with chocolate as a dessert. And I love all the tips you had on Homefries for using coconut oil as a scrub, shaving cream, moisturizer, etc. Genius! Thanks for sharing
(((coconut)))
i love that. i think i might add that to my phone so that whenever we text about coconut, the ((( ))) comes up
Those are the prettiest coconut flakes Iโve ever seen! All your recipes sound amazingโI remember being awed by them when I first read those posts! They make my mouth water like the first time I laid eyes on them. :)
Iโm going to miss your hilarity and your recipes so much while Iโm gone on my mission trip, but when i am back in 3 months, itโs going to be like opening a treasure chest of stomach-satisfying goodness. Until then, Happy baking, Joy!!
Joy! Coconut is my favorite condiment, at least I use it as a condiment. Itโs my dadโs fave and he introduced it to me early on it life. Ever since then I have been pairing it with anything I can get my hands on. My new fave is coconut peanut butter. I use a little coconut oil instead of peanut oil, and stir in toasted coconut flakes at the end. O my word! It is so funny that you posted this today because I literally just got finished making coconut almond scones. I used a mixture of coconut and almond flour with chopped almonds and fresh coconut! The kitchen smells amazing!
MANGIA!!!
I absolutely love coconut. Your chocolate coconut scones are still on my โto-bakeโ list!
Aah! I made dark chocolate chunk and coconut scones a few weeks ago and they were DIVINE.. and have been on my must-make-again list since. While itโs still parka seasonโฆ
Joy,
Thank you so much for saying that something of yours failed. Iโm sure it happens to food bloggers and cooks all of the time, but no one says so. It was extra nice to read a little about this morning as I am starting out on a quest to learn how to master different recipes/techniques this year (this year starting tonight as I spent January moving and learning to live without a spouse again). So. Biscuits are on the agenda tonight! Wish me luck!
I still havenโt made that fabulous-looking carrot ginger coconut soup, dang it! Soon, I promise!
Coconut is my favorite fruit ever! Wellโฆ maybe together with mango. I am from tropics, so I grew up eating lots and lots of it. I wish coconut was not so expensive in Californiaโฆ
Iโm pinning all these recipes! Canโt wait to try them soon! Especially the dessertsโฆ YUMMY!
I think I bookmarked those coconut scones the first time I saw them, but they have slipped my mind. I am determined to make them this weekend!
Coconut rocks. Canโt wait for your future chocolate-hazelnut-coconut recipe!
I made chocolate pudding yesterday and added a dash of coconut extract to it along with some shredded coconut. Yummy!
Oh please oh please oh please make a coconut, hazelnut, chocolate โฆ..something! Those are my three favorite things on this planet to eat and if you were somehow able to put them togetherโฆoh my goodness. I canโt wait to see!
My head is spinning with heaps of ideas from this post. Soup, biscuits, cupcakes, gluten free.. woo !
Bummer about your failure, but the rest of the recipes look delicious! Iโve never had so many kitchen failures than after I started my blog. I guess it just means youโre trying!
I donโt know which to start with first the soup or the waffles, yum!
I love how coconut can be used in sweet and savoury dishes โ and with this gorgeous collection of recipes Iโm not going to run out of ways to eat it this month :-)
Iโm sitting shotgun on this coconut bandwagon. I basically smell like coconuts 24/7 โ completely addicted to coconut oil, and Iโm glad to see Iโm not the only one!
yum, coconut. & those scones look wonderful :)
Do you like the magic bars? I bet they would be awesome with a layer made with nutella!
Iโm with you. All the way. Coconut milk tapioca is my Peter Pan happy place.
I definitely need to find me some coconut flour, it sounds so much nicer than normal gluten free flour!
I looove that pomegranate tea towel. Where can I find one?
I love your love of coconutโฆitโs such fun stuff, agreed.
And I love your love of beautiful dishes and pretty things. I always know I can drool over the food and the props in your posts :)
LOVE coconut! I was in Thailand over the holidays in December and one night we found this guy on the side of the street selling home made coconut ice cream served in a (split right in front of us) young coconut half which we scraped the flesh out of once we reached the end of the ice cream, topped with coconut jelly, fresh coconut curls, and a drizzle of coconut milk. It was coconut heaven!
Love from the land of coconut- Thailand. I am so making this soup.xxx.
your not alone haha i also loved coconut coz it so useful many use of it.
btw nice photos you have here super like :) thumbs up. good work.
I presume you have a more complex and sophisticated recipe in mind for your coconut-hazelnut-chocolate combo, but a few months ago I made a nanaimo bar spin-off using those ingredients that came out super well.
i adore coconut too. i just recently read dave almondโs โcandyfreakโ and he described it as having a โsweet cuticleโ texture which made me laugh. and then cry.
I love coconut! Coconut ftw! Canโt wait to see your recipe when its a success
I totes need to get on that coconut flour wagon.Must. Make. Delicious. Waffles.
I like the kale coconut bowl idea a LOT and my newest hobby is experiments with the coconut curry dishesโgreen, red, pineapple curries, I love them all. But sweetened coconut is something I might have to learn to likeโฆ.
I loooove coconut!! Keen to try those breakfast cookies.. and the waffles.. YUM :)
Coconut is the bomb dot com. Macaroons, carrot cake, and coconut milk ice cream are my favorite forms!
I used to hate coconut but Iโm all for it now. I like it in coconut juice formโฆ and other forms as long as itโs not too dry.
I love coconut toooo! Coconut milk ice cream is the BESTEST!