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Coconut Peanut Chicken Satay Stir-Fry

Sherri — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 07:00:24 +0000

Want to know how to get picky eaters to chow down healthy vegetables? You could try psychology. I hear it takes 25 introductions to new foods before kids will take to it. You could try making a game of it. We used to call broccoli “trees” and cauliflower “clouds”. My daughter loved french fries when she was little (still does) and I got her to fall in love with green beans by feeding her canned yellow wax beans. I thought they looked similar to french fries. And who’da guessed it? So did she! That was a trick that worked. She would eat canned green beans straight out of the can after that. As a parent I tried all kinds of tricks to get our kids to eat healthy and learn to love veggies. Some parents claim kids will eat veggies if they have a hand in growing them. Having my kids help in the garden proved that one wrong for our family. All the labor for the produce actually gave them negative feelings toward it. And it looked different than grocery store produce. Which to them was ewww! Other parents say kids will eat their veggies if they had a hand in preparing it. Nope, that did not hold true for my kiddos.

Betcha want to know my best trick of all to get them to eat their veggies. The foolproof method? There are two things you need to know. Here goes!
But I am not going to tell you now. To get the full details, you will have to head on over to Mandy’s Recipe Box where I guest posted this favorite recipe of mine. What a tease, right?! But I want to make sure you don’t miss this recipe. It is one my kids request often!

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Chocolate Coconut Milk Mousse

Tracy — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:06:19 +0000

Oh how I love chocolate! One of my fondest memories surrounding chocolate is about my maternal grandmother. When we were younger we would get to go spend the night at her house. No other siblings, just me and my grandmother. Of course I loved every minute of our precious time together. She had one very special tradition that we did every time I got to spend the night. My grandmother had two beautiful purple grape mugs that she only used on special occasions. I was fascinated with the mugs and always wanted to use them. If I had managed to behave myself all day long, (which took a lot of effort on my part) the reward was a cup of rich creamy hot cocoa in……...the beautiful grape mug! It was the only time I was ever allowed to have it in my hands. “Granny” and I would sit and have a great chat while sipping cocoa from our grape mugs. My grandmother passed away many years ago. When they were settling her estate, my mom asked me if there was anything special I wanted. The first thing I requested was one of the two grape mugs. It is one of my most prized possessions. Whenever I look at the mug, it makes me remember how my grandmother always made me feel so cherished and important. This is a tradition I intend to do with my own grandchildren. But, we live in a very warm part of the country and the summers get very hot! I will need a cool,soothing treat for those blistering hot summer days. This chocolate coconut milk mousse is the perfect solution!

One of the reasons I love this recipe is how quick it is to make. Really, you can get this done in about 5 minutes! I’ve decided to keep a can of coconut milk in my fridge at all times. You never know when you will need a last minute “treat”! For example, the day before I made this my daughter came in and told me she was in charge of providing a treat at her church activity which was starting in 25 minutes. We ran to the store and purchased ice cream sandwiches because I didn’t have time to make anything else. Next time that happens, (and it will happen again) I’m armed and ready to go.

The texture is rich, creamy, not too heavy, not too light. The flavor is just incredible, even better when you add a dollop if whip cream. It’s hot coca in reverse! And yes I intend to serve it to my grandchildren in my treasured purple grape mug. While they enjoy their mousse, I’ll enjoy telling them all about their great-grandmother.

This Pin ROCKS!

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Chocolate Coconut Milk Mousse

Ingredients

1 can full-fat coconut milk or coconut cream
1/4 cup plus 1 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
sweetener to taste Use stevia or powdered sugar for thickest results.

Instructions

Open the coconut milk, and leave the can (or transfer to a bowl) uncovered in the fridge overnight, unless it’s already thick like mousse. Don’t shake the can before opening. It should get very, very thick. (If it doesn’t, you’ve gotten a bad can that won’t work for the recipe. I highly recommend Thai Kitchen Organic, because I’ve had the most success with that brand. If you want a no-fail option, buy coconut cream instead, at Trader Joes or an Asian market.) Once thick, transfer to a bowl (you can opt to leave out the watery bit at the bottom of the can, if you want it even thicker) and whip in your cocoa, vanilla, and sweetener with a fork, or even beaters if you want to be fancy. (For the photos on this page, I didn’t use beaters. But I did pipe the mousse out using an icing tip.) Stored uncovered in the fridge, the mixture gets even thicker.

Notes

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Coconut Milk Shampoo

Tracy — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:21:48 +0000

I chose this pin because I have spent my adult life in search of hair products than can manage my fine but very curly hair. Let’s just state here and now that I have spent a small fortune over the years! I have tried over the counter products, and as a licensed cosmetologist I have tried what feels like all of the “professional” products. While many of them work well, I haven’t found one the I’m in love with yet. Having naturally curly hair is both a blessing and a curse. We grew up in Seal Beach, CA, where going to the beach happened all the time. Even if we did not go to the beach, we lived close enough the get the “beach breeze” (humidity) outside our home. For girls without curly hair it means you get that oh so cool “wavy beach hair look”. For those of us blessed with curly hair, it means only one thing, FRIZZ, FRIZZ and more FRIZZ. Growing up my Mom paid to have my hair chemically straightened. I then had straight but very dry, damaged hair. Over the years I have learned how to “control” most of the frizz by blow drying and straight iron. Which again means dry damaged hair :(. So at the ripe age of 50 something I have gone back to wearing my hair without blow drying/straight ironing it and I’m trying to “work” with and not “against” the curl. The problem is that some shampoos are too heavy while others are too light. When I found this pin I decided to see if coconut milk shampoo could “tame” my “mane”!

Ingredients: 1/4 cup coconut milk (store bought or make your own), 1/3 cup baby shampoo, 1 tsp. vitamin E, olive or almond oil and 10 to 20 drops of essential oil.To make your homemade coconut milk: place 1/2 cup coconut flakes into your blender with one cup of hot water. Pulse the mixture about 20 times. You do not want to run your blender continuously. Strain milk through a fine sieve or cheesecloth. The cheesecloth worked great for me Press down on the cocunut flakes to get all the liquid out. Spoon back into your blender, add another cup of hot water and pulse 20 times. Do this four times and you will end up with 4 cups of fresh coconut milk! My kitchen is smelling pretty good right now!So let’s make some shampoo! I used a ketchup bottle purchased from the grocery store to put it in. Pour in your wonderful 1/4 cup coconut milk. Next I added in my 1/3 cup baby shampoo, sorry but I got so excited I forgot to take a picture of it. Please use your imagination for that step.Next add your 1 tsp of oil of choice (vitamin E, almond or olive oil).Last but not least add in 10 to 20 drops of your essential oil. I “rocked” the bottle back and forth to mix the ingredients.I am very pleased with my results. One thing I forgot to mention is that I color my hair. Pre-mature graying runs in our family. Mine started when I was in my late 20’s. So I have been coloring my hair for a long time. Any products formulated for color treated hair always cost more money! Big surprise! I love that this shampoo is so gentle it will not cause the color to fade, but strong enough to get my hair clean. It has a low lather but that does not bother me.

My hair is clean without getting dried out or weighed down. My hair and This Pin Rock!

Coconut Milk Shampoo

Ingredients

1/4 c homemade coconut milk or canned coconut milk
1/3 c baby shampoo of your choice
1 tsp vitamin E olive or almond oil
10 to 20 drops of your choice of essential oils

Instructions

Pour ingredients into container. Shaken gently before use.

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