I made my own coconut butter last night! Long gone at my days of wishing I could just pay for a $9 jar of white glory! Here’s the thing though. 2 cups of flaked coconut turns into about 3/4 cup coconut butter so honestly $9 isn’t all that bad of a price. I didn’t take a photo, but it took me about 12-15 minutes of constant processing to get from flakes to butter. I did have to scrape down the bowl a few times too. When resulted was a slightly sweet (who knew?) rich jar of amazing. Like the ghost of a coconut. I am in heaven.
Thank you again to Heather for reminding me that I needed to make it!
Next Thursday is my 30th birthday and I admit to being both excited and intimidated. I do love a celebration, and I am trying to look at this as a positive milestone! The current plan is to go to my favorite vegan and gluten free cafe for a cupcake, and perhaps have dinner as well. then on the 19th (officially an UNbirthday) I will celebrate my 30th with friends by going to dinner at my favorite Vietnamese restaurant and then off to see Alice in Wonderland. I have been a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland since seeing the original Disney cartoon as a child, and now to see Johnny Depp & Helena Bonham Carter in the Tim Burton version as me mad with excitement. It is definitely a very important date!
Really Really excited!
That Saturday I also plan on heading over to my favorite little health cafe and having a Birthday smoothie. plus I want to get some amazing coffee, and perhaps even sneak in a mani-pedi :-) There is a place in town that is doing a chocolate pedi and OH MY that sounds decadent. Mainly I just want to do some things that make me happy. i tend to try to plan things so that everyone else is happy, and I am working on better self care. Some friends might not be able to make the movie or may not like my restaurant choices, but that’s ok! No pressure! I just want to enjoy myself and enjoy rounding the corner on this 3rd decade in my life.
Something I have been trying:
The past month and a half I have been testing out E3 Live. It is sold at Healeo, and after reading a pamphlet on it I wanted to test it out. I am not sure about it yet, but I DO believe I can tell a marked change in my energy. I do believe it is doing *something* positive, I am just not quite sure yet. I plan on continuing to take it while I can afford it (it is pricey). I also think that my skin has looked better lately as well. I will definitely keep you updated though.
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Like the ghost of a coconut…I love it! So glad your butta turned out well.
Oh my gosh, I love Johnny Depp in anything, and I’m looking forward to Alice in Wonderland as well.
By the way, all your birthday activity choices sounds heavenly to me. The perfect way to ring in your three-O. :)
Marissa – did you use an ordinary food processor or your vitamix?
I am so happy you made the HEAB creation..I have been wanting to know about vita reports from ppl who actuually know what they’re doing in the kitch such as you :)
Any special tips you’d advise, ie. start low to high, add oil, could i use cheapie baker’s coconut flakes from the groc store or do you think they wouldnt work? i dont want to pay for $ ones if the cheap ones will work, as i dont care if they’re sweetened, not organic, etc LOL
Happy 30th! My sister’s 30th is Thurs Mar 11. Tomrorow well today :)
I would love love to dine w/ your vegan GF style. envious! xoxo
I used my Kitchen Aid Food processor and not the Vita Mix, mainly because I didn’t want my vita mix running for 15 minutes. i didn’t add any oil though, and according to HEAB some people have done it in the Vita Mix so i am sure you could too. The only problem is that I have a big FP and I didn’t have a ton of coconut, so I kept having to scrape it to get it back in contact with the blade. next time I will make a larger batch.
I used the coconut flakes that I got on Amazon. not cheapie, and I believe they are organic (they are in my astore over on the side bar). They are unsweetened and I rather like them. not sure what the price difference is though but I don’t find them to be crazy expensive. then again I don’t go through coconut THAT quickly anyway. I am pretty certain that any flaked coconut would work though because it still has the fat content.
Hey! I’ve read your blog before but lost the address and just stumbled across it again, awesome recipes and info!
Your birthday choices sound perfect and oh so much fun! We went to Flying Apron for my hubbys big day. I have never heard of Healo and now I am itching to go there after visiting the link to their website. Also please do share where these chocolate pedi’s are– I must try this!! Sounds divine :) Have a great birthday!
I am so glad you found me again! The chocolate pedis are at Source Salon and Spa
http://www.sourcesalonspa.com/
I do know that they only had a limited amount of them so you might want to call first to see if they are still offering them. Definitely check out Healeo!
If you are into yoga I highly recommend Maya Whole Health Studio which is in the building above Flying apron
I love Johnny Depp so much! I really want to see alice and wonderland. I have never seen or read it before ever! (My mom didnt like it when I was youger, so I missed out!)
Thanks so much for the info :) I LOVE yoga and will be checking out that studio, thanks so much! How was the movie?!
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I’ve unsuccessfully attempted to make coconut butter in my Vita twice. Any tips? It actually burnt some of the flakes. HELP!!!
@Erika
How much coconut are you using to do this? You need to use about 2 cups of the stuff…