When foodie and blogger Marisa of The Creative Pot received a bottle of KAPRUKA Organic Virgin Coconut Oil, she immediately set out to find a way to use it and came up with this tasty Apple Pie Smoothie recipe.
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“This really is apple pie in a glass or as close as you’re going to get anyway,” wrote Marisa on her blog. “The coconut oil added that extra touch of ‘mmmm this is good.’”
Marisa was sweet enough to let us share her recipe with you.
Apple Pie Smoothie (Serves 2)
Ingredients:
3 apples, peeled and pips removed
1/2 cup plain low fat yogurt
3/4 cup apple juice + 2 tbsp
1/2 cup low fat milk
1/4 cup oats
1 1/2 tbsp coconut oil, melted (allow to cool slightly before using)
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 tbsp honey
Method:
1. Cook apples in a half cup apple juice until tender and liquid cooked away.
2. Add apples along with the rest of the ingredients to a blender and blitz until smooth.
Serve immediately.
Sounds yummy! If you have whipped up something delicious with coconut oil, we’d love to hear about it. Submit it your recipe with a link to your blog to chefkapruka@gmail.com
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Some hesitate but cooking with coconut oil is easy when you know how.
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Coconut oil sets below 26°C so you can either scoop out dollops of the hardened oil or place the jar coconut oil in warm water until it is melted.
The subtle flavour of coconut oil almost disappears when combined with ingredients that have distinct flavours, making it suitable to use instead of oil or butter in almost any recipe. If you like a subtle coconut flavour, try coconut oil in salad dressings and marinades.
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We love organic, slow food and gourmet markets. This weekend you can find us at Nitida Food Market held on Nitida farm in Durbanville on Saturday, 24 April. On Sunday (25 April) we’ll be at the Local Goods Market on Hathersage Farm (Gordon Road, Somerset West) from 9am until 2pm.
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The Nitida Food Market is held on the last Saturday of every month and Hathersage’s Local Goods Market is held on the second and last Sunday of each month. If you’re in the area come and visit us. If you can’t make it, watch our blog for updates from some of the Western Cape’s best food markets.
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We would like to thank everyone who visited us at the Natural & Organic Products Exhibition. We enjoyed sharing information, tasters and chatting with you.
As promised, we will keep you updated on stores and delis that now stock KAPRUKA Organic Virgin Coconut Oil.
You can find KAPRUKA Organic Virgin Coconut Oil in the following areas:
WESTERN CAPE
Cape Town CBD:
Claremont:
Green Point:
Kenridge/Durbanville:
Noordhoek
- Natures Lore, shop G11 Long Beach Mall (Tel: 021 7852977)
Table View and Melkbos strand:
- Wright Stuff Health shop in Melkbosstrand
Somerset West:
- Waterstone Pharmacy
- Helderview Healthshop
Strand:
- Vitacare Pharmacy
- Greenways
Philadelphia:
Garden Route:
- The Deli at Radermachers (on the N2 between George and Wilderness)
- The Health Hub in George
- The Cheese Man in Scarab Village, Sedegfield
- La Patisserie in George
- Soul Food in Knysna
- The Market in Sedgefield (Saturday mornings only)
KWAZULU-NATAL
Ballito:
Watch this space for updates on where you can find our products or order online here and we will contact you regarding your order and payment procedure. Please remember that ordering two or more jars will work out to be most cost effective than ordering just one.
If you’re a foodie, follow Chef KAPRUKA on Twitter & join our Facebook fan page.
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Make your own salad dressing with KAPRUKA Organic Virgin Coconut Oil.
Ingredients:
- Organic Virgin Coconut Oil
- White wine vinegar
- Black pepper
- Seasoned sea salt
- Half a teaspoon of sugar
- Raw grated garlic (to taste)
Take one measure of Organic Virgin Coconut Oil and about one and half to two measures of white wine vinegar. Add a pinch of seasoned sea salt and a little black pepper, half teaspoon of sugar and grated garlic to taste. Pour on salads as a delicious alternative to processed salad dressing.
Try your own variations and let us know what works for you, we would love to try your salad dressing! Remember we are offering the award winning cook book, Kok en Skinker by Dirk Nagtegaal, to the person who submits the best recipe using coconut oil. Find out more here.
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Share your PASSION for FOOD and if you’re selected our top ‘foodie’ you’ll win a copy of award winning South African cookbook Kok en Skinker by Dirk Nagtegaal and a KAPRUKA hamper.
How to enter:
- Buy KAPRUKA Organic Virgin Coconut Oil from our stand (F6) at the Natural & Organic Products Exhibition
- Get cooking and find a recipe which is even better with coconut oil!
- Submit your recipe to chef@kapruka.co.za (if you’d like to, include a photograph of your culinary masterpiece and the chef)
We’ll post all recipes on this site and Dirk Nagtegaal, author of Kok en Skinker will select the winner. Competition closes on 31 March.
Kok en Skinker is a compilation of more than 400 recipes collected over three generations. The book won the Gourmand World Cookbook Best First Cookbook of 2009. Kok en Skinker is filled with mouth-watering photography and delicious cooking techniques to inspire the food lover in you!
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Calling FOOD lovers!
Chef KAPRUKA and Irma would love to invite you to our stand (stand number F6) at the Natural & Organic Products Exhibition at the Cape Town International Convention Centre this weekend (19- 21 February).
Come and taste delicious food made with KAPRUKA Organic Virgin Coconut Oil and find out about our fantastic ‘foodie’ competition. We have a limited number of tickets (worth R 50 each) to give away. Please email your name, contact number and email address to chefkapruka@gmail.com and we’ll be in contact.
Follow Chef KAPRUKA on Twitter & join our Facebook fan page.
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