home & Home: What makes coconut so amazing? Do you ever tire of the taste?Sasha Seymour: Coconut is a exceptional ingredient. It’s flexible to use, tastes excellent as well as is proving to be an vital health and wellness food in the fight against a hold of western illnesses from candida to dementia. I never tire of the taste since it can be utilized in so lots of ways. I make a batch of the wonderful as well as Spicy Popcorn about three times a week as a snack.
H&H: Your new cookbook, Coconut everyday (2014, Penguin Canada Books), is a collection of recipes that utilize different coconut-based components (flour, oil, sugar, etc.). How, as well as why, did you begin utilizing coconut in location of common ingredients, like wheat flours as well as cane sugar?SS: I have always been thinking about food as well as exactly how it associates with our health. I started reading about great substitutes for white sugar as well as discovered about coconut sugar, started utilizing it in my morning coffee as well as it grew from there. The a lot more I utilized coconut products, the a lot more I realized exactly how much wheat as well as sugar we eat on a everyday basis. I’m not suggesting that all of us cut out every bit of wheat as well as sugar, however mixing things up a bit can’t be a poor thing: a lot more range indicates much better health!
H&H: What ideas do you have for substituting coconut into a recipe? Is there an simple location to start? Which of your recipes would you suggest beginning with?SS: Coconut oil can be utilized as a substitute for any type of fat in nearly any type of recipe, as well as if you are substituting it for butter in a recipe, you must really utilize about 15% less. I’d suggest baking with it first, I think, since coconut products offer the most benefit as a substitute in baked goods. The Peanut Butter Coconut Cookies are fun to make as well as great to eat, as well as the brownies as well as chocolate pudding are quite darn decadent, too.
H&H: What is your much-loved component to pair with coconut? Is there a type of meal that you believe truly lends itself to coconut substitutions?SS: I can’t pick only one component to pair with coconut! breakfast is a great meal to begin adding coconut. It is packed with fibre, is fairly low in carbs. You can likewise utilize coconut to make much healthier versions of comfort foods like shepherds’ pie as well as fried poultry as well as biscuits.
H&H: The pictures in the cookbook look delicious, as a food stylist, what ideas can you share for making a lovely looking table when entertaining friends?SS: I have a drawer in my kitchen area that I cleared of all the kitchen area stuff I seldom used. I’ve utilized the drawer to store an “entertaining kit” with platters as well as bit bowls as well as vintage things I’ve collected as well as love. When I pull things out of that drawer it puts me in a great mood as well as makes simple work of setting the table in a method that always makes me happy. My other huge idea is always have a generous appetizer/nibble spread out when guests come. It makes them feel welcome as well as provides you a bit of time to hold without fretting about starving them!
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