Top ten recipes that use Coconut Oil
Coconut Oil is an amazingly versatile cooking ingredient made by squeezing the fresh coconut flesh and collecting the oil produced.
Coconut Oil is also full of nutrition – it’s a rare source of lauric acid, which has huge health benefits, and it can help regulate metabolism, boost brain function and lower cholesterol. Here are some of our very favourite Coconut Oil recipes.
Our Web & Content Editor Anna came up with this fantastic recipe, which we all enjoy in the office from time to time. As well as being very easy to make, it ticks all the right boxes: gluten-free, wheat-free, dairy-free, easily sliceable and packed full of nutty taste and nutrition. It’s perfect topped with avocado or spread with strawberry chia jam.
Vegan and Gluten-Free Millionaire’s Shortbread
These wonderful bars look exactly like the sort of thing you’d have to avoid if you’re trying to eat healthily – but think again! They’re stuffed full of nutritious wholefoods, have no dairy at all and are completely free from refined sugar. We hardly need to add they taste absolutely fantastic!
Home Made Gluten-Free Jaffa Cakes
Most Jaffa cakes available in the supermarket are stuffed full of refined sugar and E-numbers, so we thought we’d try and create a more wholefoods-y version, with spectacular results! These were gone in a flash, with everyone clamouring for more. Impress your family and friends with this homemade version of the popular classic.
White Chocolate Mega Munch Snack
Quick to make and extremely moreish, this fantastic snack is crammed with minerals, fibre and omega oils. It combines some wonderfully tasty ingredients such as banana powder, Manuka honey, maca root powder and dehulled hemp seeds, which will provide an invigorating dose of beneficial minerals, not to mention a taste sensation. It’s dead good as a mid-morning snack, or you can even pour milk on it and eat it as granola!
A popular dessert in Hungary, this coconut swirl is literally heaven on a plate, and beats Swiss roll firmly into second place. Sugar-free and sweetened only with dates, this uses lovely raw cacao powder and organic oatmeal to create something truly special, and looks brilliant served with a nice cuppa!
Spicy Amaranth Burgers with Harissa Sweet Potato Wedges
Here’s a great idea for making everyone feel like they’ve had a supremely satisfying takeaway while actually filling them full of nutritious wholefoods at the same time. These rather special burgers are 100% plant-based, gluten-free and contain no nuts. There’s a hefty whack of flavour from all the lovely spices, and paired with the lip-smacking sweet potato wedges, this is an ultra-satisfying meal bound to please every hungry tummy.
Gluten-Free Banana Pineapple Muffins
Muffins needn’t be out of bounds if you’re avoiding gluten – these combine a blend of different organic flours with a delightful array of fruit and nuts, all blended together with our fantastic organic coconut oil, and we can guarantee you’ll be a hit in your household if you make these for everyone.
Sparkle up your teatime with these nutritious treats made with Virgin Coconut Oil. Banana bread became massively popular as the go-to lockdown treat, but instead of packing it with refined sugar and bleached white flour, this recipe uses coconut sugar for sweetness, and nutritious Teff for texture, fibre and nutrition. It’s sweet, delicious and totally free from dairy and gluten!
These delectable coconut balls never last long when we make them! Taking inspiration from Indian sweets, we’ve invented something rather special with these Krishna balls. We find kids are usually happy to lend a hand making these – even more so eating them afterwards. With just three ingredients, they’re so simple, but so heavenly in the mouth – definitely more than the sum of their parts!
Our range of Coconut Oil is second to none!
Many shop bought coconut oils are refined, pasteurised, contain additives or are bleached to make them appear fresh. The coconut oils that Healthy Supplies sell are not like the shop bought oils. These are high quality, cold pressed, virgin oils which mean that they have not been heat treated and have had nothing added to them or taken away.
By being cold pressed, the coconut oil retains its natural goodness, much like other seed and nut oils will when they haven’t been heat treated or refined.