coconut cracking

today, i purchased my first young coconut to see if fresh coconut water tastes different than the canned or boxed kind - which is probably a rhetorical question becuase obviously it does - it is soooooo much better!

after starting to hack away and being unsuccessful, youtube.com came to the rescue.  check out this super helpful (and informative) video:

i also am going to test out the coconut fresh in one of my green smoothies (details to come).

Update on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 8:06AM by jennifer (aka jenn)

and here it is - my green smoothie with coconut flesh!  it replaced the creaminess that i usually get from adding frozen bananas.

what's in it:

kale - 3 leaves
coconut - flesh from 1 coconut
blueberries - 1/3 cup
grapes - 1/3 cup (washed)
almonds - 1 tablespoon (pre-ground)
flax seed - 1 tablespoon (pre-ground)

i put it in the fridge for an hour to chill since i didn't add anything frozen this time around.

the verdict - yummy without the fake flavor found in many a pina colada. just pure fresh goodness found here.