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** Download your 10 page Creamed Coconut recipe handout **

Some of the oil may have seperated out in transit from the Philippines. To mix back in, place the jar in warm water till the contents have softened. Then mix togther with a knife, or zizz up in a food processor.

Zenian Creamed Coconut

Brand new product - just arrived from the Philippines! We've been asking for this for a long time, so are very excited it's here.

This is 100% pure, unsweetened coconut flesh from a fresh, mature coconut. It's dehydrated, then ground to make a semi-solid creamy-white paste.

Traditionally this is used in curries, or in other Indian, Thai or Caribbean cooking. It's like a concentrated form of coconut cream, and you may have seen it in the ethnic section of the supermarket in blocks.

But now, for the first time in NZ, it's available organic.

Uses:

• can be diluted with hot water to make a coconut cream substitute (especially useful if you only want a small amount and don't want to open a whole tin)
• temper the heat of curries
• add good fats to soups
• thicken soups, stews or casseroles
• add tropical flavour to many dishes
• blend into smoothies
• include in the batter for baked goods
• use in any recipe that calls for coconut butter (which is very similar, just a little lower in fibre)
• makes fantastic sugar free sweet treats like fudge, chocolate and healthy snack bars
• suitable for low carb diets (1.22 grams net carbs per 15 gram serving)

Deb has developed recipes suitable for GAPS patients, or anyone on a sugar restricted diet. See Deb's recipe blog for some recipes, including white chocolate, fudge and nutella.

Zenian Coconut oil

Now available from either Thailand or the Philippines

Zenian Coconut oil (Thailand)

This is a premium quality, organic, virgin coconut oil. Our supplier tasted every coconut oil available in New Zealand before tasting this one, and it was the best he'd tasted. So he arranged to import it.

It comes from Thailand, and is extracted with utmost care using state of the art equipment.

This is an oil you can feel confident using in cooking, your skin care regime, or eating straight off the spoon.

This is a very mild oil without a lot of coconut flavour, so is ideal if you want the benefits of coconut with the versatility to use in lots of different ways.

Comments from our customers:

"That is so much smoother than other coconut oils. I will definitely change to it."

"I could just eat that off the spoon. I can't do that with any other coconut oil."

"That is the best coconut oil I've ever tasted"

Please note:

If you are using this oil for therapeutic purposes, it may be more potent than the oil you're currently using. Some people take up to 1 Tbs coconut oil in warm water before meals to increase their metabolism and decrease their appetite. With this oil, we suggest you start with 1/2 tsp before breakfast and gradually build up to a larger dose. We also suggest you only take it before breakfast and possibly lunch.

You should also take care not to take too much coconut oil if you think you may have adrenal fatigue. For some people with tired adrenals, it may be too stimulating to take too much or to take it in water on an empty stomach.

Zenian Coconut oil (Phillipine)

Now also available - 500ml jars of high quality oil from the Phillipines. This is another delicious oil with a creamy texture and light, mellow coconut flavour.

Try a sample and compare the flavours side by side to see which you like best.

Please note:

This is also a potent oil, so see the comments above

Zenian Organic

NEW reduced price

$18.50 per kg

Zenian Organic

Sample pack, 250g

$5

Zenian Coconut flour

This is a wonderful flour that can be used for gluten-free and starch free diets. Unlike most gluten-free flours, it is a whole food, with many beneficial properties.

It is:

• 100% gluten free
• High in protein
• High in fibre
• Low in digestible (net) carbs
• Can usually be eaten by people on starch free diets such as the IBS, SCD or GAPS diets.

It isn't suitable for people on egg free diets though, as eggs are needed to replace the gluten.

Your first bag of flour comes with a free recipe handout. And when you're ready to try more, we have stock of Bruce Fife's book Cooking With Coconut Flour.

Some questions we've been asked:

Q: Can you guarantee it's starch free? I did Carol Sinclair's iodine test on some dessicated coconut and it went black.

A: We did the iodine test on the flour and it stayed the same colour ie it passed the iodine test. Maybe the dessicated coconut had some additive in it that was starchy.

Q: Can you use coconut flour on the GAPS diet?

A: It is a fairly new product, so there is no specific ruling, but other coconut products including whole fresh coconut are allowed. So we believe it is safe for all starch free diets - Carol Sinclair's IBS Low-starch diet, Elaine Gottschall's Specific Carbohydrate diet (SCD) and Natasha Campbell-McBride's Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS) protocol.

However, because of the high fibre content, we don't recommend it for the Intro phase of GAPS. You can use it in the lead up when you are reducing your starches. And introduce it again after the Intro diet, once you are comfortable on a full range of other fibrous foods like raw vegetables and nuts and seeds. As with all other foods you are re-introducing, start with a small amount to see if you are ready for it.

Q: I can't have eggs but I'd really like to experiment with the coconut flour anyway. Do you have any egg free recipes?

A: You can use it in savoury foods without eggs, for example in meatballs or meatloaf or as a coating for fried foods. But the expert, Bruce Fife, has hardly any baking recipes without eggs (peanut butter cookies, and a pastry recipe using cream cheese), and he has experimented a lot.

You can bake egg free with ground almonds, and that is probably a better place to start experimenting.

Nutritional information, per 100g (Zenian):

We are looking into availability of other coconut products such as:

• Packaged young coconut water
• Packaged young coconut flesh
• Freeze dried coconut

If you are interested in any of these, let us know.

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