Review Time!

What? You mean this isn't about YS2??? ha ha! My review of Caleb is that he is top notch! But seriously this is about something else. As you know life for us is a little crazy these days with a newborn so Sam does more of the grocery shopping than I do. We sometimes take turns. But on one of his trips to Whole Foods he came home with a carton of coconut milk (vanilla) by Turtle Mountain/Purely Decadent. Hmmm...wasn't sure about this. He poured me a glass to sample and mama mia! was this yummy!! It's about the same price as a carton of organic cow milk (I think - haven't bought that stuff in a long time so don't quote me) and way tastier! They also have yogurt made with coconut milk. I highly recommend the vanilla and pina colada flavors. :) Their "ice cream" is pretty tasty too...especially if it involves peanut butter. Okay, not really raw but tasty nonetheless. It's just great to see that there are more alternatives becoming available - just wish they weren't so darn expensive some of them, including produce!! Anyway, side rant...Glad to have found some coconut milk that I can enjoy by the glass or in my granola. Fresh young coconuts around here are too expensive these days and sometimes not good inside so buying a carton of it once in awhile is way better IMO. I hear in Idaho you can buy a Thai coconut for less than a dollar. WTH? Why can't we have prices like that here in Seattle? Whatever. Anyway, I keep getting off track with my irritation for high prices of things. Time to relax and enjoy the rest of this holiday weekend. Enjoy!

Comments

Lauren said…
Hey you!

Glad all is well with your little sprout! :)

I will have to try that milk out, I've seen it at Whole Foods, guess I need to pick some up! Thanks for the review!
July 6, 2009 at 7:43 AM
Anonymous said…
I just saw coconut yogurt too...shoulda bought it....next time tho!

I may go find that milk too!
thanks for the review!
July 7, 2009 at 8:34 AM
bitt said…
seen those. thanks for approving of it. pina colada sounds delish! for a minute i thought you were going to recommend young coconut water for newborns but i see i was off on that.
July 9, 2009 at 11:46 AM
shannonmarie said…
While pregnant, I definitely haven't been 100 percent raw, and although I feel like I could now, it's probably not a good idea to go entirely raw yet due to the detoxifying effects. It's difficult to get young Thai coconuts around here as well, so I'll be on the lookout for this product. Thanks :-)

Oh, by the way, did you hear that Kristen of Kristen's Raw is pregnant? The raw diet is really a fertile one.
July 12, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Kristen's Raw said…
Girl!!! Those are my favorite flavors of their yogurt, too! I just found the milk on Tuesday when shopping at WF and I was like... "Gotta Try This!!!" I grabbed the vanilla flavor and holy crap, it's tasty! I love it! One of my "treats" :) ya know?!

Cheers,
Kristen
July 16, 2009 at 1:38 AM
Michelle said…
Heidi I am in love with the coconut icecream by purely decadent. I could eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Now I must try the coconut milk - thank you girlie!!!
July 16, 2009 at 3:06 AM
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