Maybe it’s because I just got back from a vacation in Mexico, but I was struck with the urge to buy a whole coconut yesterday. This morning, I woke up and wanted to break it open immediately. Easier said than done.
I hacked at it with a big butcher knife for a while, and that did nothing but throw brown coconut shrapnel all over my kitchen. So I went out to the garage and came back with…
A hammer. At 6:30am. My neighbors probably thought I had lost my mind, but it doesn’t matter, it yielded a beautiful thing.
After I made the initial crack, sweet coconut water started coming out (kind of like a piñata), and I put it over a glass to drain. Once it had emptied, I wedged my butcher knife into the fissure and hacked away until I had successfully split it open.
A true beauty. I nibbled on the edges for a while (I used to love doing this in my mom’s kitchen when I was younger), and then made the most glorious bowl of fruit cereal you’ve ever tasted.
Peaches, strawberries, fresh coconut, and vanilla soy milk.
It was so pretty that I had to make it my new header. I realize it’s not cake, but it is gorgeous food, and I like gorgeous food just as much as I like cake. So there.
Happy Friday Friends!!
That is SO cool. I’ve always wanted to grab a coconut at the grocery store but it feels so… weird. I guess I just have to get over that.
I like topping a bowl of yogurt and oats/granola with fruits, nuts (!), nut butters, chocolate chunks, and lots of grated coconut.
I can put coconut flakes on anything (even salads, ha).
Great in cookies, muffins, and banana loaves too.
Mmm… coconut! I haven’t hacked on one for a while, but you’re making me feel in the mood! Down here in South Texas big cups of fruit with chili powder and lemon juice are popular, the last time I had one it had lots of chunks of fresh coconut, yum!
I am so intimidated to open a coconut! Good for you. It does look insanely delicious.
Growing up my parents would buy a coconut and my dad would use his large drill in his wood shop to drill a hole into the center of the coconut. We would stick a straw in it and drink the milk and then crack it open and eat the rest. So much fun…I haven’t had a coconut since.
I love the fresh coconut and fruit as your header! (The other cake looked delish too). I saw on a cooking show recently where he took a small chunk of fresh coconut, squeezed some fresh lime juice and then a tiny bit of salt on it.
Enjoy your summery eats!
That does it, I think I am going to buy a “coconut” at the grocery store tomorrow. I have been tempted for weeks but resisted, why I have no idea, but your post clinched it for me. =)
omg, that looks delicious. i cant believe it toook that long to break into. enjoy it!
I can totally relate to the hammer thing. I love winter squash so much that my family actually bought me a specific hammer just for the kitchen. I have definitely been known to roast kabocha at strange hours (I’m talking midnight here), hacking away. All I can say is that your hard work was definitely worth it! That bowl is absolutely stunning and I love it as your new header.
Have a lovely day!
xox
FRESH coconut!! that sounds amazing!! haha it better had been worth it!
I always see the fresh coconuts in the store, but I just don’t have enough time to crack them open.
That’s one beautiful coconut! Congrats on getting it open!
hahahaha! theyre so fun to attack.. well the young thai ones that is. these big ones can get really messy.. and theyre so delicate.. i always seem to loose all the coconut water lol
xoxo
I haven’t had a fresh coconut since I was a kid. Now I want to buy one!!
I haven’t had fresh coconut… in ages! Maybe I should have a coconut battle too!
Mmmm this just gave me the biggest craving for coconut! I’ve actually never tried to open my own, but the hammer intimidates me!
Fresh coconuts intimidate me and you are my hero for conquering it…haha. Seriously, though. Now I really want to buy one and try it for myself.
Gorgeous is right! I’m loving that you were hammering it open at 6:30 am. Awesome.
A million years ago one of my friends had a fresh coconut. I don’t know what we did wrong, but it was NOT bueno. I would be willing to try it again though. I do love coconut. For some reason, the only way I can think to describe coconuts is ‘intriguing’.
I hope your weekend is going well!
I just don’t like coconut. Never have and never will……..I realize I’m in the minority here Haha!
<3 Tori
Fruit cereal?! What a brilliant idea! I’m definitely going to try this next week.
Fresh coconut…yum! And yes because of you I have discovered the wonderful world of fruit cereal! I definitely eat this as a night time snack at least 2 or 3 times a week! Genius Katie!
I have honestly never bought a fresh coconut before! Your breakfast looks amazing!
Haha, you gotta do what you gotta do to get to the goods!
Mmmm, fresh coconut is so good! Way to conquer that coconut! I’m not sure what I would have done, (maybe let my dog have a go at it?) other than googled “how to open a coconut”.
Way to persevere and get that thing open!
Well worth the hard work.
The picture of the hammer cracked me up. Coconuts are so much work, but totally worth it. Way to go showing it who’s boss!
COCONUT! That sounds so good right now. Way to be determined to open that little sucker up.
I’m so stupid. When I was living in Singapore, where coconuts are so abundant, and you see coconut trees out in the public everywhere, I NEVER appreciated it. And now, in America, I’m starting to. I have not cracked a whole coconut yet. I’ll wait till I’ve got some stress to relieve before I hold that hammer.
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Good for you cracking your own coconut!! Your bowl looks fab!
haha i love that tropical vacations always inspire tropical meals for the following week. I bet fresh coconut taste DIVINE. better than the flakes, no?