Babes love coconuts.

It’s one of those mysteries only women understand.

And me of course, I mean I did create a coconut and grapeseed scrub, just for my frankfurts.

It’s full of coffee, coconut, jojoba beads, and of course natural grapeseed oil.

But I didn’t come here to talk about me. I came here to talk about you and me in the kitchen.

Yes I cook babes; it’s just the kind of guy I am. Coconut is one of my favourite things. Along with babes, bikinis, showers… anyway.

Let’s be frank, coconut is not just great for your outsides, it’s great for your insides, too. So I thought I’d give you some recipes so you can get dirty in the kitchen, and afterwards we can get dirty in the shower.

Raw Bounty Bars.

This recipe is like a coconut and cacao scrub in one. But edible. I know, babes, I know. It’s via super healthy babe @mynewroots.

Coconut Filling


• 2 cups / 175g unsweetened desiccated coconut
• ¼ cup / 60ml melted coconut oil
• 2 Tbsp. coconut nectar
• 1-2 Tbsp. raw honey or maple syrup
• ¼ tsp. fine grain sea salt
• 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped
• 1 Tbsp. water Raw Chocolate
• 1/4 cup / 60 ml melted coconut oil
• 2 Tbsp. / 30ml melted cacao butter
• 1/3 cup / 30g raw cacao powder
• 1/4 cup raw honey
• A couple pinches salt, to taste.

Directions:

To make the filling, add coconut nectar, honey, sea salt, and vanilla seeds to the melted coconut. Whisk to combine. Like really whisk babes. Set it aside. Place coconut in a large bowl and sprinkle the water over top, and mix in. Pour the melted coconut oil mixture in and fold it all together. Line a 7×7” (18x18cm) baking pan with plastic wrap, with extra to wrap around the mixture later. Press the coconut mixture firmly into place. You can use your hands babes, get a little dirty. We’ll get clean later.

Wrap edges around coconut mixture and place in the freezer for at least 30 minutes. To make the chocolate, melt the coconut oil and cacao butter. Add honey and again, get whisking. When it’s smooth, add cacao and sea salt. Let’s create. Give yourself some space to get messy. Place a piece of baking paper underneath a cooling rack. Remove the coconut mixture from the freezer, unwrap and cut into 12 bars. Or whatever you’re into. One at a time, place a coconut bar into the chocolate mixture turning it a couple of times. Place on the cooling wrack. Repeat with remaining ingredients. Then freeze for around 15 minutes, and then coat them all over again. Just to make sure there’s enough cacao happening. Put in the freezer again until they are firm. Then eat my babes. Before or after scrubbing, whichever you’d prefer.

Vegie Rolls with Spicy Coconut Curry Sauce

For those times when you’re feeling more savoury than sweet. You’re sweet enough anyway, babes.

Rolls

• 1 daikon sliced into 8
• 1 capsicum sliced
• 1 portobello cap sliced
• 1 zucchini sliced
• 1 carrot shredded
• ½ head of red cabbage sliced

Spicy Coconut Curry Sauce

• 1 tbsp. coconut oil
• ⅓ c. coconut milk
• 1 tbsp. curry powder
• ½ tsp. sea salt
• 1. tsp crushed garlic
• 1 tsp. red pepper flakes
• 1 tbsp. lemon juice
• 2 tbsp. soy sauce
• 1½ tsp. coconut sugar

Directions:

Lay out 2 slices of the daikon one on top of the other. Layer all the other veggies. Roll it up, gently babes, gently. And hold it together with a toothpick. In a small bowl, combine coconut milk, sea salt, soy sauce, and coconut sugar. In a small saucepan, heat the coconut oil on high. Add red pepper flakes, garlic, curry powder, and lemon juice and stir for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Pour in coconut milk mixture and stir on high heat for 2-3 minutes. Then you dip the rolls into the coconut goodness.

Job done, my frankfurts.

See you in the kitchen babes.

xx frank