Easy Thai Coconut Milk, Homemade, Step-by-Step

Make your own fresh coconut milk and you won't have to worry about the preservatives  in the canned stuff.  Here's a video demonstration from You Tube:

The great thing about making fresh coconut milk in your own kitchen is that you can add ingredients according to your own family's likening, for example:

• Sweeteners like coconut sugar
• Flavorings like vanilla extract
• Fruits like mango 

Try the fresh coconut milk in fruit smoothies and frozen like whipped cream.

But first you've got to crack open the coconut to get started on making the milk.    Personally, I've never been able to crack open a coconut as easily as the lady in the video.   I've got to practice more!

Thai Food Recipe Ingredients: DA LIST

Run Out and Get Some Pad Thai...Now!

Do you love  tasty Thai food sooo… much that you tried to cook it at home?  But after all that cooking, you were left pondering ‘What’s missing from MY Pad Thai?”  I know I have!  

 

Thai Recipe Ingredients List

Well here’s an online link to the most comprehensive and straightforward list of Thai food recipe ingredients that I’ve ever seen:  Thai Food thetowntalk.com.



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Where to Find Thai Food Ingredients

Most of the essential Thai recipes ingredients like Galangal ginger and Thai Bird Eye Chilies can be found at organic grocery stores. Some ingredients like canned coconut milk and lemongrass stalks are available at most big grocery stores.  

You might have to order other critical ingredients like Kaffir lime leaves from an online Thai grocery website.

  

Kaffir lime fruit and leaves

 

And, nooo… I haven’t bought any of those $60 Thai food recipe books…. Yet.

 

Learn About and Experience Thai Culture

Years ago I was lucky enough to work for a Thai couple.  Our office pot luck lunches and parties always featured sumptuous tasting Thai dishes. 

Flowers carved out of food - A Thai cultural specialty

 

So your best bet to learn authentic Thai cooking might be to make some Thai friends.

Drink Creamy Coconut Milk To Go And Save Dollars



I  used to pack a lunch and still wind-up blowing my budget when I 'd buy expensive fruit smoothies, milk shakes and other specialty beverages in the cafeteria.  What I do now is pack a small jug of coconut milk to chug after lunch.

It’s a great way to keep costs down. Once place I would eat lunch at sold small containers of coconut water for nearly $5.00!!!!

I pack the coconut milk jug along with a small cold pack to get the most refreshing flavor.

Blend in your favorite fruit or even a little whipping cream into the coconut milk to make an inexpensive thick and creamy after-lunch treat. This is a great money saver and there's  nothing more revitalizing than more $$$$ in your pocket.