Coconut Icy
This is a really big day for us over here at Sweet Potato Chronicles. I. Mean. Big. When we started this site, our babies were, well, babies. We started cooking with our kids for a lot of different reasons. We wanted to teach them the the awesomeness of food but we also hoped to one day reap the proven benefits that come along with getting the kid’s involved in the kitchen. Plus, we got some pretty hilarious material for posts from our escapades in the kitchen together. But today is a major milestone for this family as well as the SPC site. My daughter Scarlett will debut her very first recipe and post. This simple but wildly yummy icy was her creation. She’s done lots of other recipes before. In fact, she created a mean spinach puree that has become a staple in our household, but this dish is all hers from inception and testing to photographing and actually building and writing the post. (Please pardon any misspelling and typos.)
Ladies and gentleman please welcome my daughter Scarlett and her very first post. (I’m having a very proud mommy moment right now.) I’ll hand it over to her and, if you need me, I’ll be having a cry over in the corner. Take it away my beautiful girl….
Hi everyone, I’m very excited to be writing this post today. I wanted to make this recipe because I spend a lot of time on the beach in Connecticut where my nana and grandpa live. On the beach, when it gets really hot, we like to go to the ice cream truck. When I was littler, I used to get ice cream sandwiches or a pink panda popsicles but now I like to get a snow cone. I love it because at the bottom it has a gumball. So it’s a treat in a treat. It’s one of my favorite memories–on the beach with a snow cone on a hot day.
I made this recipe because I wanted to make something similar at my cottage so I didn’t have to go all the way to Connecticut for my favorite snow cone. I like it so much because you can scrape it out of the cup and when it melts you can drink it too. The only thing I miss is the gumball on the bottom. I hope you like it.
Here’s my recipe…
Photo by Maya Visnyei
Ingredients
- 1 cup ice cubes
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1/4 cup shaved coconut
- 2 tablespoons honey
- juice of two limes
- zest of one lime
Method
In a blender, whiz the milk, coconut, honey, lime juice and zest.
Add the ice cubes, blend until the mixture is smooth, and pour it into paper cups.
Freeze the mixture for 2 hours. Serve, scrape and enjoy.
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We're Ceri and Laura, a couple of magazine-editors-turned-food-bloggers. Also, we're mothers obsessed with delicious, healthy, family food. We're constantly thinking of ways to make your time (and our own!) in the kitchen easier and more productive, but still nostalgic for the days when dinner was cereal eaten over the kitchen sink.
18 Comments
Dan Keogh
August 20, 22:58Scarlett,
Way to go honey! You did a really great job with your first post and I hope it’s the first of many more. I remember getting you all of those pink panther posicles, they were so good! I can’t wait for the next one!
Xo Daddy
Heather
August 21, 10:49What a lovely post! I think my son will love this treat!
Laura Keogh
August 21, 14:17Thank you so much for your note, Heather. Scarlett loved see a comment come in for her recipe. I hope your son enjoys her treat.
Amanda Digges
August 21, 14:15This is the greatest post ever!!! So excited for you Scarlett. Uncle Al & Auntie Amanda are very proud of you and can’t wait to read more.
Laura Keogh
August 21, 14:19Thank you Auntie Amanda and Uncle Al, YOu guys are the best!! Thank you for always being so supportive of SPC. We couldn’t do it without you, especially you Chef Amanda! xo
Laura
August 21, 17:31Yummy!! My three year old niece will love this. Great work, Scarlett!
Laura Keogh
September 04, 00:38Thank you so much for writing, Laura! Scarlett was so appreciate of your comment. best, Laura
Kathy
August 21, 22:13Wait, what!?! How am I just now hearing about this deliciousness?? You been holding out on me girl. It sounds delicious, it looks delicious and your whole post was deee-licious! Good for you Scarlett…now get Mommy a cocktail
Ade Fraioli
August 22, 10:00Grandpa and Nana read your post and recipe and we are going to make it this weekend and have it for desert.
We think you did an amazing job with your first post and we are looking forward to more Can’t wait to see you again (by the way I heard the ice cream man last night and thought of you).
Love always, Nana and Grandpa xoxo
Uncle Al
August 22, 13:49You’re post is very nicely done Scarlett! I don’t see why you need to go without the gumball though? Have mommy go out and get a package of gumballs so that you have them when you need them.
Leah
August 22, 16:39Great recipe, Scarlett! Well done and thank you for sharing! I would love to try this. I hope you don’t mind if I ask you a question. Is shaved coconut, fresh coconut? Or can I use dry shredded (unsweetened) coconut? Thanks!
Laura Keogh
September 04, 00:37Thank so much for writing, Leah. You are so right. It is dry shredded unsweetened coconut. That was my fault. I should have caught if for Scarlett. Hope you give the icy a try still. All the best, Laura
Linda
August 23, 13:07Hi my name is Linda I work with your grandmother (nana) at the hospital.This recipe sounds great, I cant wait to try it.
Mrs. Heath
August 24, 00:28Way to go Scarlett! I am so proud of you for coming up with this recipe and your excellent write up! It looks so yummy! I’ll have to make it with my girls! See you when school starts!
Laura Keogh
September 04, 00:35Thank you, Mrs. Heath! Let us know if Katie and Sara like it. Can’t wait to see you.
Linda
August 24, 12:42Hi Scarlett, I tried the coconut icy recipe .it is the best it was delicious great job,you should be very proud of yourself. Thanks for sharing.
Laura Keogh
September 04, 00:35Hi Linda, Scarlett wanted me to thank you so much for trying her recipe and writing her. She is feeling pretty special. Thank you.
Anna Camille (AC)
September 05, 13:18I stumbled onto this website when a friend of mine ‘liked’ it on Facebook. Laura, it looks fantastic. I remember when you were just starting out with it. Scarlett, I’m so impressed by your post! However, I’m not surprised as you have always been great in the kitchen. I hope school is treating you well and that you continue to create and post with your mom.