Even for those who love sitting down to a big glass of pure coconut water from YogaEarth, discovering new ways to use Purity coconut water powder can be exciting. YogaEarth products are not just supplements to your everyday lifestyle, but part of creating a healthy and happily life that is vitalized by high quality whole foods that build a strong foundation for your every practice.
As a powder, Purity organic coconut water can be a versatile ingredient to add nourishing benefits to other whole foods and recipes too. Here are four easy ways to incorporate Purity coconut water powder in your every day diet:
- Its natural sweetness makes a healthy, low glycemic sweetener for juices, tea and smoothies.
- As a low calorie and low glycemic starch, coconut water powder can be used in baked goods in combination with your flour of choice. Try swapping ½ cup of coconut water powder for 1/3 cup of flour to add nutrients and natural sweetness to your recipes.
- Add it to raw food recipes for an additional source of nutrients and natural sweetness. Use it as a sweetener to raw food energy bars or as a healthy starch base for sauces, soups and spreads. Check out this recipe for coconut water powder and raw cashew butter frosting.
- Ferment it with kefir grains to make pure coconut water kefir; a naturally probiotic and enzyme rich drink that aids digestion, immune function and tissue health. Get the recipe here.
Thinking about YogaEarth’s pure coconut water powder, and other nutrient rich foods, as foundational ingredients to your everyday healthy recipes makes it easier to ensure you get a good daily dose of as many high quality and nutrient rich foods as possible.
When each meal or snack you make contains more nourishing ingredients that that benefit your body, you’ll find it easier to avoid empty-calorie, processed and non-nourishing indulgences. As you feel, perform and look better with every bite, you will begin to crave the foods that provide it for you.
There’s no reason to feel guilty after a meal when there are so many great tasting, easy and fun ways to create intelligent indulgences that nourish you! Here is another great way to use purity organic coconut water, in combination with organic superfoods and quinoa protein.
Purity & Superfood Raw Energy Bites
½ cup raw unpasteurized almonds
½ cup raw cashews
½ cup finely chopped dates
½ cup organic mulberries
¾ cup quinoa flakes
¾ cup Purity coconut water powder
¼ tsp ground cardamom
½ tsp ground cinnamon
Zest of one orange
½ cup dried unsweetened shredded coconut
Combine the raw almonds and cashews in a Cuisinart or standing blender and pulse until they reach nut butter consistency. Add the dates and pulse again until finely chopped and incorporated with the nuts. Add the mulberries and quinoa flakes and pulse to combine. Add the coconut water powder, cardamom, cinnamon and orange zest and pulse to incorporate.
Use clean hands to remove the mixture from the blender and form into ping-pong ball sized rounds. Roll each ball in the shredded coconut until covered. Enjoy immediately or wrap tightly and save for up to 10 days. Enjoy!
