Yes, the infamous Blogger Secret Ingredient Contest has made it’s way to from french fries to flax seeds!
Ruth at Plentiful Plants contacted me this weekend, seeing if I would be willing to host this week’s contest. After a quick thought about a) what I would choose, and b) what the prize would be, I said yes!
Now, I’m sure none of my regular readers will be surprised at my choice of ingredient. In fact, I’m sure you’ve already guessed it. I must say, I was super excited that it hadn’t been chosen yet!
Can you guess form this photo what the ingredient is?
That’s right – this weeks secret ingredient is COCONUT!
So, what’s so great about this tasty nut? I’ve consulted the book The Encyclopedia Of Healing Foods for a few facts:
- Unlike other nuts, the coconut is high in saturated fat. But this saturated fat is mostly made up of medium chained fatty acids, which the body converts to into compounds with antiviral & antibacterial properties.
- Coconut oil can help protect against heart disease and promote weight loss
- Coconuts are a relatively good source of iron, phosphorous, and zinc
- And they taste spectacular!
You can check out more information on coconuts in this Wikipedia article.
So, what is your favourite way to use this food? Breakfast, lunch dinner? Savoury or sweet? Get those thinking caps on and let’s get some great recipes together that showcase one of my favourite foods. Please email me with your recipe (or email me with a link to the recipe) at frenchfriestoflaxseeds (at) gmail (dot) com. I will accept entries until 9:00 pm on Sunday, April 13th (yes, that’s Easter Sunday – if you are having dinner, make sure you don’t wait until the last minute!).
And what have I picked as the prize for the winning recipe? The winning entry will receive a batch of custom biscotti, made by me! That’s 24 pieces of crunchy cookie goodness, tailored to your own personal tastes (although, I think it should contain coconut 😉 ). You can check out a couple of my biscotti creations here and here. It’s even possible a little something extra will slip into the prize package too 😉
Alrighty – get your coconut thinking caps on, and make sure to spread the word on the contest! Let’s make it a good one 🙂
french fries to flax seeds 
Oh wow, awesome choice!!!! Coconuts!!!
emailing you now!! 🙂
When I read coconut I actually thought “oh man, VeggieGirl has some GOOD stuff that’s gonna beat us all!” hehe
Love biscotti of course 😉
Coconut is so delicious!!!
HOORAY!!!! COCONUT!!!! I might bust out a recipe tonight!!!
I haven’t done a BSI since before Christmas, but I think I need to get back into it with this ingredient choice!!! Great pick!!
PS…check out my post tonight….there’s an award waiting for you! 😉
I love coconuts with all my heart. I recently wrote up a post all about the amazing health benefits of coconut oil- http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2009/03/22/rub-on-a-little-oil-coconut-oil/
This Thursday, I’ll also be posting a ridiculously silly video of me cracking one of these babies open.
Wow – I’ll really have to think about this one! Good choice and great prize!
Hi lady.
I just emailed you! Gosh, i think I’ve found someone that loves coconut as much as I do!! Awesomes!
Also, I linked over here from my blog.
Coconut..what a good choice!!! I’m going to enter this I think. It’ll be my first BSI submission…we’ll see!!
Yum! I am going to have to get cooking!!!!!! I love coconut!
Oooh, me likey 🙂 Congrats on getting to host this week’s BSI! I have a few coconut recipes on my blog – I’m going to see if they are up to par. Otherwise, I may have to get creative!
This does have so many options! I’m gonna need to put my thinking cap on!
OMG I love coconut! My fave way to eat it is my Samoas oatmeal (which is in Jenna’ Dessert Cookbook).
ooh, great choice!
I may try to enter this one! I love coconut!! And, I have some in my pantry!!
Yeah!