Time’s up! Giveaway: So Delicious Coconut Milk

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It really is So Delicious

Before moving to Seattle, I grew up on a tiny tropical island in the Western Pacific called Saipan. Coconut was a typical ingredient in cooking and a flavor I knew well. However coconut milk has always been used in savory dishes, a way to richen up a pedestrian soup and thicken a noodle dish. When offered the opportunity to review So Delicious’s Coconut Milk, I jumped at the opportunity to welcome a familiar taste back into my life.

The new coconut milk from So Delicious presents coconut milk as a wonderful and sweet alternative to dairy, which as a Pacific Islander who grew up with coconuts outside my own house, I had forgotten was even possible. It has been incredibly easy to switch it out wherever I used milk. I think some people might hesitate to use coconut milk because coconut milk is not as common as other dairy alternatives but once I incorporated into my regular routine, I had wondered what had taken this island bumpkin so long. In cereal and oatmeal breakfasts, I didn’t need to add any sugar or agave syrup. The coconut milk was sweet enough. I also kept it in my office freezer and drank it alone for an ice-cold treat and it was delicious and kept me from running out to the nearest coffee shop and answering the tempting siren call of a glazed donut.

At home, I stirred the coconut milk into my son’s hot chocolate and he didn’t notice the difference, which means I didn’t have to create a legal defense of coconut milk to a four-year-old who would not understand the benefits and would easily dismiss it because I wanted him to try something new. He didnʼt mention anything about the mini-muffins I made with the coconut milk and in my house, if my four-year-old doesnʼt scrunch up his nose and interrogate me about what Iʼve done to his food, itʼs a success. I didnʼt have to argue with him that he would like it because itʼs delicious and I would like it very much if he didnʼt have another glass of sugary juice or meat products shaped like dinosaurs.

coffee!

I was first eager to try coconut milk in brewed coffee. Itʼs such a Seattle stereotype to be a coffee lover, but itʼs true. I canʼt live without coffee, but I have to be mindful of what I put in it. I need to add sugar and cream to my coffee every morning, but creamer is a huge source of my calories and sugar. So Delicious Coconut Milk’s 60 calories per 192 ml box and only 6 grams of sugar.

In coffee, the taste of coconut was present but not cloying. I’ve had artificially flavored coconut syrups added to coffee before and it tasted like I was chugging down cheap perfume. The coconut milk added a light and subtle note, giving me exactly the sweetness I love but without the calories, fat and guilt that my normal glugs of creamer. I just want to enjoy coffee, not worry about whether I’ll be able to zip up my pants the next day just because I wanted something sweet.

Another dairy-free use of coconut milk was in a blueberry and banana smoothie. I prefer to call this a mocktail instead of a smoothie because I poured in my awesome concoction into a margarita glass. It’s nice to escape to the tropics in my mind when it’s so cold and blustery right outside my window. The presence of coconut was there, but like I had enjoyed in my other beverages and meals, it was a terrific addition, one I would cheer to any time of day.

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