The Whole Coconut Cookbook--Your Complete Coconut Resource Guide

This book is fantastic!  Whether you are just now beginning to experience all that coconuts have to offer, or whether you have been a coconut lover for many years, this book will have some treats for you!

In the beginning of the book, the author spends some time explaining and teaching about the many different parts of the coconut and various other coconut products made from different parts of the tree (like the nectar as a sweetener).  This is a wonderful treat and I appreciated learning new things that I did not know before.

Then, the delicious recipes follow. And YUM, YUM, YUM!  We made several of the recipes and each one that we made turned out to be a delicious new addition to our growing list of family favorites.  I love the versatility of coconut itself, and that it can be on the dessert menus but also on the savory menus.

I also wrongly thought that I would have to purchase whole coconuts and tear them apart in order to use this book, but that is not the case. The author gives you the information that you would need to know if you did want to use whole coconuts (in other words, the author teaches you how to prepare a whole coconut to use in these recipes), but these recipes also work well if incorporating coconut items purchased separately such as coconut oil or coconut flakes.

So if you are curious about coconuts, or even if you are already a coconut lover and are wanting some new, fresh ideas on coconut recipe creations, this book is for you!

Note:  I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.