Comments on: Wild Blueberry and Hemp Shake

By: georgette

georgette — Sat, 23 May 2009 09:35:08 +0000

this looks amazing! thank you for the very useful information of flax vs. hemp, I really appreciated the clarification :)

I look forward to making this shortly

By: Brittni

Brittni — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:25:01 +0000

Oh I see! Thanks so much for the Info.!

So its Coconut Cream Concentrate! Got Ya! I’ll keep that in mind. it totally sucks that there always seems to be something that brings confusion! Bad Artisana for causing such a Mix up. :-p they should have called it something different!

Once again. thanks for the info. It will totally help me in the future when it comes to recipes! (since there is a pretty big difference in texture and taste from Coconut butter/oil and Coconut Cream Concentrate!AKA Artsiana Coconut Butter.. :-p lol)

-Brittni

By: Jana

Jana — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:01:54 +0000

Hi Brittni. Thanks for clarifying that. Coconut Oil (no fiber) has been called Coconut Butter for decades. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_oil
http://egetbetter.com/product/B-JFI-16004-COCO.html

What that particular product is is a coconut cream concentrate, just pureeing the whole flesh. Like this product – http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/coconut_cream_concentrate.htm
Unfortunately Artisana decided to call their product (which is very new to the market) “coconut butter” even though it is not and that name has been used to describe coconut oil/butter (fiberless oil/fat) for like forever. I think that company is solely to blame for the mass confusion among raw food recipes that use the oil and still continue to sometimes refer to the oil as butter, or even wrote the recipes long before that product ever existed. I think most people who write recipes using that product mention it by name/brand, but either way they have confused the market, getting people to use it in recipes that really were referring to the oil. For now on I will always refer to it as oil or butter/oil, but they still confused it for all the recipe books that have been out for years and years already, as well as hijacking the name. Too bad….

By: Brittni

Brittni — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:42:26 +0000

Coconut Oil is the oil and the coconut butter is the flesh and the oil ground together.

We have Both.

link to coconut butter:
http://livesuperfoods.com/coconut/PRE001.html

Coconut butter has a peanut butter like texture.

Coconut oil has a oil-y texture (lol how would u explain it?)

I love them both! lol

By: Jana

Jana — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:26:55 +0000

I’m glad you liked it Brittni. Coconut Oil is the exact same thing as Coconut Butter, just two names for the same product. Coconut oil is what I used in the recipe, but it’s just as good without any of it I think.

By: Brittni

Brittni — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:11:27 +0000

oh, YUMM. that was sooo good.

Heres what I changed:
I Used Yucon Syrup instead of Agave.
1/2 Banana. (or less)
1/4 tsp of Vanilla and 1 Vanilla bean

I used Coconut Oil Once and Coconut Butter another time. I think I liked the oil more?

But over all. GREAT RECIPE! Totally YUM!
Was craving Protein. and this totally hit the spot!