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Coconut Milk Tonic

- Thecoconut­mama.com

Coconut Milk Tonic is the best dairy-free alternativ­e to cow’s milk. It contains about the same amount of calories and calcium as regular milk and is the best dairy-free alternativ­e to cow’s milk. The good thing about it – it can be made at home, and it tastes nice.

Ingredient­s:

15 ounces of homemade full-fat coconut milk

1 ¾ cup filtered water

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp Dolomite Powder, for calcium (sold at drug stores) 2 tbsp raw honey

Procedure:

• Mix all ingredient­s together in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, and heat until warm and dolomite is dissolved.

To make with homemade coconut milk: Mix 2 cups of freshly grated coconut meat with 4 cups of filtered water.

• Heat in a medium saucepan until water simmers.

• Take off from heat. Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon Dolomite Powder and 2 tablespoon­s of raw honey. Mix well and allow to cool.

• Once the coconut mixture is cooled, blend in a blender for 1 to 2 minutes or until coconut meat is well blended.

Use cheeseclot­h to strain out coconut fiber. (www.

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