Tropical Traditions Coconut Flour {Review & Giveaway} *ENDED*
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This post is part of my “Blogiversary” Giveaway Celebration, where I’m posting a new giveaway contest each week! Click on the button to the left for a complete list of all past, present, and future giveaways planned for this event!
When Tropical Traditions (makers of the best virgin coconut oil) asked if I wanted to review another one of their wonderful products, I immediately jumped at the opportunity – especially since it meant I could also host another giveaway! But when it came time to actually decide which product I would review, it took a while for me to narrow it down, and I’m happy to say I’ve made the right choice.
They sent me a package of their organic coconut flour, but when it arrived, I have to admit I was kind of lost as to how exactly I would use this grain-free flour. I’d heard of it before, but I’ve never used it or even seen what it looks like up close, for that matter.
Coconut flour is a very fine, powdery flour made from the fibrous part of the coconut that’s left over after the coconut oil is pressed out. The leftover meat is dried out and then ground into a fine powder, leaving you with coconut flour.
What Makes Coconut Flour So Great?
- It’s gluten/grain-free, so if you have sensitivities to wheat or are otherwise trying to avoid wheat products, this is a great alternative.
- It’s high in protein – a whopping 19%!
- It’s high in dietary fiber (58%), and low in carbohydrates.
- It has a mild, naturally sweet taste, so baked goods need less sugar added.
- It’s low on the glycemic index.
How Exactly Do You Use Coconut Flour?
Because coconut flour is gluten-free, you can’t just go and substitute it 100% for other flours. But with a little research and planning, you can make adjustments to your recipes to achieve a 100% gluten-free recipe (especially for muffins and quick breads)! Here are some ways to use coconut flour in your cooking and baking:
- Add some extra protein and fiber to your standard wheat-based recipes by substituting about 10-30% of your wheat flour with coconut flour.
- To convert a wheat-based recipe, you can add about 1 egg per ounce of coconut flour to act as a binder, in place of the gluten found in wheat.
- Add a spoonful to your smoothie for an extra protein and fiber kick – my favorite!
- Dissolve a spoonful in a glass of water for a high-fiber coconut flavor drink!
- Use it as a thickening agent in your soups, sauces and gravies.
- Use it to bread your chicken, fish, or shrimp. Check out this great recipe for gluten-free chicken nuggets!
- Try making some of these wonderful recipes at Tropical Traditions
- And finally, my good friend Sara at My Merry Messy Life is sharing this lovely recipe for Gluten-Free Chocolate Banana Muffins! Now you all know my semi-obsession with bananas, right? I’m definitely going to try making these delicious looking muffins this weekend!
Gluten-Free Coconut Flour Banana Chocolate Muffins by My Merry Messy Life
How to Buy Organic Coconut Flour
Tropical Traditions’ organic coconut flour is superior in quality, like so many of their other coconut products. Right now, they have an amazing sale for a 2.2 pound bag for just $9.99 until this Sunday, October 14th, 2012! That’s 33% off their regular price! Click here to order a bag of this wonderful flour today!
How to Win Organic Coconut Flour
The amazing people at Tropical Traditions will also send one lucky reader a 2.2 pound bag of their organic coconut flour!
Just use the Rafflecopter form below to enter. Contest is open for US and Canada residents and ends October 19, 2012. Read the complete terms and conditions on the form below.
Thank you so much to Tropical Traditions for allowing me to do a review and giveaway of their amazing product!
Disclaimer: Tropical Traditions provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product. Also, if you order by clicking on any of my links and have never ordered from Tropical Traditions in the past, you will receive a free book on Virgin Coconut Oil, and I will receive a discount coupon for referring you.
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I try to make smoothies every morning or at least once a day; I think this would be a great addition to that.
This is by far my favorite use for it, MzT! Makes my daily smoothies that much more filling and nutritious.
I’ve been wantibng to try cocnut cookies made with coconut butter, flour and oil.
I made bread a few months ago – a sweet bread with flour, oil and milk (all coconut)) plus dried, and it RAWKED!
OMG, you just blew my mind with your coconut trifecta bread, Rachel!
I would use it to make all kind of baked goods like: Cookie, cakes, banana bread, pizza crust, etc…
I recently added about 4 T tropical traditions coconut flour to my usual grain-free brownie recipe, and it was a great addition!
Great idea, Danielle! I’ve recently been making black bean brownies and coconut flour sounds like a great addition to those! Thanks for the idea and good luck!
I’m just waking up to the need to change to coconut flour so this would be awesome! Thank you for such a great giveaway!
I want to make a cake for my daughter who doesn’t eat grains yet, and I would probably put it in smoothies too. I didn’t know you could do that!
I would like it for making bread
I would love to use coconut flour as a substitute in some of my sweet recipes. I’m a paleo kid so it’ll be nice to have this as a healthier option.
I’ve just started using coconut flour, and i love it!!
I bake all the time but have never tried coconut flour. I’m excited to try it!
I’d like to make cocomeal – that’s oatmeal, but using coconut flour instead of oats!
Ooooh! Wonderful idea, Katherine! Never would’ve thought of that!
I finally got my husband to agree that we should limit our flour/gluten intake…Yay….Now I just need to get my materials together and this would help A LOT!!!
I plan to attempt some paleo bread!
I would bake some gluten free goodies for my hubby! (newly diagnosed celiac who is missing his cakes/cookies and sweet breads)
I’ve never used coconut flour, would love to try it!
I have PCOS and can’t eat very many carbs, I would love to try this alternative to wheat flour!
I use coconut flour for almost all my baking. Our favorites are coconut muffins and waffles.
I would use it to bread chicken.
I want to make muffins!
i have been hearing so much about it and would really like to try coconut flour for so many things such as baking, smoothies sounds like a good idea and anything else that will get rid of the wheat flour in our food.
I’d like to make some cheese biscuits with coconut flour for my mother-in-law. She can’t eat gluten.
I make all homemade goodies to send to school in my children’s lunchboxes! I am always looking for even healthier alternatives! This would be perfect!!!
I have been wanting to try this, and start making homemade bread again. I love all their products I have tried.
Thanks for the tips on how to use it.
Hope I win it
aimie
I would love to try this. There is no where around me that carries anything like this.
I would make cookies.
Yum! I’ve been wanting to try coconut flour for awhile now. I’d probably start off with some brownies.
I love to make bread, and would really like to try coconut flour with my recipe.
I’ve never tried coconut flour but would love to experiment with it.
I would like to make a gluten-free chocolate cake with this coconut flour
rollerbeth at gmail dot com
I’d love to substitute wheat flour for coconut flour in all my cookie and sweets recipes!!
love coconute flour…would like to try it in more things…i’m thinking brownies.
I would make coconut flour pancakes!
Thank you!
I wonder what coconut cake would taste like made with coconut flour? yummm.
Smoothies!!
I would love to find some vegan recipes to use this in!
Cakes – any cakes
I would like to use it for baking!
Protein pancakes
Love Tropical Traditions!
I made a coconut flour cake with chocolate butttercream frosting that was delish and would love to try to make it again!
I would love to try pancakes
I would love to use this to bake muffins and cookies!
Entered the rafflecopter form as “Wild Orchid”
Thanks for the cool giveaway!
wildorchid985 @ gmail dot com
I am trying to go grain free, so all my baking.
I want to make Lemon-coconut blondies!!!