Make Your Own Coconut Milk

photo from Natural Chow

Natural Chow has this great tutorial on how to make your own coconut milk. Yes, please!

Ingredients

1. 2 cups organic unsweetened dried shredded coconut
2. 3 1/2 cups hot water

Instructions

1. Place the shredded coconut and hot water in a blender. Blend the water and shredded coconut for 5 minutes. Let the coconut shreds steep in the hot water for 15 minutes.
2. Using a sieve lined with cheese cloth over a glass bowl, strain the coconut mixture. Allow to strain for thirty minutes, then squeeze the coconut pulp out to get every last drop of coconut milk out.
3. Pour into a glass jar and store in the fridge up to a week.