Coconut Lime Square

Lime or Lemon Benefits

Lime or lemon are a good source of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, which may help aid in digestion, respiration and the prevention of cancer.

Lime  like all citrus fruits are rich in vitamin C. Just 100mls of lime juice has 38mg of vitamin C, more than the 30mg recommended daily intake. Lime are also a good source of pectin which can help reduce blood cholesterol.

One of the benefits of lemon or lime in your drinking water involves digestion. Adding them to a warm glass of water cam promote better digestion and relieve common symptoms such as heartburn, indigestion, gas, bloating, loss of appetite, vomiting and constipation.

Ten reasons why you should have warm lemon or lime juice in the morning.

Cut half of the citrus fruit, squeeze out the juice, mix with half glass of warm water. Drink in the morning half and hour before breakfast. 

1) The warm lemon water helps purify and stimulate the liver. Lemon/lime water liquefies bile while inhibiting excess bile flow.
2) Warm lemon/lime water aids digestion. It's atomic composition is similar to saliva and the hydrochloric acid of digestive juices.

3) The liver produces more enzymes from lemon/lime water than any other food, according to A.F. Beddoe, author of Biological Ionization as Applied to Human Nutrition.
4) The lemon/lime water helps bowels eliminate naturally and easily.

5) Lemons and limes are high in potassium. Potassium is an important mineral that works with sodium for smooth electrical transmission in the brain and nervous system. Depression, anxiety, fogginess, and forgetfulness can often be traced to low potassium blood levels. That same nervous system needs potassium to assure steady signals to the heart. So your heart health is improved from the lemon water's potassium.
6) Calcium and magnesium are plentiful in good ratio to each other in lemon/lime water. Magnesium is important for heart health and calcium prevents rickets.

7) Lemon/lime water can help lower blood pressure.
8) Lemon/lime water has an alkalizing effect in the body as it is buffered. Even if you drink it just before any meal, it will help your body maintain a higher pH than if you didn't drink it. The higher or more alkaline your pH, the more your inner terrain is resistant to minor and major disease.

9) Helps dilute uric acid, which if it accumulates it creates arthritic pain or gout.
10) Helps reduce phlegm in the body.

Information extract from natural news.

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Coconut flavor sweet and mild

Coconut Lime Square

1/  Preheat oven at 180 deg c
2/  Sift flour, add sugar and coconut, mix well.
3/  Cut butter into small cube, rub with your finger tips to resembles bread crumbs.
4/  Knead lightly into a dough.
5/  Grease a 20cm square pan, pat the dough evenly into prepared pan..
6/  Bake for 20 mins, remove form oven, pour the custard over the crust and bake for 20 mins.
7/  Sprinkle toasted coconut and bake at 150 deg c for 10 mins or until custard set.
8/  Cool completely, chill in fridge  for 1 hour and cut  into 5cm square. Decorate with a small slice of cut lime.

1/  Beat eggs and sugar lightly.
2/  Add flour, lemon juice, lemon zest and mixed until well blend.
3/  Pour custard mixture over the crust and bake for 20 mins.
4/  Sprinkle toasted coconut and bake at 150 deg c for 10 mins or until custard set.
5/  Cool completely, chilled in fridge for 1 hour and cut into 5cm square.
Decorate with a small slice of cut lime.

My lottery ticket, no luck! So meanwhile I'll just eat Coconut Lime Square and dream of Tahiti. LOL

BUT I won the "3rd Blogoversary giveaway" from  Love2Cook Malaysia  The prize is a box full of goodies.

Thank you LOVE, glad to meet a wonderful cheerful lady like you. 

 

 Have a great weekend. Cheers!

Papaya Coconut Cupcakes

Sometimes it's hard to understand but time tells the truth.
Some say that a birthday is a great time to look back at the past years. Others say is a good time to think what lies ahead. I say don't want to be old and wise, learn everything now and stop getting older.

 My Birthday cake.

My birthday present from a country far away, from a  retired alligator who remembers.

Thank you very much my dear friend for the lottery ticket and birthday card. I love the card, it's very very cute and lovely. * A big cyber hugs to you*

A very cute card and lovely bracelet from a Malaysian lady blogger who wish to remain anonymous. Thank you so much my dear friend. I love your gifts. *A big cyber hugs to you*

A  cute message and a cuddly bear from my dearest Kak Q Of Semalam Berlalu Esok Menanti
Kak Q, thank  you so much, I love your gifts. LUV U babe. *A big cyber hugs to you.*

A lovely birthday wishes and beautiful roses from Uncle Lee. Thank you very much for your lovely gifts. I love your gifts. *A big cyber hugs to you.*

Delicious Butter cake from Phong Hong. My dear friend, thank you so much for the beautiful butter cake. I love this very much. *A big cyber hugs to you*

Birthday treat from my good friend at Big Red Dot Singapore Cafe.  Spicy prawn with long beans set dinner.

 Singapore Laksa ( spicy noodle )

Toast bread salad from right to left @ egg mayo/ tuna mayo/ chicken mayo

Honey dew juice with honey.
My dear Jane, thank you so much for the delicious dinner. You are such a dearie friend who always remembers. *A big cyber hugs to you.*

Papaya  Coconut Cupcake

Ingredients
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 salt
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 cup corn oil
1/4 cup thick coconut milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
5 1/2 oz ripe papaya (mash)
1/2 fresh grated coconut

1/  Pre heat oven to 170 deg c
2/  Sift flour and baking soda, keep aside.
3/  Beat egg and sugar until fluffy.
4/  Add corn oil,salt, coconut milk, vanilla extract, papaya, grated coconut and mix well.
5/  Add flour and mix till well blend.
6/  Scoop into cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake 20 mins or until cook.
7/  Remove from oven and cool on wire rack
8/  Spread icing on top of cupcake and top with fresh grated coconut.Decorate as desire.

Butter Cream

Ingredients
100gm  butter
1 cup  icing sugar
2 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
Fresh grated coconut

1/  Sift icing sugar 3 times.
2/  Beat butter till creamy, add icing sugar and mix well.
3/  Add milk and vanilla and beat until light and creamy.
4/  If too stiff add more milk.
5/  Spread on cupcake and sprinkle with fresh grated coconut.

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Drawing by yours truly.
If I strike BIG, I'll be holidaying in Tahiti. LOL

To all my friends, have a great week ahead. Cheers!

Beyond The Reef

"Shave Ice" this treat is guaranteed to bring smiles to the faces of each and every one.
Shave ice is an ice-based dessert made by shaving a block of ice. Shaving produces a very fine ice that appears snow-like.

This extremely fine texture causes syrups added to it to be absorbed by the ice rather than simply surrounding it. Properly made shave ice  rarely requires a straw, since the flavors are in the ice and not at the bottom of the cup.

Shave ice with orange sauce. Whatever flavor you choose to have your shave ice, the result is always creamy, fruity and delectable.

 Shave ice with coconut flesh, a joy to behold

 Shave ice with pineapple sauce.....

  Pure seduction

Add azuki bean over the top of a finished ice  after the syrup has been poured. Drizzled sweetened condensed milk.

I'm all shook up.....

ooppss.....

 

A joy to behold

For an ultimate shave ice, add a scoop of vanilla ice cream at the bottom of the glass to create a delicious treats.

One night with you........

Put the lime in the coconut and twist it all up...

Shave ice with coconut flesh, a pleasing sensation.

 

Guess who?

You know who..............

President Obama and his daughters cooling off with shave ice.

Orange shave ice, drizzled some condensed milk to enhance the flavor.

You know him?

Mini shave ice with traffic light color

Pending your interest or senses.... go for it...or slow down...or stop....

to avoid heart palpitations.............

Back in the 70's during school days, practically everyone enjoyed sucking Shaved Ice balls including yours truly.

 

Tropical shave ice with coconut flesh, azuki beans, cendol, jelly and drizzled with condensed milk & syrup

Have a nice weekend, enjoy the cooling treat from me. Cheers!!