5 ways to use leftover coconut milk and cream
When the recipe calls for a quarter cup and you don’t know what to do with the rest, store it in a covered bowl or sealed jar in the fridge for a day or two until you’re ready to try these ideas.
1. Add a splash to eggs while scrambling them.
Try: Scrambled sweetcorn
2. Freeze in a Ziploc bag or in ice trays to use in smoothies or curries (or pop a few blocks into your iced coffee).
Try: Pineapple and rolled-oat smoothies.
3. Add a little to oats while you’re cooking it on the stove.
Try: Buttermilk-soaked oats with berries
4. Make a faux white sauce by cooking veggie spaghetti (baby marrow or butternut) in leftover coconut cream.
Try: Chicken in coconut “gravy”
5. Make a Thai-style stir-fry marinade with coconut milk, lime leaves, crushed garlic cloves, sweet chilli sauce and brown sugar.
Try: Trout poached in Thai red coconut curry with lentils.
Discover more creamy ways with coconut milk (or cream) here.
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