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by **New year, New me!** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:37 pm

what I need to know is if coconut, and coconut milk with no added sugars is ok in ph 1. I couldn't find it anywhere on the foods to enjoy/avoid list.

thanks!
cori

by **luvs_torun** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:29 pm

Unsweetened coconut flakes are OK in P2 (not in phase 1). The suggested serving size is 2 Tbs. and it's LIMITED.

"Lite" unsweetened coconut milk is OK in P1. The serving size is 1 Tbs. and is listed as LIMITED. ( even the "lite" per 14 oz. can has 315 calories and 28 grams of fat).

by **New year, New me!** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:13 am

My lite coconut milk lists 1 serving at 65mL (4tblsp i think) and has only 5g of fat per serving! It is also only 49 cal per serving. I am making a coconut chicken curry soup for supper tonite, and it sounds like I should be ok. The amount of actual coconut found in my curry paste is very small, and one can of this milk (which holds 6 sug. ser.) will feed about 8 people.

by **imjude** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:56 pm

Can you pass along the recipe for the curry chicken soup that you are making?? It sounds good!

Thanks

by **New year, New me!** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:09 am

imjude - here is the recipe as much as I follow one.

Four pre-cooked chicken breast cubed
6 c water
2 chicken flavour bouillon
1 can chickpeas
2 cans Pataks Original Korma coconut curry sauce (I buy this in the ethnic foods section of wal-mart)
1 can Thai Kitchen Lite coconut milk (I buy this at the Real Canadian Superstore, but any lite coconut milk should work)

Combine all of the above in a lrg. pot and start simmering.

Add 2-4 c. coarsely chopped veggies (I use different ones every time.)

Here is a list of the veggies I have used in the past. You can use as much or as little of any vegetable as you would like.

Jicama, Broccoli, cauliflower, sweet peppers, carrots, zucchini, and celery.

You can cook the veggies as little or as much as you want. This soup is quick and easy, and very versatile.

by **Bubatunda** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:12 pm

Is regular unsweetened absolutely not allowed or is that limited also?

by **Kimboroni** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:13 pm

Regular what? Coconut milk? No, not really-- it is very high in fat. It's controversial whether or not those are good fats, but the amount of fat makes it calorie-prohibitive and Avoid.

by **Bubatunda** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:37 am

Yes, its severely high in fat. I subscribe to the South beach news letter and I received a recipe for Coconut curry shrimp and the recipe calls for nonsweetened coconut milk. I found it strange that he would allow it. I definitely agree to avoid it due to high saturated fats.

by **Kimboroni** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:55 pm

It must be a typo if they didn't specify unsweetened light coconut milk, which is okay in small amounts as Luvs posted.

by **Bubatunda** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:53 pm

I re-read the recipe and it does call for 1 cup of light coconut milk (I don't know how I missed that). Instead of using 1 cup of whole coconut milk, I used half and half a cup of water. It still tasted great, but did I ruin my diet?

by **nygirl22** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:55 pm

No you didn't ruin your diet. Actually I think you made a pretty good choice considering...

Live and learn.

by **Bubatunda** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:09 pm

Thanks!

by **jyotipurba** » Thu May 10, 2012 9:12 pm

does anyone know if coconut flour is okay? in phase 1 or 2

by **Kimboroni** » Fri May 11, 2012 1:32 am

The official word is no flour in p1-- even when made from something you can have in p1 like nuts or legumes.

by **jyotipurba** » Fri May 11, 2012 2:22 am

Well what about phase 2?
since coconut is considered a fruit I guess it would count as a fruit allowance?

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