Coconut – with 4 bonus recipes
People often wonder if coconut is a fruit, a vegetable, or a nut. In fact, coconut is a one-seeded drupe. A drupe is a fruit that has a hard covering on the seed, like a peach or cherry. Walnuts, almonds, and pecans are also drupes, but we commonly refer to them as nuts.
The use of this drupe has evolved over the last decade. Coconuts have slowly become a very hot and versatile food commodity. They are being used in everything from our daily cuisine to our beauty regimens.