50 Uses for Coconut Oil!

Coconut! I love it. It's such a delicious topping for desserts and a really nice flavor in chocolates. But what about Coconut Oil? It's pretty amazing as well.

Check out this link that describes 50 Uses for Coconut Oil!

Here are my favorite 10:

1. Eye makeup remover
2. Stir-frying and sauteing
3. Skin moisturizer
4. Hair deep conditioner
5. Hair growth stimulation
6. Topical bacterial infection killer
7. Daily energy boost
8. Eliminating dogs' bad breath
9. Healthy thyroid function boost
10. Lip balm

If you're considering a diet change, try adding in some coconut oil! You'll definitely notice to taste upgrade and your body will thank anti-bacterial, anti-viral, antioxidant properties coconut oil will bring!

Jewel's Random TidBits - My mom has been making her own coconut oil for some time now. She grates fresh coconut, blends it, squeezes out the juice/milk, cooks down the juice, let's it sit overnight, and the white solid that forms on top is coconut oil! :)

HONEY REVIEW! PureBeeing Honey Made Sweeter with Music

I've always known that music is good for the soul but I recently found out how it can also be good for...honey!

Yes! I know it's strange....

At some point last year, my mother received a jar of PureBeeing honey as a gift. Eager to try something new, I decided to taste it. It was DELICIOUS! I generally like honey but my common complaint is that many brands have a slightly bitter after-taste. This brand is completely different! It's sweet and smooth and goes very well with a nice cup of tea.

After enjoying some hot tea with milk and PureBeeing honey, I decided to research more about the brand. I didn't have to go much further than their website to understand how they're so unique. They play music in their apiary 24/7! That's such a good idea and the results are delicious!

PureBeeing Honey is based in Galveston, TX and you can learn more about where its sold on their Facebook page.

.....Now I want some tea....with milk and honey.....

Jewel's Random TidBits - An apiary is a bee yard and beekeepers are also known as apiarists.

Pomelo! Pomelo!

I tried a pomelo for the first time!

It's a strange looking fruit - something between a giant lime and a green grapefruit.

Actually, it's appearance is what brought me to buy it and try it. The fruit tastes like a grapefruit but it is much less tart. I tried eating it the way I eat a grapefruit - by spooning out the fegs - but, the pith in a pomelo is too thick! In fact, the pith makes up a majority of the whole fruit! 

Anyway, after cutting it into quarters, I started wondering exactly what a "pomelo" is. Well, a pomelo is a citrius fruit that is actually an ancestor of a grapefruit! It is native to South and Southeast Asia. Many of the pictures I see of pomelos are of pear-shaped pomelos but mine was very round.. As is expected with citrus fruits, a pomelo is a very good source of Vitamin C. It is also very high in Potassium and is a good source for B-vitamins, iron, magnesium, and protein.

Here are some more pictures:

Go try a POMELO today! :)

Jewel's Random TidBits - I hope (if you didn't know it before) that you learned a new word today: Pith - the white, fleshy part of cirtus fruits.