We’re excited for warm and dry season so we can eat all meals on our deck! Nothing says summer like Panna Cotta with fresh fruit or berries. Coconut Panna Cotta with Tropical Fruit is a wonderful twist on the classic Panna Cotta with Berry Coulis.

The number one challenge in photography is lighting! Too bright or too dark creates different challenges. This past week has been a rainy grey one in Seattle. To maximize lighting, I have been running outside between showers to try to get good shots! Welcome to my mini studio! 🙂

Ingredients
- 2 (7-gram) pouches gelatin (5 teaspoons)
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 1/4 cups grass-fed whole milk or heavy cream
- 1 (14-ounce) can coconut milk
- 1/4 – 1/2 cup granulated sugar (I used 1/3 cup coconut sugar)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 6 tablespoons shredded coconut + more for toasting and sprinkling on top
- Sliced mango, pineapple, kiwi or banana, for serving
Directions
- In a saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over water and let stand for 1 minute. Place over medium heat and stir constantly until granules are dissolved, about 3 minutes. Add milk or cream, coconut milk, sugar and vanilla. Stir over medium heat until sugar is completely dissolved, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Pour mixture into 6 ramekins; sprinkle coconut on top. Chill in the refrigerator until set, about 3 hours.
- Optionally (I did not do this step) to serve, dip each ramekin in boiling water for a moment to loosen panna cotta. Turn onto a serving plate. Arrange sliced fruit beside each panna cotta and serve.
- Optionally (I added this step) toast some coconut and sprinkle on top.
Thanks for the inspiration PCC Natural Markets!


BTW, vintage Levi’s are the perfect jeans for crop tops! Even if you think you can’t score them thrifting. You CAN if you want to…
I loooooove all the fluffy clouds!
OMG, and that face?!!
I told her NOT to throw sand…
And then…decided WTF, she was due for a bath anyways….
I mean, can you say no to that face??! 


I want to eat her up…
Yup, always a toy in hand…
AND, always petting every dog we see and asking if she can give them a treat!
AAAAAAND, doing a bootie shake for anyone who wants to stop and watch haha.
This is her “flying” 😉
On me…


What you need… (would feed 4-6 people)
I served it with fish and a variation of my staple 


They didn’t even PUT pictures of the back in the listing!! I mean WHAT??!! I was SO excited when I got it!! I knew it would be well made and funky, because of the designer, but it exceeded my expectations, and I LOVE IT!! Perfect for the weather transitions. It’s actually been super sunny and HOT here lately (70’s and even 80’s!!), but on Saturday we finally had an overcast off and on rainy day. So, THIS was perfect!
Constantly with a toy in her hand… 🙂

Awe….
LOVE this next one!!!
She found one of my old point shoots and asked to take some pictures 🙂 

I keep chopping her head off grrrrrr! I don’t mean to do the throw shots, but she comes running at me full force, and it just happens. BUT…I don’t have the camera set up high enough when it’s spontaneous. BOO. 😦

Seriously, the best way to get Maya into pictures, is for us to say we want pictures by ourselves. I’m not going to complain, because…I mean…
She LOOOOOVES her daddy. And, I love that, too.
One of my favorites!

The Huz caught this one 🙂
I can’t even handle how cute she is, especially when she’s looking at the Huz!!!
All the who wears what aside. What I really wanted was this. I always want to capture “US!”
And….she’s done 😉




