Originally Posted by Pepita

If she can have nuts, here is a good snack, that she should enjoy making.
From a fresh coconut, drain the milk (poke 2-3 of the eyes and put over a cup. When it is drained, wrap the coconut in a bath towel, and outside on the concrete give it a couple of wacks with a hammer.
The coconut should be cracked open.

Take the coconut inside and put it in the fridge for a day.
The next day the meat should peal out easily.

Once you have taken the meat out of the coconut, peal off the harder dark outside. Now you should have all white coconut. With a pealer peal into long strips (like pealing a carrot) Put the coconut strips on a cookie sheet and toast in the oven. When the coconut is golden take out and sprinkle with salt.

It just doesn't get better than this!