Coconut/7 recipes

Beach Bar Chicken and Cashew Salad layers poached chicken, fresh fruit, mandarin oranges, and cashews over greens with a coconut-yogurt honey dressing. A tropical, make-ahead summer salad.

Mounds cake made with a chocolate cake mix topped with a gooey coconut-marshmallow layer. Tastes like the classic Mounds candy bar in sheet cake form.

Caribbean guacamole: a tropical twist on classic guac with diced avocado, sweet papaya, lime, red chiles, and toasted coconut, served with crisp bread points. Island sunshine on a cracker.

Ice cream crunch bars layered with vanilla ice cream between a crunchy mix of crisp rice cereal, toasted coconut, nuts, brown sugar, and melted butter. A no-bake frozen dessert.

Dallo is a Sri Lankan stuffed cuttlefish curry. Tender cuttlefish packed with roasted gram and spices simmer in a rich coconut milk gravy laced with cardamom, fenugreek, and curry leaves.

Poke is a Pacific Islands banana and arrowroot pudding baked in squares and soaked in fresh coconut milk. Naturally gluten-free, lightly sweet, with a chewy-silky texture.

Sad cake, a chewy, gooey Bisquick cake of brown sugar, pecans and coconut that rises tall then sinks in the middle, exactly as it should. Dense and toffee-rich, it is irresistible warm with ice cream.

Layered parfaits with Kahlua-soaked macaroon cookies, vanilla ice cream, crushed pineapple, rum, and toasted coconut. A boozy tropical frozen dessert ready in 30 minutes.

Put very ripe unpeeled bananas in a plastic bag in the freezer. Remove as needed to make this easy blender drink or dessert.

Pineapple chess pie with crushed pineapple, coconut, and a buttery egg custard filling. A tropical twist on the classic Southern chess pie that mixes and bakes in one step.

Five cup salad with cream cheese, coconut, mandarin oranges, crushed pineapple, and marshmallows. A creamy, no-cook fruit salad that takes 10 minutes to assemble.

Pina colada pie layers pineapple sorbet over a macadamia-coconut crust, then crowns with rum-spiked coconut frozen yogurt and fresh pineapple. Frozen tropical cocktail in pie form.

Jamaican curry chicken with coconut milk, potatoes, allspice, and fresh ginger simmered until tender. Serve over steamed rice with mango chutney for a Caribbean feast.

Humdingers are no-bake date balls cooked stovetop with eggs, butter, and sugar, then folded with crispy rice cereal and rolled in coconut. A vintage Southern Christmas treat.

Kartoffel Torte is a German chocolate potato cake with mashed potatoes, cocoa, pecans, and maraschino cherries baked in a tube pan and drizzled with powdered sugar icing.

Frozen orange pie with vanilla ice cream layered over a toasted oat and coconut crumb crust, drizzled with orange juice concentrate and topped with toasted coconut.