Coconut/5 recipes

Move over sweet potato casserole loaded in brown sugar and dripping with butter. This savory paleo alternative will wow family and friends at any holiday meal.

Minnie Pearls are no-bake pink cookie bars loaded with coconut, almonds, and graham crumbs, bound with butter and powdered sugar and tinted rosy. Just mix, chill, and cut, no oven required.

This smoothie packs a real superfood punch with a combination of wolfberries, hemp seeds, chia seeds, maca and spirulina. Wolfberries, hemp seeds, chia seeds and spirulina are all complete proteins. In addition, chia seeds and hemp seeds are rich sources of omega-3 fatty acids. Maca is a great hormone regulator and has traditionally been used to enhance fertility. Spirulina is one of nature's wonder foods and its GLA content (gamma linolenic acid, an important fatty acid) is second only to mother's milk.

Rich Thai red curry with prawns and butternut squash in coconut milk sauce, ready in 60 minutes for weeknight Thai dinners with authentic restaurant flavor.

Ah there's no place like home when you're this far away.

Easy to follow, kids love to work with you together to make these delicious cookies.

Sunshine ice cream pie with layers of vanilla ice cream and orange sherbet on a graham cracker crust, topped with mandarin oranges and toasted coconut. No-bake summer dessert.

M&M's chocolate macadamia chewies are soft, chewy drop cookies loaded with shredded coconut, buttery macadamia nuts, and mini M&M's baking bits. A tropical-meets-candy-shop twist on the classic chocolate chip cookie.

This Indian inspired paneer dish is full of flavor, using several kinds of spicy, fresh ginger and garlic really give this dish tons of flavor. If you can't find the fresh Indian cheese, feel free to use mozzarella cheese instead.

From the McCalls Great American recipe collection, a classic American carrot cake for the microwave.

A fresh take on the traditional banana bread utilizing the widely-available persimmon – the national fruit of Japan. Persimmons are rich in vitamins A and C, and contain high amounts of manganese, a co-factor for the enzyme superoxide dismutase, for healthy mucous membranes and skin, as well as a known protectant against lung and mouth cancers. They are also an excellent source of fibre and B-complex vitamins.

Make these delicious brownie cupcakes for your Easter party, not only kids will love them, but also grown-ups.

Can use other grains or fruit that go with yogurt.

Peach-rhubarb crisp pairing sweet peaches with tart rhubarb under a buttery oat-and-coconut crumble. Made with canned peaches and frozen rhubarb so you can bake it year-round, in the oven or microwave. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Scottish rabbit curry with streaky bacon, button onions, curry powder, and mushroom powder simmered in stock. A British colonial-era game curry served thick over rice.

Toasted cumin and fennel seeds bring the delicious Indian tangy flavor into the sauteed chicken and fresh asparagus, serve it with rice or quinoa.