How to Bake Coconut Brownies with Cream Cheese Icing
I don’t think I know anyone who does not like brownies, especially this recipe for Coconut Brownies with Cream Cheese Icing! It is just super delicious and everyone asks for more…and a few more. 😉 These goodies with their zebra striped deliciousness are a great treat anytime, but look especially wonderful on a Christmas dessert tray, or for a sweetheart for Valentine’s. How to Bake Coconut Brownies with Cream Cheese...
How to Make Tropical Papaya Smoothies
If a Tropical Papaya Smoothie doesn’t sound like a temptingly tasty delight, then get outta here… I don’t think many people would pass up this frosty & fruity treat! Juicy papaya with other exotic flavors create a decadent smoothie, with or without ice, depending on your taste buds collective mood. For a lower fat & lower calorie version, use milk instead of half & half cream, and omit the sugar/honey. Got an...
How to Cook Savory Sauteed Papaya
This Savory Sauteed Papaya dish will be a welcomed surprise to your meal. Want to use papaya for something other than a dessert or bevvy? Well, let me give you this simple yet toothsome side dish that’ll knock anyone’s socks off served alongside fish, seafood or chicken. Savory Sauteed Papaya: Again, this is another recipe of mine where I believe you should allow yourself to follow your senses’ delights with the...
How to Make Thai Papaya Salad
This tantalizing, juicy Thai Papaya Salad is a burst of sunshine on your plate with exciting flavors to tickle your taste buds. To use papaya in salads, try combining ripe papaya & mango with some exotic flavors from the islands, and you have a marvelous side dish or main salad that can be “beefed” up with chicken, beef, shrimp or fish. It’s oh-so-tasty with sweet, sour and savory all mixed to your heart’s content....
3 Juicy Recipes for National Papaya Month
Well, if Papayas weren’t juicy enough all by themselves, it’s National Papaya Month in September! The papaya is a really amazing fruit, some getting to be over 19 inches in length. When ripe, the flesh becomes orangy & the rind becomes yellow. The chilled juice is tasty and the black seeds can be used for garnishes or just eaten as is. When used in the green state, they can be sauteed. Thai Papaya Salad: To use papaya...
How to Make Kiwi Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Sometimes, simple combinations are the way to go when “cooking” or preparing food. In fact, many times, 3 ingredients is all you need to make something amazing. Often, more ingredients than that and you can start messing up and overpowering the people wanting to eat your food. The simplest of combinations can be fully appreciated, flavors isolated with your taste buds and your brain, and fully, completely enjoyed. Yes,...
How to Toast Coconut
Many recipes, especially Island or tropical recipes, and dessert recipes call for toasted coconut. You can’t buy toasted coconut…it’s something you must do at home, but it is a very simple process that only takes a few minutes, with quick & easy clean-up. Toasting your coconut really enhances the flavors and gives the coconut some lovely crunchy texture when you eat it. It’s well worth the small effort to...
How to Make Banana Rum Pudding with Toasted Coconut
It’s summertime! Instead of making banana bread with your extra ripe bananas, make something else that can be served cool and that amplifies summer flavors… Why not make Banana Rum Pudding with Toasted Coconut and feel like you’re on an island? That’s what I did tonight, and you’ll be so glad you did, if you go ahead and try this Pudding Recipe. Type: Dessert Recipe Serve With: Homemade Whipped Cream, if...
How to Bake Gingered Coconut Banana Bread for the Bread Machine
I’m always looking for new and interesting ways to use those over-ripe bananas in the kitchen. My first thought always leans towards banana bread, but that can get boring, right? WRONG! Try experimenting with delicious flavors that will kick your mouth into gear with your new recipe! Try making peanut butter banana bread, chocolate banana bread, or a tropical twist banana bread like I’ve done here. Now, I’ve made...
How to Cook Coconut Crusted Baked Salmon: Cupboard Cooking
Today is Day 3 of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike. This is what I made as our main dish for tonight’s dinner using my “cupboard cooking” strategies. We had a fillet of salmon in our freezer and the fixings in the cupboards or freezer. I made oven baked salmon because it is much lower in fat than pan frying. You may also use another fish, even something like tilapia as a substitute in this recipe. My mother was craving lime and...
How to Make Coconut Curry Dip for Seafood
Want to try something a little different with your chilled seafood besides the traditional cocktail sauce? Well, this is a delicious choice that’s healthy too! Type: Sauce Recipe Serve With: Boiled, chilled shrimp, crab, lobster or as a dressing on seafood salad Prep Time: 8 min Yield: 3 cups Ingredients: 1.5 cups tofu 1.5 cups coconut milk juice of 1 lime 2 tbsp honey 2 tbsp curry paste or curry powder 1/2 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp...
How to Make Easy Coconut Lime Cream Sauce for Desserts
Stuck in a pinch for a creamy dessert sauce or fruit dip? No worries – if you have these 5 ingredients most people have in their fridge and pantry, you’re golden! So delicious and it only takes 3 minutes to make, you’ll look like a hero whipping this up in your kitchen. Type: Dessert Sauce Serve With: Desserts, ice cream, pancakes, fruit Prep Time: 3 minutes Yield: approximately 2 cups Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups Sour...
How to Make Easy Coconut Cream Sauce for Dessert
This is a great sauce for desserts, over ice cream, pancakes or over fruit. I used this sauce to dunk Gingered Coconut Banana Eggless Pancakes in this morning. Mmmmm… Type: Dessert Sauce Serve With: Desserts, ice cream, pancakes, fruit Prep Time: 3 minutes Yield: approximately 2 cups Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups Plain Balkan Style Yogurt 3/4 cup Coconut Milk – remaining amount in typical can of coconut milk 2 tbsp Brown Sugar 2...
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