Posts Tagged ‘coconut’

Get ready for Valentine’s Day with a simple shortcut to homemade toffee, no candy thermometer required! What better way to celebrate one of the sweetest days of the year than by layering chewy oats with semisweet chocolate. Toasted coconut and chopped pecans add a final touch of crunch to this quick-fix candy that’s guaranteed to [...]

Agave nectar comes from a desert plant native to Mexico and is known for its health benefits, including its low glycemic index. The alternative sweetener was named a “Food Trend of 2009,” and I often use it when I’m baking because it cuts the sugar load without cutting any of the sweetness. This sugar substitute, [...]

It doesn’t get much easier than this. Four ingredients and a total of 10 minutes in the oven. This super fast dessert is the perfect tiny sweet ending to any meal. Mini macaroons are great plain, drizzled with semisweet chocolate or topped with chocolate and chopped pecans. Any way you make them, they’re addicting, and [...]

This recipe is designed to distract the frozen taste buds of anyone who is still (un)fortunate enough to be enjoying the frigid cold of winter. So open wide and take a bite out of a warmer climate by tasting the sweet pineapple, toasted coconut and salty crunch of these macadamia nut granola bars. And while [...]

I haven’t always had an adventurous palette, and I actually spent many of my childhood years poking the crab meat out of sushi rolls and dining on plain white rice any time my parents took (and by took, I mean dragged) me to dinner at their favorite Indian restaurant. But the more I was exposed [...]