Vegan Banana-Coconut French Toast

Take your brunch to the next level with a stack of thick-cut banana-coconut French toast, topped with a healthy serving of blueberry sauce. Recipe from She's Doing a Great Job.

open-faced coconut chipwich

Open-faced vegan and gluten free chipwich, courtesy of Allison: chocolate chip cookie topped with coconut icing and chocolate chips. In background, vegan black and white cookies.

broccoli greens with coconut, cashews & roasted broccoli

From the Eat Your Greens series:
Tender broccoli greens with mustard seeds, Patak's curry paste, coconut, cashews, onions, and garlic, topped with masala roasted broccoli. Rice and tamarind chutney on the side.

sugarplums

Fantastic sugarplums, courtesy of Sandy. Made from chopped dates, dried figs, prunes, dried cherries, raisins, grated coconut, chocolate, and sugar.

khaman dhokla

Khaman Dhokla: Steamed savory chickpea flour cake, topped with fried onions, mustard seeds, chili, and coconut. The Khaman Dhokla cake was made from a mix purchased in Jackson Heights, New York - really easy and tasty! And a silly name too! (in English at least)

Bánh Cóm (Sticky Rice)

A Vietnamese treat: two layers of green glutinous rice sandwiched around sweet mung bean paste, with coconut on top. Purchased in Chinatown, Toronto. As tasty as it is fluorescent!

Coconut Pancakes with Pineapple Sauce

From Vegan With a Vengeance.

German chocolate cake

Homemade for Lisa's birthday party - see recipe

coconut sweets

Colombian coconut treats, from Cartagena's Portal de los Dulces (Hallway of Sweets). On the left is a cassava/yuca patty stuffed with candied shredded coconut. On the middle is a pineapple and coconut ball, and on the right is a fig, sesame, and coconut ball.

tapioca soft cake

Ectoplasmic Vietnamese treats from Toronto's Chinatown. Not only are they gooey and seemingly luminescent, but also tasty! Moderately sweet gel permeated with coconut shavings, surrounding a rich yellow bean paste core.

mango salsa with wonton chips

mmmm! From Cafe 668 in their new location. Diced mango, water chestnuts, almonds, red peppers, celery, shredded coconut and wonton chips to scoop it with!

sweet sticky rice with mango

sweet purple rice topped with mango and coconut cream. best. dessert. ever. (from Lao Village restaurant in Syracuse, NY 208 W Genesee St, (315) 435-8151)

Wedding cupcakes

One final wedding shot: Chocolate, Coconut and Italian Orange & Vanilla Cupcakes courtesy of So Goode 4 You Vegan Bakery in Baltimore, Maryland.

raw macaroons

The best vegan macaroons I've ever had, made simply by dehydrating a mixture of cashews, coconut, lemon zest and juice, and agave nectar.

cookies for breakfast!

I baked breakfast cookies called Chickpea Coconut Oatmeal Cookies! They're definitely cookies and the coconut makes them sweet, but they're wholesome enough to not be too much like junk food.

thai pizza

More fusion crossovers - red and green thai pizzas.
Red pizza: coconut curry sauce, red onions, tofu, and mushrooms, topped with red chili sauce
Green pizza: coconut curry sauce, cucumbers, tofu, mushrooms, scallions, and jalapenos, topped with green chili sauce

rava masala dosa & chili and onion uttapam

Cream of wheat dosa with potatoes, plus sambar and coconut chutney on the side.
Uttapam in the background.
From Udupi Bhavan, in Middletown, Connecticut

"Pantry" Stew

Stew with: potatoes, okra, coconut milk, tomatoes, mint, etc...

green bean thoran

adapted from a Madhur Jaffrey recipe
with basmati rice

cambodian vermicelli curry

potatoes, bamboo shoots, onion, water chestnuts, and rice vermicelli in coconut milk, lemongrass, and galangal curry
from Cambodian Cuisine, in Brooklyn