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Coconuts and Sunshine

Little steps toward happiness, health, and balance
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  • Recipes
    • By Allergy or Lifestyle
      • Gluten-Free
      • Low Fat
      • Nut-Free
      • Oil-Free
      • Raw
      • Soy-Free
      • Vegan
    • By Category
      • Asian
      • Cookies
      • Dessert
      • Juice and Smoothie
      • Main Dish
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savory chard with curry tomato - allergy friendly

Gnocchi with Savory Chard in Tomato Curry Spices

I wasn’t sure exactly what to call this recipe, since although it’s been ...

soy-free vegan chicken wings

Barbecue Cauliflower, Better than 'wings'...

Especially with summer just around the corner, sometimes, that barbecue flavor just ...

thai basil flat rice noodles - vegan & gluten-free

Savory Thai Basil Flat Rice Noodles

This dish is an attempt to bring home the flavor of a rice noodle dish we’ve ...

giant vegan chocolate chip cookie

Giant (or Regular) Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies!

What’s better than chocolate chip cookies? A super giant chocolate chip cookie, ...

3 pitaya smoothie bowls with toppings

Dragon Fruit Smoothie Bowls for a Magenta Morning

We love going to the Asian grocery store to pick out fruit.  There are just so many ...

raw vegan date cacao balls that taste kinda like Larabars

Vegan No-Bake Chocolate Coconut Cookies (Gluten-Free)

Dates are amazing. They’re a great whole foods replacement for sugar in many ...

savory chard with curry tomato - allergy friendly

I wasn’t sure exactly what to call this recipe, since although it’s been a perennial favorite for the last three months around here, I don’t have a title for it worthy of the powerful taste this dish (quite literally) brings to the table. It’s the result of initially endeavored to […]

Gnocchi with Savory Chard in Tomato Curry Spices

vegan thai green curry

So, disclaimer, I’m not Thai 😀  But I am a lover of flavor, and some variation of this vegan Thai green curry dish has been a favorite for many years. When I was in college, a curry similar to this one was one of the first Thai dishes I tried…ever.  […]

Vegan Thai Fusion Green Curry

oil-free tomato basil eggplant

When making oil-free dishes, it’s not as simple as omitting the oil: Instead, a new flavor has to be created.  In this case, the dish inherits a savory flavor from the combination of tomatoes and tahini, and a multidimensional feel from the addition of basil and coconut aminos.  The result […]

Oil-Free Tomato Basil Eggplant

vegan almond butter cookies

Vegan almond cookies with almonds…amazing, really, with or without an added almond on top (although adding them makes the cookies super cute!) I love shopping discounts, and for some reason, that has resulted in a situation where I have a ton of almond butter sitting around the house.  Almond butter […]

Vegan Almond Cookies with Almonds (soy-free)

soy-free vegan chicken wings

Especially with summer just around the corner, sometimes, that barbecue flavor just CALLS…but lucky for us, there are healthier and kinder alternatives to chicken…and no, I’m not even talking about fake meat here (although you’re welcome to go that route!) I’m talking about the type of alternative that’s not only […]

Barbecue Cauliflower, Better than ‘wings’…

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thai basil flat rice noodles - vegan & gluten-free

This dish is an attempt to bring home the flavor of a rice noodle dish we’ve found at Thai restaurants a handful of times…with my own twist, of course!  This dish is, like many of the other authentic tasting Asian dishes on here, one that might require either a trip […]

Savory Thai Basil Flat Rice Noodles

chocolate marble shortbreads soy free vegan

My soy-free friends have often complained that having chocolate is a near impossibility, because in just about every type of chocolate, there’s some sort of soy, even if just soy lecithin.  Having made chocolate myself and knowing it’s totally possible to make without soy, this was sort of a revelation […]

Chocolate Marbled Shortbreads (Allergy-Friendly)

matcha banana ice cream

I have a confession…I have a mega sweet tooth.  BUT, I don’t really eat a lot of sweets.  I do bake a lot of sweets, usually for events, friends, and family, but the type of sweets I generally indulge are those which are made of fruit…like this one! “What?  I came here […]

Matcha Banana Nice Cream in 5 Minutes

peanut-free peanut butter cookies

“So wait–you’re telling me it’s a peanut butter cookie, but it’s peanut free?”  Haha, yes.  And nut-free, gluten-free, soy-free, and vegan.  And, beyond that, this recipe doesn’t rely on any esoteric peanut butter “substitutes”.  Instead, we recreate the flavors of peanut butter using two seed butters. There are a lot […]

Peanut-Free “Peanut Butter” Cookies (Allergy-Friendly)

vegan cheddar potato salad on pink plate

Every once in a while, we have to throw in some vegan comfort food.  While we’ve had our share of experimenting around with various ways that vegan cheese doesn’t work, there are certain brands and/or certain uses in which it totally DOES work in dishes that my non-vegan friends will also […]

Vegan Cheddar Potato Salad

laying out an apple rose strip

This pie crust is the result of making a celebratory pie for a friend at work after a milestone was reached.  Those that are in the know are aware that anything I make is going to be plant-based…but the nice thing about work is that not everyone is “in the […]

Vegan Coconut Oil Pie Crust!

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tofu salad with citrus and mint (soy-free option)

This uniquely delicious tofu salad is packed with iron, calcium, and protein while delivering a flavorful departure from the norm.  Featuring mint leaves and orange oil, it’s got a flavor that’s vaguely reminiscent of Thai tofu spring rolls (but, totally different!) This was something I put together for a Thanksgiving […]

Citrus Tofu Salad with Mint (with soy-free option)

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