Coconut

This honey-sweetened granola and rooibos-tea chia pudding are both worth making on their own, but combined with yogurt and a swirl of jam, they become a breakfast you’ll want to repeat.

Here, almond butter serves as the primary ingredient in a perfect little bite-size dessert.

Made of dried figs blended with coconut and a pop of cinnamon, pack these energy balls along for a post-workout snack or afternoon pick-me-up.

With a wheat-free coconut-date cookie crumb–like crust, a creamy coconut layer, and a rich chocolate topping, these bar cookies will remind you of your favorite candy but taste so much better.

These cookie bars are studded with the best parts of traditional fruitcake (orange zest and dried fruit) and spiced up with lots of fresh ginger.

This velvety lentil stew, brightened with shredded apple and fresh ginger, is the antidote to holiday excess.

Like the best possible Morning Glory muffins, this classic gets an update with grated butternut squash in place of carrot—plus coconut, ginger, and a crystalline brown sugar crust.

It’s pie without baking and an ice cream sundae without the fuss (not to mention the salted coconut crust). We call that a win-win-win.

Store-bought curry pastes come in varying degrees of spiciness, even if their labels all say the same thing. If the cooked tofu isn’t as hot as you’d hoped, amp it up by tucking a slice or two of Fresno chile into your wrap.

Blooming the ginger, turmeric, and black pepper in oil is essential for releasing their aromatic properties into the sauce.

Sauté asparagus hot and fast in a skillet to soften and slightly char, then toss in a soy dressing with crushed peanuts and shredded coconut to add addictive crunch.

These moist, easy muffins rely on mashed bananas and flaked coconut for sublime texture and tropical-leaning flavor.

Chocolate wafer cookies and coconut whipped cream layer up into this impeccable no-bake dessert. Frost the outside of the cake with more whipped cream if you like, or leave it “naked” with the layers visible for all to see.

The sweet, spicy, and tart flavors in this coconut-turmeric relish make it a perfect match with cauliflower.

This is a cake version of the chocolate-dipped coconut macaroons that are a Passover staple. Any nut will work in place of the almonds.