Sides and Sauces

Oven-Fried Shrimp

Oven-Fried Shrimp

Serves: 4 Ingredients • Coconut oil, for greasing the wire rack • 0.5 cup Tapioca or Arrowroot Flour (approx. 2.2 oz / 62.5g) • 4 large eggs • 1 tsp Dijon Mustard • 1 cup White Sandwich Breadcrumbs, toasted (approx. 3.5 oz / 100g) • 1 cup Almond Flour (approx. 3.4 oz...

All-American Chili

All-American Chili

SERVES 8 Ingredients • Sea salt and pepper to taste • 1 tablespoon coconut oil or Rendered Animal Fat • 2 onions, chopped fine • 1 red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and cut into ½-inch pieces • 6 garlic cloves, minced • ¼ cup chili powder • 1 tablespoon ground cumin •...

Coconut Shrimp with Orange Dipping Sauce

Coconut Shrimp with Orange Dipping Sauce

SERVES 6 Ingredients • Orange Dipping Sauce • ¾ cup orange juice (2 oranges) • ¼ cup apricot jam • 1 tablespoon honey • 2 teaspoons tapioca or arrowroot starch • Pinch ground ginger • Pinch garlic powder • Lemon juice, freshly squeezed • Sea salt • Coconut Shrimp • 1¾...

FUDGE SAUCE

FUDGE SAUCE

Makes 1½ cups For a super-special treat, we like to use this as a fudge sauce for our Chocolate Nut Butter Ripple Ice Cream or as a filling in our Lava Fudge Cupcakes. When this sauce is cold, its texture is thick like a pudding, which makes it great for dipping...

CARAMEL SAUCE

CARAMEL SAUCE

Makes 1 cup This versatile sauce is amazingly fun to make (science in action!) and useful on quite a few recipes. We use it to make Candied Nuts, our Samoa Cake Balls, and inside our homemade chocolate candies. It’s delicious to drizzle it on special treats like ice...

THAI CURRY COCONUT DIP

THAI CURRY COCONUT DIP

Makes ½ cup Go to any party and you’ll usually find a veggie plate with carrots, celery, and broccoli, with a tub of ranch dressing in the middle. Instead of that dip, give this fun orange-colored one a try. You’ll find an interesting and exotic flavor that will get...

SAVORY COCONUT CREAM SAUCE

SAVORY COCONUT CREAM SAUCE

Makes ½ cup Deep in the jungles of the elephant head–shaped country of Thailand there is a secret. For centuries the culinary geniuses who invented Thai cuisine have magicked together the spicy curries of India with the tropical flavors of the Pacific and a dash of...

SOUTHWESTERN PINEAPPLE SAUCE

SOUTHWESTERN PINEAPPLE SAUCE

Makes about 2 cups of sauce The most exciting part of this dip is the part where you get to set a pepper on fire! We’re not even kidding: to roast the pepper, we use our stovetop burner and roast it like a marshmallow. If you’re not able to do that, it can also be...

RASPBERRY DRESSING

RASPBERRY DRESSING

Makes 1½ cups of dressing If you use your imagination to think about interesting ingredients and unusual dressings, salads can be fun and delicious. Most days, we like our salads to have fruit, and this dressing is a perfect compliment. It’s made with raspberries and...

TEXAS BARBECUE SAUCE

TEXAS BARBECUE SAUCE

Makes 4 cups Barbecued meat is always better with barbecue sauce. This is our favorite–a sweet version that tastes great on almost any meat. You may not know this, but different states have different barbecue sauces. While this one is like the sauces they make in...

TEN TOMATO KETCHUP

TEN TOMATO KETCHUP

Makes 4 cups, enough to refill a squeeze bottle We love ketchup, and we’re willing to bet that you do too. But, do you know what the number two ingredient in most brands of ketchup is? SUGAR! Turns out, the companies that make ketchup don’t remove the seeds, since it...

MAYONNAISE – BACONNAISE – LEMON DILL MAYOLI

MAYONNAISE – BACONNAISE – LEMON DILL MAYOLI

Makes a cup of mayonnaise If you’re the type of person that is always whipping out the Miracle Whip or heaping on the Hellmann’s, this is for you. Rather than buying sugary mayonnaise made with unhealthy oils, why not make your own? It’s pretty easy to do and, once...