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Coconut Curry Dressing

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I am loving the fall feeling here, temps in the 70s this week with a cool breeze and leaves are turning. Finally after an insanely hot and dry summer. And Halloween is almost here! I have never been a costume person, I wasn’t even good at dressing up as a kid possibly because most of my costumes were hand-me-down pieces and because I never felt like the type that could rock a costume. This year I’m blowing the comfort zone and going to a costume party with hubby. And yikes, finding a costume has been a bigger project than I anticipated!

I poked around many costume sites and Amazon looking for ideas and inspiration that wasn’t expensive and got a little tired of all the “sexy” versions of costumes for women. Hubby jokes that makes it easy to find a costume for ladies, but a sexy female Spiderman dress is a costume? Nope. And this is supposed to be a Miss Piggy costume, ugh. I’m a little nervous about what I ended up ordering online, we’ll see if it fits and doesn’t make me look too awkward.

This salad got a great coconut curry costume that I whipped together in a blender in minutes. You can adjust the fiery kick in this dressing recipe by adding red pepper flakes to taste or none at all. It’s got a warming curry flavor and color for a cool fall salad.

Coconut Curry Dressing

  • 1 tbsp. curry powder
  • ¼ cup fresh basil leaves
  • ¼ cup dried coconut
  • 2 tbsp. soy sauce
  • 1 banana, peeled and chopped
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • ½ tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
  • ½ cup water as needed

Place all ingredients into a high speed blender and blend to a smooth and creamy texture. Serve and enjoy! Makes 2-4 servings.

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Miko knows when I’m chopping carrots for salads or smoothies and is right in the kitchen begging, I swear he’s more excited for carrots than his dinner.

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The banana gives the dressing a sweet flare and creamy texture for coating greens.

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I added leftover roasted squash and Brussels sprouts to the salad too for a heartier meal, yum.

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The dressing makes a great fall treat that could even be a dip, it has a lively heat with a playful sweetness mixed into the curry. And great texture that oil was not needed for.

Comments

  1. I love costume parties! Greg and I might go to one this year as Barbie and Ken, we’re still deciding. I would love to see him in a floral shirt and an ascot. :)

    Coconut curry dressing sounds soooo good. Thanks for the great recipe.

    • How fun, please post pictures of your costumes. Costume parties are new grounds for me, we invited to two costume parties and deciding if we’ll do both or just one.

  4. Yes yes yes and YES!! I love coconut curry! I’ve also recently been making a coconut chia pudding with cinnamon and maple syrup.. sooooo good! <3

  5. I am the same, not so much a costume person! I might dress up this year too (first time in many years), since I am dressing my baby girl up as a pumpkin and taking her out in the neighborhood :)