Two Delicious Holiday Recipes from Kathy Hester: Creamy Greek Yogurt Salad Dressingand a Coconut Nog-tini!

Earlier this year, we began noticing Kathy Hester’s wonderful blog, Healthy Slow Cooking. Each day for a couple of months, she posted the most exotic slow-cooker oatmeal recipes that were made with our Unsweetened Coconut Milk. Some of us dusted off our crock pots, and some of us rushed out and bought slow cookers. With tantalizing recipes like Blueberry Lavender Rosewater Oatmeal and Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Oatmeal breakfast time at many of our homes was transformed from the mundane to the magnificent. She’s still posting the most creative oatmeal recipes you could ever imagine, so if you’re an oatmeal fan, do head on over to Healthy Slow Cooking, and check them out!

More recently, Kathy’s first book, The Vegan Slow Cooker, was published, and we were thrilled to discover that many of the recipes in her beautiful new book were also made with So Delicious Coconut Milk Beverages and Creamers! Kathy Hester is a true friend and fan of So Delicious, and we couldn’t be more excited to feature her as a guest on our blog! Meet Kathy:

I’m a vegan recipe developer, and it’s impossible for me to pick a favorite So Delicious product, because I use so many of them in my kitchen tool kit. And I love the fact that their products are great for people who are allergic to soy and gluten, as well as dairy.

So Delicious Unsweetened Coconut Milk adds richness to my savory dishes. It makes the best mashed potatoes I’ve ever had and makes great non-dairy creamy veggie soups. I love the thickness of it compared to other non-dairy milks.

The new Greek-style yogurts have become a morning favorite and add a great tart tang when paired with one of my slow-cooker oatmeal creations. The only thing I’ve missed since going vegan was the wonderful texture of thick, Greek yogurt, and now I can have all I want. There’s even a chocolate flavor that’s perfect for an afternoon snack!

Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, So Delicious came out with holiday coconut milk flavors. I’m a nog-a-holic, so this holiday season will be extra tasty this year!

Here are a couple of recipes using some of the newest So Delicious products. Enjoy!

Creamy Vegan Greek Yogurt Salad Dressing

This is the easiest dressing to throw together and It’s great on pasta salads!

Makes about 1 cup

●      1 container So Delicious plain Greek-style Coconut Milk Yogurt

●      ½ teaspoon dried basil

●      ½ teaspoon oregano

●      ½ teaspoon garlic powder

●      ½ teaspoon onion powder

●      ⅛ teaspoon salt

●      pepper, to taste

●      a few drops liquid smoke, optional

Mix everything together. Taste, and add extra salt or pepper if needed.

Mix with cooked pasta (I used an 8 ounce box of quinoa pasta), and serve over spinach for a simple meal. You can add some chopped vegan chick’n or extra veggies to customize it.

Coconut Nog-tini

Serves 2

●      1 cup So Delicious Coconut Milk Nog

●      2 tablespoons vanilla vodka (1 ounce)

●      1 tablespoon amaretto (1/2 ounce)

●      1 tablespoon Navan or other vanilla liquor (1/2 ounce)

●      fresh grated nutmeg for topping

Mix the Coconut Nog with the vodka and liquors. Pour into pretty glasses and serve sprinkled with nutmeg.