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Jan 27, 2012 • Coconut and pineapple are two of my favorites flavors. Put together in sweet little bites, and I am in heaven. They’re simply made with unsweetened coconut, coconut oil or butter, evaporated cane juice, dried pineapple, an egg, and a little flour. Earlier this week you saw some of them nestled in my Chinese New Year...
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Jan 25, 2012 • This so quick to throw together. Sweet and crunchy, almost like caramel popcorn, but with a little zing from the ginger. Only 5 ingredients: Puffed Brown Rice or Crispy Brown Rice cereal, toasted sesame seeds, candied ginger, butter, and brown rice syrup. I prefer using brown rice syrup rather than corn syrup because it is...
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Jan 23, 2012 • Happy Chinese New Year! Welcome Lunar Year 4710, the Year of the Dragon. This year I wanted to have the Chinese candy box called the Tray of Togetherness. Usually round or octagonal in shape, it has six or eight sections that contain candied fruits, nuts, and sweets. Typical items include candied fruit and vegetables (tong...
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Jan 19, 2012 • Custard Mousse with Fresh Berries It’s tradition in our house, that on your birthday, you get to choose a meal and a cake. Last night we celebrated Cole’s birthday, and he chose what we call here “The Guy’s Meal.” He’s chosen this meal for the past 14 years, and so has the Blue Dinosaur. Grilled...
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Jan 13, 2012 • Early in December, I was distressed to receive these in the mail. You can read about it in part one here. So after I finished my chauffeuring duties, this message was waiting for me. Within 2 hours, I had a response from the Chief Operating Officer: “We are so sorry to hear that our Hilo...
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Jan 12, 2012 • I love my dad. He always remembers us on birthdays, and holidays, and special occasions with cards and gifts. We’ve received a lot of goodies sent by mail from Hawaii over the years. Darling little baby shorty muu muus, aloha dresses, t-shirts, surf board clocks, coconut jewelry, macadamia nuts and candies, ukuleles….tons of stuff, mostly...
Just got back from a quick trip up to the Pacific Northwest to spend New Year’s with the Blue Dinosaur’s family. We enjoyed visiting with extended family, and the kids especially loved spending lots of time with their cousins. After a few days of rain though, I especially appreciated the bright sunshine back here in...
Happy New Year! Fresh ginger root crushed and steeped in hot water, with squeeze of lemon, and a touch of honey. I’m making a cup of ginger lemon tea and reflecting upon the past year– the high points, the low points and everything in between. Planning new goals and projects to tackle, always hoping for...
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Dec 30, 2011 • Fresh grapefruit and champagne…I’ve been meaning to experiment making some sort of sorbet for the past several years. Especially since we have this white grapefruit tree that seems to produce hundreds and hundreds of fruit year round– hundreds and hundreds of really sour fruits. I always feel bad letting them fall to the ground and...
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Dec 25, 2011 • Christmas cheer to you all! Buche De Noel ~ Yule Log Cake Made with a double Lindt chocolate cake and chocolate frosting. Looks like this little elf found a perfect spot to relax after months and months of hard work. Not sure what this elf’s expression seems to be saying, “Yikes, a mushroom!” or “Yay,...
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Dec 22, 2011 • Snapshots in my kitchen… Chunks of white chocolate… melting in a bowl over hot water. Dipping brownie pops… and candy canes… Topping brownie flowers with white chocolate and Christmas sprinkles. Dipping Horlick’s Malt Cookie Tablets in Christmas sprinkles…. and baking them…. along with chocolate ones too… Cute little jars of little cookies getting ready to...
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Dec 20, 2011 • The Blue Dinosaur and I started dating the year the movie Jurassic Park came out. I vaguely remember him telling me about some movie about dinosaurs coming out, and that we should go and see it. Okay, I thought, it might be interesting. Little did I know how much the Blue Dinosaur would love the...
