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Mar 25, 2013 • Have you ever seen purple broccoli or yellow cauliflower? Eye catching, aren’t they? A rainbow of vegetables! I’m thinking of all the phytonutrients here! They’re so pretty by themselves in a platter and you could eat them with a dip, or…. I like them roasted– tossed with a little olive oil and put in a...
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Mar 18, 2013 • Remember my Peach Rooibos Almond Float? Well, this is my newest favorite: Good Karma’s Vanilla Flax Milk poured over tea gels. It’s so refreshing and filled with good stuff for you! Start off by melting in some unflavored gelatin or agar agar powder into some hibiscus tea, Tangerine Hibiscus Tea Juice, or any other lightly...
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Mar 10, 2013 • Lau laus are a favorite island food. Traditionally a pieces of pork and salted fish wrapped in layers of luau (taro) leaves, then ti leaves, and finally steamed in an underground pit (imu) for several hours. Today they are mostly cooked in steamers or even crockpots . The luau leaves end up soft, smoky and...
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Feb 28, 2013 • This is the best chocolate cake ever. No frosting needed. The miniscule amount of effort involved in making this is startling once you taste how incredible this cake is. No one can resist a second piece. Sturdy enough to pack for a picnic, yet elegant simply adorned with fresh berries. In Hawaii, it would definitely be...
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Feb 21, 2013 • Sign outside Star Noodle in Lahaina, Maui For those of you Top Chef fans out there, you know by now that Sheldon Simeon, executive chef at Star Noodle, got eliminated in last night’s Part 1 of the finale. He had an incredibly good run though, and did Hawaii proud. Such a talented young man. Pretty...
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Feb 18, 2013 • Yesterday morning I woke up early enough to hit the downtown Sunday Farmer’s Market under the freeway before the big crowds arrived. It was so relaxing perusing all the goods in the early morning quiet. Two things I got were a giant head of cauliflower, and a fresh, crisp loaf of German Pretzel Bread. Mashed...
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Feb 11, 2013 • A Taste of Island Princess Set includes one each of: Mini Meles, Hawaiian Style Macadamia Nut Caramel Corn, Hawaiian Style Chocolate Caramel Corn, Dry Roasted Macadamia Nuts (Lightly Salted, Honey Roasted, Maui Onion, and Sweet Chili flavors) Mini Bags, Choco Mochi, Kahakea Chocolate Macadamia Nuts and Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans. Enter here by liking my...
I’ve been tinkering around in the kitchen again, and made these sweet little sponge cakes. The fragrance of vanilla bean paste and almonds swirled delightfully in the air. I had been admiring another one of Quill’s drawings she made for me this past Mother’s Day. She told me that when she was drawing this,...
Chinese New Year is coming up, starting on February 10, 2013. Time to start planning to welcome the Year of the Snake, Lunar Year 4711. So last mother’s day, Quill gifted me with several drawings she had done, especially for me, and for my website Guava Rose. How sweet! As a mother, something handmade or...
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Jan 27, 2013 • One of my favorite Chinese restaurant dishes we ordered growing up in Hawaii was Ginger and Green Onion Chicken. It was a whole, poached (skin on) chicken, chilled, cut into small (bone-in) pieces, rubbed with oil and topped with a chopped ginger and green onion sauce. Oh, so good on top of hot rice. I...
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Jan 24, 2013 • For the pork, marinate a pork tenderloin overnight in honey, hoisin, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, sea salt, and 5 spice powder. Then bake for 30 minutes the next day. If you’re really in a hurry though, instead of marinating the whole tenderloin overnight, cut it crosswise into slices and marinate the slices for 30 minutes....
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Jan 21, 2013 • Sometimes you need some kind of bread or starch for a meal, but you don’t have anything at home, and you don’t feel like making a trip to the grocery store. This simple flatbread is easy to throw together. White Whole Wheat Flour from Trader Joe’s I like to use half unbleached all purpose flour,...
