As an Amazon Associate I may earn a small amount from qualifying purchases if you follow a link from my site to Amazon. These Roasted Garlic Green Beans are an addicting side dish that is super easy to throw together. Basic enough to serve with your store-bought rotisserie chicken, yet with a certain elegance that […]
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The weather is finally getting cooler in Hawaii which means we get to enjoy this Quickie Tofu Miso Soup more often. Cold weather means our whole family is not drinking as much water as during the warmer months. This miso soup is a great way to get some nutrients into our bodies when we don’t
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Healthier Hawaii-Style Garlic Fried Rice will be one that you can make any day of the week and not feel guilty about it. There are so many versions of fried rice to count. Each Hawaii household has a slightly different twist to their recipes. It will depend on what meats you typically have in your
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As an Amazon Associate I may earn a small amount from qualifying purchases if you follow a link from my site to Amazon. Easy Veggie and Pasta Soup is just that, a quick vegetable soup with some pasta that my son loves more than the soup he gets outside of home. He will gobble this
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As an Amazon Associate I may earn a small amount from qualifying purchases if you follow a link from my site to Amazon. This Hawaii-Style Mochi Rice Stuffing makes a delicious chewy, umami-filled bite of food that will awaken any Thanksgiving meal. So many of us are used to bread-based stuffings and dressings and have
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We’re getting on the yogurt bark bandwagon because it’s been SO HOT in Hawaii and adding pomegranate since the holidays are approaching! We’re at the tail end of hurricane season and it’s still 89 to 91 degrees in the afternoon when I pick up my son from school. Thus, we made some Pomegranate and Chocolate
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When you think of beef sausage, I’m sure many of you don’t think about combining it with eggplant and swiss chard. Some of you may not know what swiss chard is or how to cook it. A lot of Hawaii cooking is taking random ingredients that don’t traditionally go together and cooking them to make
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I love roasted vegetables, especially cauliflower. They’re a great kid-friendly side dish that goes with almost any protein. Leftovers (if there are any) make salads interesting and fun to eat. It seems like I can never make enough roasted cauliflower at home . . . there are almost never any leftovers. What makes cauliflower
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Portuguese Bean Soup is quintessential to growing up in Hawaii. This is probably the second most common soup that a kid from Hawaii eats behind chicken noodle soup. You’ll find it at many local Hawaii casual dining restaurants. Everyone makes it a little differently. Depending on what brand of Portuguese sausage you use and how
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I love Okinawan sweet potatoes, and I love scones, but don’t remember ever seeing a scone recipe using these potatoes. After stumbling across such a recipe on Feasting in Apartment 5B, which has a great explanation of how to keep the purple color of the Okinawan sweet potato, I loved the idea and wanted to
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