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Portuguese Sausage Meatloaf

Sometimes you just need to eat a hearty beefy meal, and this Portuguese Sausage Meatloaf fits the bill. This meatloaf is great for cooking for a large family or hosting friends with a simple meal. You can cook a double batch without worrying about changing the recipe. It freezes well so you can meal prep […]

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furikake tuna patties on a plate with rice

Furikake Tuna Patties

I love Furikake Tuna Patties. This is not like those tuna or salmon patties that use breadcrumbs or mashed potatoes and mustard in the mix (which is tasty). These are the patties the Japanese aunty made for bento lunch when you had to spend the day in the part of the coffee farm far away

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bowl of garlic edamame

Garlic Edamame

Everyone will be so surprised when they taste the Garlic Edamame that you make using this recipe. It’s just like what you would get in Hawaii at the local grocery store deli, and better than what you would get at a Japanese restaurant. It’s so simple to make that you will be eating edamame every

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Simple Teriyaki Sauce

When teriyaki seems to be all over the place in restaurants, wholesale and grocery stores, and online, why do you need this Simple Teriyaki Sauce? You could easily pick up a jar of sauce to keep in your fridge or get takeout at restaurants named specifically after the sauce. However, I’ve found that a lot

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healthier spam musubi

Healthier Spam Musubi with Spam Lite and Genji Mai brown rice

I don’t know anyone that is born and raised in Hawaii that doesn’t love a Spam musubi or crave it when they are away from the islands. Spam is one of those things that I don’t plan on giving up anytime soon despite my goals of trying to eat healthier to avoid chronic health conditions

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ham and cheese cornbread muffins

Ham and Cheese Cornbread Muffins

Ham and Cheese Cornbread Muffins make for a quick breakfast on-the-go, a light lunch when paired with a salad, or an afternoon snack when you’re starved and have several hours until dinner. Using my Moist Whole Wheat Cornbread recipe, just add diced ham and shredded cheese. We like it heartier with 2 cups of ham

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Hawaii shoyu chicken cooked from frozen on a plate without sauce

Pantry Hawaii Shoyu Chicken (from frozen)

We’ve all had days where we had no idea what we were going to feed our family for dinner, and Pantry Hawaii Shoyu Chicken is one of those recipes that will get you through that rough afternoon. You don’t have to worry about defrosting frozen bone-in chicken thighs in the microwave before you start cooking.

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