Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage is something that I had to figure out by trial and error. Growing up the only corned beef that my family ate was the canned version. Leaving home is when I started about this quasi-Irish American food. As you may know, us Hawaii folk love to eat corned beef […]
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This Slow Cooker Lamb Stroganoff (without alcohol) takes the stress out of getting your family to eat the leftover meat you cooked/roasted a day or two before. It creates tender nuggets of meat in a succulent creamy sauce, which is the only way my son will eat mushrooms besides on a pizza. I showed
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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. My Seared Lamb Chop with Garlic Butter is a savior when a special occasion is coming up and I want to enjoy eating with my husband without tons of prep work. The
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Move over, sushi bake because this No-Bake Sushi Bake with Imitation Crab is what busy families need. The sushi bake casserole that we all know, and love is great for potlucks and allows everyone to customize their own plate with the toppings they love. But why spend the extra 10 minutes baking the whole thing
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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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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 fond memories of easy-to-make Stove Top stuffing that we learned how to make as kids. However, we also love our rice. My version
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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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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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Who knew that pantry staples (ketchup, mustard, vinegar, and Worcestershire sauce) would make such a lovely sloppy joes sauce? What are sloppy joes? Sloppy joes is a dish made with ground beef cooked with a tomato-based sauce. It is served primarily on some type of burger bun or other bread as a sandwich. It’s incredibly
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You would never have seen me eating a steak salad, let alone a steak and papaya salad, as a kid or even in my 20s. I love a juicy steak. Growing up we ate steak with potatoes or rice. Salad was not something always eaten because it was so time consuming to prepare. Sometimes there
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