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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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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I love the slow cooker for many reasons, but especially because I can cook dried pinto beans into this delicious Slow Cooker Pinto Beans and Sausage recipe. Dried beans is not something that I saw a lot growing up; we mostly used canned beans, if at all. But the flavors of this dish reminds me
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This easy chicken dish with Italian seasoning needs only 5 ingredients and less than 30 minutes to make. You can easily cut this recipe in half if cooking for just one or two people and it’s only 15 minutes tops. We love chicken thighs because they don’t dry out like chicken breasts. They also
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Pot roast in the slow cooker is my go-to set and forget meal to cook. I can sear the meat without using any flour while I chop my veggies and don’t have to do it in batches like with stew meat! You still get that wonderful slow-cooked tender beef without extra work. This pot
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This quick rice cake stir fry is full of fresh vegetables, mushrooms, and is lightly sauced with garlic, ginger, soy sauce, and oyster sauce. We love it with choi sum, garlic chives, and eryngi mushrooms but you can mix and match your produce to suit your budget or what’s in season. The hardest part is
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Facebook Instagram Pinterest If we had our way, we would eat curry every week! We love to eat Japanese curry because there are so many foods that taste great with it. This home version is slightly lighter than the restaurant version and easier on the wallet, too. Japanese curry is a great way to get
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