A Hawaii-style Korean BBQ gathering wouldn’t be complete without this Potluck Japchae recipe. This chewy umami filled dish of sweet potato glass noodles is filled with healthy veggies that will balance out all the meat-forward barbecue offerings. While some kids love the texture of these slippery noodles, others may not like the chewiness, especially if […]
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Slow Cooker Kalua Pig is essentially the Hawaiian version of pulled pork. It is something that my family loves to eat on a regular basis. It is an easy slow cooker recipe to make at home, is great for meal prep, and is great for feeding a large crowd. When you cook it yourself, you
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This Moist Whole Wheat Cornbread was inspired by my love of cornbread growing up, my desire to cut down on eating sugar, and Snoop Dogg’s cookbook From Crook to Cook. He had a corn muffin recipe that used sour cream and I realized that I should be using yogurt in the cornbread recipe like I
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Probably every Hawaii family is familiar with Canned Corned Beef and Cabbage. We keep canned corned beef on hand as part of our hurricane emergency kit, a must in tropical regions where a risk of hurricanes hitting means you must have 2 weeks’ worth of food and water stored at your home as a precaution.
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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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Look no further for delicious blueberry muffins than these Moistest Healthy Blueberry Banana Muffins. There’s nothing better than waking up to fresh muffins in the morning; however, how many of us have time in the morning? For us, we bake them the night before, so they are ready for us as soon as we wake
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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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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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