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garlic fried rice with spam, vegetables, and brown rice in a bowl

Healthier Hawaii-Style Garlic Fried Rice

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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pot of vegetable soup with onions, carrots, celery, tomatoes and pasta

Easy Veggie and Pasta Soup

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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Photo of mochi rice mixed with Chinese sausage, herbs, water chestnuts, onions, and seasonings

Hawaii-Style Mochi Rice Stuffing/Dressing

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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Pomegranate and Chocolate Yogurt Bark

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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white and purple cauliflower roasted in the oven

Kid-Friendly Roasted Cauliflower

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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bowl of portuguese bean soup

Budget Portuguese Bean Soup

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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pan full of okinawan sweet potato scones

Okinawan Sweet Potato Scones

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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sloppy joe filling on mini sweet rolls

Healthier Sloppy Joes (with Pantry Staples)

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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slow cooker pinto beans and sausage in a bowl

Slow Cooker Pinto Beans and Sausage

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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Italian Herb Chicken Thighs

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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