A quick blanching of large collard greens takes the easily cracked leaf and transforms it into a malleable sandwich wrap where anything goes! All I encourage you to do here is head to your local farmers market and visit a Continue Reading →
This was such a winner! And a total experiment! (Don’t you love it when that happens?) Our starfruit tree just began fruiting – and when these puppies begin baring luscious fruit it’s time to whip out the recipes. Just like Continue Reading →
Since Malama Kauai absorbed Yuichi Sato’s farm back in July of this summer, we’ve had some interesting harvests and some educational intro’s to Japanese foods. (Thanks Sato!) Megan Fox inspired me to fry these little Shishito peppers up which made Continue Reading →
While the temperatures hadn’t dropped below zero, feeling the cold bitter reality of 30 degrees was shocking to my bones this Thanksgiving in Portland Oregon! I came home to Kauai after a brief visit to my brothers with cold and Continue Reading →
For $20 you can visit your local farmers market and come home with a large bag of beautiful healthy produce (granted you’re not buying mangoes…). I find this so fulfilling mostly because the money goes directly to the farmer, not Continue Reading →
Copious eggplant calls for creativity but not a whole lot of imagination. This dish is a crowd pleaser and healthy. Bring it to your next pot luck with veggies for dipping. I don’t have an oven (or a freezer) so Continue Reading →
Everyone (eventually) asks me how to make this recipe and I love to share it. No I didn’t grow any of the ingredients and it’s only semi local…but it’s too good to have sitting in my index. Plus you could Continue Reading →
I’m going to let this be as simple as its recipe. In a wide mouth glass jar place: 1 medium ripe avocado In a sauce pan add: 3 Tbsp coconut oil – unless your oil is already liquified, you can Continue Reading →
I lied. Purple tomatillos totally retain their color when cooked. Maybe it was a fluke last time but all the purple faded and I was left with a green sauce last time. Exciting 🙂 A simple salsa. A perfect sauce. Continue Reading →
I’m often slow to get on trendy food trains unless they come with a plethora of scientific evidence and prove to increase health and provide optimum nutrition – however, I’ve been blending kale in smoothies for as long as I Continue Reading →
