Pineapple-Almond Coconut Truffles
Do you make homemade Almond milk? Do you want to? Wondering what to do with the leftover pulp? Then now you can make your own almond milk and have cookies to go with it! This is so simple and so Continue Reading →
Author: Katie Trussell
Fa’alifu – Ulu in Coconut Milk
This is a delicious, traditional Samoan recipe and a great use for unripe firm Ulu. Rather than cut, peel and seed the ulu before cooking, I took the entire fruit and put three in a large stock pot with water Continue Reading →
Quick Pickling – Jicama
Sauerkraut and anything fermented is all the rage. For a few unarguable reasons. For anything that calls for pickles – I’ll use something fermented in its place. This however, is a much quicker and equally tasty treat that adds flare Continue Reading →
Homemade Hot Sauce – simple!
When looking for an easy hot sauce recipe that would put my Nioi Hawaiian Chili pepper tree to work, this one was the ticket. But beware. A dab will do ya. Ingredients 1/4 cup Nioi or any hot pepper 2 Continue Reading →
“Green” Papaya Salad – with variations
This is your most basic papaya salad – but anything goes – so long as the most important flavors are present. Garlic, chili, lemon/lime juice, peanuts – or any roasted nut (I’ve done this with almonds, hazelnuts, even walnuts) and Continue Reading →
Medicinal Elixers
As if we need to be reminded to eat more ginger and turmeric. They’re a perfect marriage of pungency, spice and astringency. Great health is so much about our daily lives and how we live it. But that’s not to Continue Reading →
Curry Leaf
If you could smell through this computer screen oh the magic you might feel envelope your entire head, senses and imagination. Almost smells better than it tastes but it lours one to concoct something – anything that could stand up Continue Reading →
Dill-Balsamic Papaya Seed Dressing
There is no rhyme or reason when it comes to using Papaya Seeds. Except – Use them. Always. They are an excellent medium of making dressings but probably an even better one for marinades since they’re a natural tenderizer. I Continue Reading →
Iholena lele Banana – a Plantain style Hawaiian Banana Variety
Have Iholena, Will Cook. Iholena lele is a Hawaiian Banana variety that looks like a typical banana but tastes and cooks up much like a plantain. Malama Kauai is growing this satisfying pink fleshed banana upon the land she stewards Continue Reading →
Pineapple Salsa
Pineapple. Salsa. Marriage. Pineapple has the acidity and the sweetness to take on spice. And lots of it. Depending on your tastes, anything goes. This here salsa was a dish prepared from a beautiful pineapple harvested from our garden the Continue Reading →