KeepItLocal Recipe: Patacones
A local farmer named Anabella Bruch shared her traditional Patacones Recipe that is made from green horn plantain. Continue Reading →
Category: Keep It Local!
Kauai Fresh Lettuce – more than just salad!
Don’t toss your wilting salad mix! Wow, I will never get rid of wilting greens again. I had to question what to do with this massive bag of lettuce I acquired from Kauai Fresh Farms. I ate two days worth of Continue Reading →
Taro Burgers – Kalihiwai Dry Land
If you’ve ever driven through Princeville and over the bridge to Hanalei, you’ve seen the mass fields of wet land taro on Kauai. Fields and fields of Kauai’s valuable commodity and canoe plant, Kalo grows not just in water beds Continue Reading →
[Kauai Fresh] Tomato Sauce
Kauai Fresh Farms is located on Kauai’s North Shore, situated behind our main highway and nestled beneath the Namahana Mountains. Several solar powered greenhouses birth hundreds and hundreds of pounds of hydroponically grown tomatoes, lettuce, kale and cucumbers every week. Continue Reading →
Orange Ginger Juice
Pulp free. Minimal Pulp. Full. On. PULP. This Orange Ginger juice has all the fiber and nutrients we’re missing out on when we juice our fruit and veggies – unless you have a premium juicer that extracts all the good Continue Reading →
Pickled Zucchini
I never really liked pickles and sauerkraut until I began living on a farm. You get to know a kind of abundance that you never knew before. Until you understand the wonder of how to handle and manage all the Continue Reading →
Aloe Vera Detox Drink
A friend of mine posted the health benefits of Aloe Vera on Facebook last night. My first thought was how much aloe I have growing outside and how little I use it, even when I have a cut. Actually, the Continue Reading →
Simple Tahitian Taro Leaf Curry
Oh the simplicity. Oh the green. Oh the nourishment…I love coming up with different dishes that utilize food specific to the islands and that fills me up from deep down. I love eating green especially when it doesn’t include kale Continue Reading →
Market & Backyard Belly
This is just a little show and tell of some food made from produce purchased from the farmers market across from Kealia Beach in Kapaa. All the food sold at this particular market is grown just behind the open building Continue Reading →
Edible Hibiscus Curry
It’s been a while. I know. I started my own website so I could streamline all my food rants and share some more personally on life, farming, children, living on Kauai, all within the context of food both local and Continue Reading →