Have you ever baked a starfruit upside down cake… in the rice cooker?! If you have, you deserve a high five because that is winnahs! The starfruit are popping by the thousands on Kaua’i and we are ready for it Continue Reading →
One day McD’s will get the memo and Hawai’i will have a taro burger and sweet potato fries in every location. Until then, we forge ahead creating the best homemade happy meals ever imagined with freshly sourced ingredients. Dave’s Taro Continue Reading →
Abra-ca-pickle, you asked about okra, and ta-da okra pickles! We were scratching our heads about this funky veggie that makes its debut between Summer and early Fall. We pondered the basics, fried or in a stew? Gumbo or soup? But, Continue Reading →
On Kaua‘i, summer is defined by the ripening of long-awaited fruit — lychee, mango, dragonfruit, soursop and countless others which translates to smoothies, fruit bowls, breads, and now dragonfruit-mango slurpees! A life without local food is like a lifetime without Continue Reading →
Here it is friends — ulu nachos! The best way to eat ulu in the most gloriously kid-friendly way. Chips cut thicker than thin, Hawaiian salted, and fried to a perfect crunch then heaped high with cheese, taco beef, black Continue Reading →
A hollow vegetable with a mildly sweet and crisp fresh taste, ong choy has been gracing the boxes of our Kaukau 4 Keiki Summer Feeding program for many weeks and baffling many parents. The main questions we get are basic; Continue Reading →
This Harm Ha with Ong Choy recipe is shared by Maurice Payes a local Pakala, Kauai boy who spent his long summer days fishing, diving, and surfing in the ocean. Now living on Oahu he spends time with family who Continue Reading →
This Kale Pasta is the only way Lisa Finch’s kids will eat kale! “They don’t like many vegetables and will avoid the tomatoes (more for us parents!)” says Lisa, but this dish is a guaranteed winner in the kitchen. So Continue Reading →
These Easy Papaya Popsicles were an experiment with the ultimate outcome – happy kids asking for more! Raised in Waimea Valley, Julia Matseshe loves cooking with locally grown food. She is a stay-at-home mom and website builder so she loves Continue Reading →
Laurelle made this Pinakbet with the eggplant and tomatoes from her Kaukau 4 Keiki box. She shares, “although I am Filipino, I sadly didn’t grow up eating much Filipino food. However, my husband did. I often ask my mom (who Continue Reading →
