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Eat the Love is always an endless inspiration. When I saw this recipe for a tropical shortcake with fruit, I knew right away that a vegan version was in order. These shortcakes are perfect, well balanced flavor and the perfect crumb. They freeze very… Continue Reading “Tropical Cornmeal Shortcakes w/ Kiwi, Pineapple, Lilikoi & Coconut Cream.”
In Hawaii, there is this really popular dish called the “loco moco”, typically constructed of a pile of rice (usually white) topped with a hamburger patty (or sometimes steak), then a fried egg and then a load of gravy. It actually doesn’t sound that… Continue Reading “Vegan Loco-Moco.”
Aloha from Maui. So, I’m a little late to the party. It was a holiday and a flight to my favorite island. But I’m here now. And here with this Guava Cheesecake Pie.
Sometimes this blogging escapes me. I’ve been having a lot of wonderful adventures lately and I want to share them. I still have so many Hawaiian recipes to share too. I guess I will get around to posting them all at some point. Once… Continue Reading “Mango Lilikoi Sunshine Pie.”
When I was in Maui last fall, I brought a few recipes from one of my favorite baking blogs, Eat the Love with me to make. They all turned out so well, I looked for a few more recipes to take with me when… Continue Reading “Caramelized Apple Banana Rum Bread w/ Macadamia Topping.”
Recently I was very excited to receive some of the new Beyond Meat to try! I tasted some strips out of one of my packages and knew I what I wanted to make right away. Well, truthfully there was more than one thing I… Continue Reading “Hawaiian “Chicken” Salad on Toast.”
Whenever I come back from Hawaii, all I want are tropical fruits and island foods. The last trip was no exception and a few days afrer I got back, I headed over to Organix to grab some organic papayas from Kumu Farms. I decided… Continue Reading “Papaya-Pineapple Crisp.”
After my dad and I visited the beautiful Kumu Farms and filled our bellies, we headed out in our rental to explore the remainder of Molokai. We drove as far around the island as we could and took many roads inland in between. When… Continue Reading “Purdy’s Macadamia Nut Farm & Molokai Pt. 2”
I’m sitting here trying to think of way to talk about malasadas (malassada- Portuguese spelling). I don’t really have any kind of story about them, but they’re tiny donuts so they don’t need a story right? Tiny donuts don’t care. Malasadas are bite-sized, fried… Continue Reading “Malasadas.”
Spam. Ew! Never tried it, so I don’t know what it tastes like. What can I say, ham in a can never appealed to me or anyone in my family. For reasons unknown to me, Hawaiians seem to have a thing for Spam, but… Continue Reading “Vegan Spam Musubi.”