Haupia This will the my final post in my Hawaiian lu au series. For those of you who have joined me over the past week, I hope this weeks recipes have provided an insight into food served at a traditional Hawaiian lu au. In addition to the dishes that were shown here, there are many others that you are likely to find at lu aus - poke , poi…
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Recipe top 10 Stuck for something new to excite your taste buds? Check out our 10 most viewed recipes of the week. SEARCH RECIPES: Enter keyword(s) below for to search main courses | serves 6-8 1. Heat a lug of groundnut oil in a large pan and fry the mustard seeds with the curry leaves till the seeds start to pop. Add the onion, garlic, ginger…
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Over the past few years, whipped coconut cream has become one of my favorite tricks I’ve come up with in the kitchen. I love whipping up (literally) a batch for dinner guests, not even bothering to tell them it isn’t heavy whipped cream. I love how amazed people are when I tell them that it’s totally vegan and just 3 simple ingredients. I…
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I’ve been using coconut products for years, especially coconut oil. Coconut Milk is a wonderful alternative to pasteurized cow’s milk or to rice, soy or other processed milks. Unfortunately, the cans of most store bought versions of coconut milk are lined with BPA. New refrigerated carton varieties are somewhat better, but can be expensive…
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We use chicken thigh meat because of the deeper flavor, but you can use chicken breast meat if you prefer. This is a mild curry. You can increase the heat with more cayenne. Please note that jalapeños vary greatly in heat. Check the spiciness of your jalapeños and adjust the recipe to taste. Note that what we usually buy labelled curry powder…
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Chicken adobo! I learned this recipe from my long time reader Josephine during my Gapshida trip in the Philippines! It was a great chance to meet her face to face because she had already been sharing her amazing Korean food photos with me and my other readers for years. Her husband Cyrus volunteered to be our cameraman. It was hot day, but…
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Last weekend, I was planning to make a big pot of oatmeal and I figured oatmeal and coconut probably go nicely together. Turns out I was right! I think it’s important to use steel-cut oats for this Coconut Oatmeal, but you could use rolled oats in a pinch. Ingredients 1 cup steel cut oats 4 cups water 3/4 cup coconut milk 1/4 cup ground flax…
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Cooking on the cheap shouldn t mean minute rice and buttered pasta every night. With a little creativity and a little planning, you can make the most of a tight budget - without sacrificing flavor or variety. You ve been pinching your pennies: you pack your lunch, eat your fair share of beans, and have settled down pretty comfortably with…
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The nice thing about moving from the frigid Midwest to the South is that you can gloat to all your family and friends back home about the weather when fall starts. “Oh, it snowed there today? That’s nice. It’s 70 here.” (Yes, I am a terrible person.) But a week or two ago, when I saw people posting pictures of the first snow of the year on…
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Show of hands: who drank too much Guinness last night? Not me. I took it easy with Cookie and ate some green curry for dinner. Maybe I was sampling from the wrong region, but it seemed festive enough. I’ve been on a vegetable-packed coconut curry kick lately—they’re just the perfect transition food for this time of year. This curry is based…
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I ve made a dangerous discovery this week. A discovery that involves heating up a can of coconut milk with a handful of really good chocolate and a little vanilla (and a few other ingredients) and creating the silkiest, dreamiest pudding you may have ever tasted. Although usually quite easy, puddings can sometimes be tricky. There s nothing…
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Our piece aboutJamie Oliver s chicken in milk got me thinking about other possibilities for cooking a whole chicken in milk — what could be easier than filling a pot with liquid and spices, turning on the heat, and walking away until what s left is the most succulent fall-off-the-bone bird? So I decided to try the sweet and pungent flavors…
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When it comes to cookies, deliciousness usually arrives in the form of ingredients like flour, butter, sugar, nuts, and chocolate. So what happens when you can t eat any of these foods? In my case, you start playing with coconut. Besides nut and chocolate allergies, I am currently on a restricted diet without gluten, soy, dairy, or refined…
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Chocolate Burfi is a very easy burfi that even beginners can try, it just melts in your mouth, so soft and textured that I loved it instantly. The fact that this burfi also requires very little ghee made me to try it instantly.I used my maida burfi as base recipe for this chocolate burfi and it came out soo good.I just tried with a very small…
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During one of our trips to Hawaii, I bought a fundraiser cookbook, 50th Anniversary Best of Our Favorite Recipes published by the Maui Association for Family and Community Education. I love cookbooks with recipes by everyone’s grandmother and auntie, showcasing traditional and everyday recipes such as malasadas, pork adobo, and laulau. I did…
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