by Wanda | Jun 7, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Husband has rescued one of the two pots that got chewing gummed in the previous blog about using chico fruit. I found the chico pix and am mounting a couple so you can see it. Since the latex release didn’t happen when I used the fresh fruit, only fruit that...
by Wanda | Jun 1, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
God was thinking the day He made the banana. To me, it’s the perfect fruit: no seed, peeling is easy, you don’t even need a knife, they’re sweet without being cloying and you can find them everywhere. You ever met anyone who objects to banana? I lost...
by Wanda | Feb 8, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
When the new Safeway opened on Beretania, I approached with caution. I used to live in Makiki and the old store conveniently shared a parking lot with my bank. It was right-sized, neither dauntingly big, like Costco, nor cramped, like Foodland Beretania. I knew all...
by Wanda | Jan 24, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
An upcoming recipe competition on the Big Island will celebrate Hawai’i’s largely unappreciated one-time staple, ulu or breadfruit (see details below). Breadfruit, starchy, bland but filling, wasn’t Hawaiians’ favorite; they preferred kalo...
by Wanda | Jan 7, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Low-carb diets. My advice: Don’t do it. All you’ll do is lose water and ketones fast, then… the carbs come back and you stop losing and even gain. I’m not saying NO carbs. I’m saying whole grains in small quantities. And mix ’em up:...