Tomato Jam by Chef Lyndon Honda of Project Kokua
This Tomato Jam recipe was created by Chef Lyndon Honda who was born and raised on Oahu and attended culinary school at Kapiolani Community College. For the past 20 years Read More →
Category: Food Recipes
Chili by Carissa Holley of Blue Zones Project
This chili recipe was a way for Carissa Holley to turn her whole family into bean lovers. As a working mother of two, vegetables and a crockpot are key components Read More →
Hukilau Lanai’s Warm Quinoa Salad with Hanalei Taro Hummus
This warm quinoa salad recipe uses seasonal ingredients grown by local Kauai farmers like cauliflower, curry leaves, sweet peppers and limes. Ron Miller, co-owner and chef of Hukilau Lanai, typically Read More →
Mama Jelly’s Chicken Papaya from Tita Kaiwi of Maui Food Bank
A comforting Filipino soup — chicken papaya is the “chicken noodle soup” of Hawaii. To get the ingredients for this recipe Tita Kaiwi took a trip to the Maui Upcountry Read More →
Kabocha Squash Soup from Kaimana Brummel of Blue Zones Project
The meal Kaimana Brummel makes for every occasion has humble beginnings at her local farmers market where she first discovered the star of her kabocha squash soup. Kaimana lives right Read More →
Uala Dill Salad by Kaui Onekea of Ehuola Ohana Health Project
This uala dill salad recipe was developed by Kaui Onekea for the Ehuola Ohana Health Project. Her goal for this dish was to create a delicious mac salad substitute filled Read More →
Easy Ulu Doughnut Holes from The Locavore Store
For the self-proclaimed non-bakers – like Catarina Zaragoza, co-owner of The Locavore Store — this ulu doughnut holes recipe is for you! It’s easy, forgiving, remarkably delicious and gives life Read More →
Country Dill Salad Dressing from Naked Cow Dairy
Country dill salad dressing sounds pretty good, but when you realize the cheese and yogurt used in the recipe is made from fresh milk from well-loved cows raised in Hawaii Read More →
Poi Banana Bread from the Keiki Produce Prescriptions Program
Poi Banana Bread sounds like the beautiful marriage of two of some of the most culturally iconic Hawaiian food crops — kalo and maia, respectively taro and banana. Baking 145 Read More →
Kiawe Flour Blondie Aina Bars by Vince Dodge of Waianae Gold
These Blondie Aina Bars are made with “golden, sweet smelling, amazing tasting flour” shares Vince Kanai Dodge, who can vividly remember the first time he received and cooked with Kiawe Read More →
Sautéed Radish Leaves by Amanda Smith, the Menehune Chef
“The connection to the food and the land is what I fell in love with”, shares Amanda Smith. And after seeing her overall well-being improve once moving to Kauai she Read More →
Ulu Tortillas by Tom Pickett of Kilauea Bakery
It’s July 1991 and the Kilauea Bakery bakes its first loaves of bread for the rural Kauai town of Kilauea. Chef and graduate with honors of the Culinary Institute of Read More →
Cassava Patties by Aunty Kaiulani Odom of Kokua Kalihi Valley
This Cassava Patties recipe is a favorite of Kaiulani, director of the Roots Program at Kokua Kalihi Valley. An incredible non-profit organization working to foster health and healing in the Read More →