August’s Appliance Cooking
Appliance Cooking in August: Here are some of the dishes I tried to make recently. I've been inspired by some of my friends to try to eat healthier so we're loosely…
Grilled Mackerel
Our local Sam's Club (in Pearl City) has a good deal on mackerel, 5 fillets for $9. I tried this recipe from Just One Cookbook for grilled mackerel (Saba Shioyaki…
Smoky Spicy Bean Dip (vegan)
This week’s new recipe experiment was a smoky, spicy vegan bean dip, served with tortilla chips. I brought it in for my PT clinic’s staff and for our church’s hospitality…
Spicy Smoked Deviled Eggs for Easter
Hope you had a Happy Easter! I tried out a new recipe to make spicy smoked deviled eggs to bring for our church’s refreshment table. The eggs 🥚 were boiled…
Poke Nachos
A couple of weeks ago, my college friend K. and her husband T. visited us from the mainland. I made poke nachos using poke from Foodland, air fried the wonton…
The High Blood Pressure Plate Plan
When guests visit us on a Wednesday, we’ve now developed a plan to go to the Kapilina Night Market to get @dahubstore 's #HighBloodPressurePlate (s) while watching the sunset on the…
New Recipes Attempted for Thanksgiving 2022
Hope you and your loved ones had a Happy Thanksgiving! This was the first Thanksgiving without any of our kids. They are all on the mainland. We had a fun…
Lighting up the Solo Stove Mesa on a Full Moon Night
I've been eyeing a Solo Stove fire pit, especially after sitting around our friends Tim and Amy's fire pit. Solo Stove recently launched a tabletop version, called a Mesa, which…
Banana Oatmeal Cookie Recipe
I haven't been baking much recently but we had too many bananas turning brown. The other day, I tried this recipe, Moist and Chewy Banana Oatmeal Cookies from Lindsay at…
Observations from Sam’s Club Seafood Department
We usually shop at Costco since it's somewhat on the way home from church but lately I've shopped at Sam's Club in Pearl City because it is on my way…