Pumpkin Season
Here are a couple of pumpkin or kabocha recipes I tried recently: Vegan Pumpkin Soup from NoraCooks It required caramelizing the onions: and Roasted Kabocha with Maple Syrup and Ginger…
Make Chinese New Year Decorations 2/20/24, AARP Hawaii’s free Zoom workshop
Make Chinese New Year Decorations 2/20/24, AARP Hawaii's free Zoom workshop Expert crafter Joy Shimabukuro will lead attendees through the process of creating Chinese lanterns and paper fortune cookies. Celebrate Chinese New…
Galentine’s Day Pasta and Fudge
Last night, women in our church's community group gathered for a Galentine's Day themed dinner and Bible study. I tried out some new-to-me recipes. A few months ago, our friends…
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…
Chinese Dragon Dance
We saw a Chinese Dragon Dance for Chinese New Year at D'lish at the Beach/Kapilina Beach Homes in Ewa Beach. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Tvt4FPrBOnM https://youtube.com/shorts/jwBsmNvNEgk
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…
Gigantic Candy Corn?
During our twice daily dog walks, I saw the gigantic candy corn, which at first I thought someone placed them there as a weird Halloween decoration. But I soon realized…
Easter Bento Blessings
To celebrate this Easter season, our church held an event called Bento Blessings. We made 200 bentos to provide lunch at a houseless village of mostly Native Hawaiians in Waianae…
Valentine Cards for the Elderly, Made by Young Students
Yesterday for Valentine’s Day, students at Punahou School had made cards for residents of the West Loch Elderly Village and we distributed them along with their meals for Lanakila Meals…