Fresh cranberry sauce is nothing like what comes in a can. Today, I saw cranberries at Costco so I made my annual favorite by following the recipe on the bag with a…
Category: Costco and Cooking
Mostly Costco, some cooking. I’ll blog my bulk ingredient use here.
Costco Cooking: Quinoa
For those looking to cut back on simple sugars, quinoa is a good substitute for rice. Brown rice has a glycemic index of 68, lower than white rice at 73; quinoa’s glycemic…
Cooking by ingredient, not recipe. Today’s challenge.
The Challenge: Tonight is kupuna dinner, the night when two of my neighbors come over. It’s a Covid tradition we all enjoy so it will continue indefinitely. Truth is, I never know…
Costco Cuisine: Cashew Chicken recipe
For this dish, nearly every ingredient you need you can get at Costco, and it’s a fancy dish at a great price. The only ingredient you might need to buy elsewhere is…
August exchange: Rau Ram (Vietnamese cilantro)
I’m bringing rau ram to tomorrow’s plant exchange. Lots of rau ram. Turns out, rau ram loves aquaponics systems and like ong choi, just keeps growing and growing. I’m also cooking rau…
Costco Product Review: Sun Tropics Tapioca Boba Pudding with Coconut Milk
This one is a buy-again five-star find. When I saw it yesterday at Hawaii Kai Costco, I wasn’t sure whether to buy it or not. The thing with Costco is that if…
Sometimes the best food has no recipe
I had to blog this while the feeling is still in my mouth. Humble brag here, I went out to prune the plants and came back with a basket of vegetables that…
Recipe: Grilled Garlic Bread with “Nooch”
Here are pictures from a previous recipe highlighting the merits of umami.
Umami and Nutritional Yeast: The secret to onolicious
Did you know that the name umami, the fifth taste sensation next to saltiness, sweetness, bitterness, and sourness, has its roots in Hawaii? In 1985, the term umami was recognized as the scientific term…