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Mostly Costco, some cooking. I’ll blog my bulk ingredient use here.

Costco Cuisine: Preparing a Five Pound Bag of Lemons for Future Use

Posted on September 26, 2021

Whether you shop at Sam’s Club, Costco, Chef Zone or Smart and Final, bulk purchases can be daunting.

Here’s a recipe to preserve a full five pounds of lemons for future use. Added benefit: the food tastes better too.

An about-face on kupuna hours at Costco

Posted on July 21, 2021

This week, Costco shut down the extra 9:00 am Hawaii Kai hour for kupuna. Next week, beginning on July 26, 2021 it plans to reverse course and reopen at 9:00 am again….

Hurricane Douglas Curry: How to use green papayas

Posted on July 27, 2020

This past Saturday, July 25, 2020, we were expectantly preparing for Hurricane Douglas. My neighbor’s papapa tree had grown too tall, and I had promised her for some time that I’d cut…

Beginning Monday March 30, 2020, New Hours for Costco

Posted on March 28, 2020

Costco’s U.S. locations will close at 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. That’s two hours earlier than warehouses usually close. Stores will continue to open at their regular times. Weekend hours will not…

Original Stroopwafels at Costco

Posted on October 6, 2019

These Le Chic Patissier Original Stroopwafel caramel waffle sandwiches looked good; so good I was afraid to be disappointed. I thought at regular price, they also seemed to be a bit pricey,…

Rana Skillet Gnocchi Kit

Posted on October 4, 2019

You’re looking at tonight’s dinner, this week’s lunch and more. With the addition of vegetables, it was over three pounds of food for less than $10. This 23-ounce package gets our family’s…

Instacart will deliver your Hawaii Costco groceries, but is it worth it?

Posted on October 14, 2017

After living in a dense urban area like San Francisco, I get excited when I hear a new delivery service has opened.  This week, Instacart began Oahu deliveries.  Included in their delivery…

Costco Product Review: Hawaii Kai Kitten

Posted on September 20, 2016

“I’m going to find it,” she declared emphatically I too had heard it — the day before.  I thought it was just thoughtless bubul birds fighting over an overripe papaya, so I…

Costco Product Review: Powerstroke 1900 PSI Pressure Washer

Posted on August 25, 2016

PowerStroke Electric Pressure Washer PS141912 “I use it to clean the grill” It really only took one sentence to convince me. “I use it to clean the grill.” I had been contemplating…

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