How to Grow an Indoor Garden
Grow your own vegetables in virtually any space "What? I could barely grow seeds in styrofoam cup in kindergarten. How am I supposed to grow an indoor garden?" What if growing a [...]
Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas
When I visit a Mexican restaurant for the first time, I always try to taste their beans, rice, tacos, and enchiladas. Tacos for the meat inside and enchiladas for their sauce. [...]
Beef Stew & Mashed Potatoes
I am a meat and potatoes girl. All the way. If I had to choose a last meal, this would be it. Beef stew, even a local Hawaii favorite. Mashed [...]
Cornbread Cake
Be warned, that this cornbread is laden with sugar. But it is oh so tasty when paired with Portuguese Bean Soup or another kind of stew that is more salty or savory. It's [...]
Vegetable Curry
Since moving to Hawaii, I've had to learn to venture out and try new things, like sushi, dim sum, and curry. Sure, those dishes were available in my homeland of Southern [...]
“Sopita” Mexican Shells & Cheese
We all knew when Mom was making Sopita. The savory smell would waft through the air and we came running. Some liked it soupy, some liked it chunky, some hot, [...]
Portuguese Bean Soup
This recipe is a cold and rainy night staple, full of flavor, and very family friendly. One of our favorite comfort foods, best paired with our Cornbread Cake recipe. Portuguese Bean [...]
Living Whole: Baby Steps to a Healthier You
Here we are with January coming to a close and statistically speaking about 25% of you who made New Year’s resolutions didn’t even make it the first week. Oops! Do you [...]
Living Whole: Eating Real Food
Whole foods. Paleo. Vegan. Vegetarian. Omnivore. All natural. Organic. Non-GMO. Can we agree that eating these days is far more complicated than when we were growing up? I know that it’s [...]
Living Whole: How Real Food Revitalized My Family
“Something isn’t right..." It was all I could think. Four years ago, I began experiencing debilitating vertigo, randomly throughout the day. Over the course of a week, I went from stumbling [...]