Tag: hawaiian chocolate

Happy Halloween – Eat Local Maui Challenge

One of my absolute favorite times of year! These times of celebration can be challenging when trying to eat 100% local, as potluck and family traditions abound. But, I slogged my way through, and not half badly when chocolate and caramels are involved.  tea :: blue butterfly pea flowers gifted from Wailuku Farms, lemon from my …

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Supporting Local Food Supply Chains – Eat Local Maui Challenge

If you think things were bad when there was a shortage of masks for hospitals, imagine what would happen if our food supply chain was significantly disrupted? We all know the climate is changing, so securing local farmers growing crops adapted for your bioregion will be essential moving forward. We are doing it! For Day …

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Steamed Cassava Packets – Eat Local Maui Challenge

100% local food for 10.27.2020 Am sooo happy with this recipe! Help me name this creation, lol cassava “logs/steamed packets” doesn’t work. Today marks Day 11 of Project Locavore 2020. Had been craving some type of grab and go food like this and got lucky with making up this recipe.  The days menu – tea …

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Make Your Own Coconut Milk – Eat Local Maui Challenge

Get a glimpse into eating 100% local foods from the Hawaiian Islands. This video highlights the process of making homemade coconut milk, from opening the coconut all the way to milk. This is Day 10 of the Eat Local Maui Challenge with Project Locavore, where folks are encouraged to include as many locally grown/raised/foraged foods …

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Making Chocolate & Grandma’s 90th Birthday – Eat Local Maui Challenge

A glimpse into Day 9 of eating 100% locally grown and raised foods from the Hawaiian Islands. I pretty much ate leftovers all day, but attempted to make a banana cake topped in chocolate for my Grandma's 90th birthday.

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