Tag: wildcrafting

Maui Eat Local Challenge 2023

Hard to believe it’s been 10 years that I’ve participated in the Maui Eat Local Challenge. I remember when we started there was no locally available olive oil, cultivated gourmet mushrooms, cashews, skyr, or black pepper. A few people on the fringe, willing to get uncomfortable and figure out new ways of eating. Now, there …

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Butterfly Water

INTRODUCTION Living a botanically rich lifestyle is pretty easy. Even if you don’t know how to cook, don’t like to cook, or are too busy to cook, the simple act of adding flowers to what you are drinking adds biodiversity to your diet. When speaking about butterfly ginger, we use one name “Butterfly Ginger” to …

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Too Hot to Handle

INTRODUCTION This strawberry guava hot sauce is amazing with tacos, loco moco, fried rice, stir fry or just about anything you’d normally add hot sauce to. You can adjust the heat of the hot sauce by halving the amount of chili peppers, or less. INGREDIENTS 40 fresh strawberry guava, seeds removed 70 Hawaiian chili peppers …

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Female Tonic

INTRODUCTION Designed to give women herbal support, but of course it can be supportive for men and non-binary individuals. Nourishing, gentle yet deep, this blend can be taken as you like. A droperfull daily, a drop as needed, or sip over ice in ceremony or celebration. INGREDIENTS 1 cup strawberry guava, fresh 1/2 cup shatavri, …

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