Posted in Health, Nutrition, Tea, Vegetarian, eggs, healthy cooking, low fat baking, potatoes, tagged eating stinging nettles, how to cook nettles, how to harvest nettles, Leek frittata, nettle frittata, nettle tea, Nettles, nurtitional benefits of nettles, Spring on March 20, 2009 | 13 Comments »
“Nettles consume the phlegmatic superfluities which winter has left behind.” herbalist Nicholas Culpepper, 1653
Stinging nettles is probably the last thing on earth that is thought of as appetizing. Most people remember nettles in a not so fond way, having stumbled into a patch unwittingly. (BTW, the juice of nettles actually is the antidote to their [...]
Posted in Bananas, Dessert, Hawaiian, low fat baking, tagged banana coconut bread, banana coconut cake, Hawaiian banana bread, healthy banana bread, history of bananas, low fat banana bread, low fat banana cake, nutritional content bananas on March 11, 2009 | 15 Comments »
“Time flies like as arrow, fruit flies like a banana.” Groucho Marx
Aloha! Due to being in Hawai`i, my last column was absent from the paper. I am back but my head refuses to admit to it. Due to this malfunctioning I will continue to pretend like I am in the islands where I eat [...]
Posted in Dessert, Fish, Fruit, restaurants, tagged Bev Gannon, Hai`imaile General Store, Kula strawberries, Liliko'i Cream Brulee, Liliko`i, Maui restaurants, Paia Fish Mart, Passion fruit, Passion fruit pudding on March 4, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I am just barely getting grounding here at the beautiful Oregon coast, but let me tell you going back to visit my home, Maui, is DANGEROUS! I did not want to come home and I ate so much I think I gained 10 pounds. I haven’t bothered to look for mercy sakes.
The food [...]
