Living on Maui is fruit heaven. Now that we are receiving a weekly CSA box, I find myself having to come up with more and more amazing things to make to use up all the bounty. Today is the first of what will likely be hundreds of smoothies to come. Enjoy! Star Fruit Smoothie 1/2 cup organic rice milk 1/2 cup organic coconut flesh 1…
Last Saturday, Jon and I took a long drive around the north east end of the island. There is a gorgeous retreat center just past Hana, and I was on a scouting mission for a possible retreat I’ll be hosting next Fall. It was the perfect excuse to grab our cameras and just take a meandering drive around the beauty of this island and take…
A couple of days ago, one of our neighbors, Jill, stopped by and gave me a huge bag filled with freshly picked limes. The following day, Jon came upstairs with 5 fresh Guavas he had picked from the tree at the entrance of our property. My kitchen counter looked like some glorious pre Thanksgiving bounty, especially after I added a newly picked coconut from the…
I have been so into tomatoes lately. This is odd though, because I really don’t tend to be a tomato girl. It’s a food I have had to teach myself to really eat, and still to this day, I don’t like whole slices of tomatoes by themselves. Roasted tomatoes though… now that’s a different story! When I saw these gorgeous organic heirloom tomatoes at Whole…
Living with the love of your life isn’t always rose pedals and romps through the meadow. I know hard to believe yes? Its true. Days like this I often get up and would much rather rasp out in a grouchy voice, ‘Get your own food.’ But I didn’t. Instead, I stepped into that sanctum that is the kitchen and began looking through the refrigerator, pulling…
