Today was Sunday so we decided to have breakfast out again at Burgers in Paradise. As mentioned earlier, this restaurant offers a lot more than Burgers and provides quite a variety of breakfast items. Ev had Pancakes which were rather large but quite good tasting. My breakfast was a Papaya /Pineapple Boat that was served with […]
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Today, I am going to skip right ahead to dinner as breakfast and lunch meals were not exciting and the day was pretty ordinary. For dinner we went to Keoki’s Tropical Paradise at Poipu Village Shopping Mall. Keoki’s interior is true to its name. It is truly a Tropical Paradise and as in most Hawaiian […]
On Monday we woke up to the birds singing, the breeze wafting and the sun shining. This was the day that we decided that we would have breakfast out. We ended up at the Poipu Shopping Village and had breakfast at ‘Poipu Tropical Burger’, a restaurant that features much more than just Burgers on […]
When browsing through Costco’s Produce Section the other day, I came across a package of 4 large Portobello Mushrooms. These are the size that Mushroom Burgers can be made from and they are also great for a ‘Stuffed Mushroom Entrée’. After picking up the mushrooms, I then went over to the Seafood Section and purchased […]
There is nothing like really good Italian Meatballs, bursting with the flavor of garlic, onions and herbs and made light and fluffy with the use of eggs. To make your own Meatballs you will need just a few ingredients. First of all you need the meat (ground beef is my favorite – lean – but some people […]
ENTERTAINING FOR CINCO DE MAYO Cinco de Mayo is the Fifth of May and is a Mexican national Holiday which celebrates the Mexican Victory over the French at Puebla in 1862. Cinco de Mayo is a time for celebration and fiestas throughout Mexico and throughout much of the United States. Cities such as Los Angeles, […]
When you walk down the pasta isle in the market how do you choose which pasta to buy and which to use for what purpose? There are flat pastas, round pastas, hollow pastas and twisted pastas. There is pasta that is made to look like rice (Italian orzo) and pasta that resembles gnocchi (potato […]
What do you do with one leftover portion of mashed potatoes and a small amount of frozen spinach? Well, here is what I did with them. Mashed Potatoes -whisk them up really well to get out all the lumps and then add one beaten egg and mix well. Spinach – Thaw and drain well. Combine the […]
One of the things about using leftovers is that no matter how hard you try, you usually have to add some ingredients to the leftovers and voila, your leftover larder increases or just changes. Take the Lasagna I just made from leftovers. The Lasagna was great, but guess what? Using the leftovers created more […]
How many times have you wondered what to do with those leftover items in your refrigerator or freezer? Take stock of what you have and imagine what you could do with them. My latest creation was Lasagna, and delicious Lasagna it was. The following is what I had in my refrigerator, freezer and cupboard. […]