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Author Archives: Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
Thai Inspired Baked Wontons
I am not often one for appetizers. I know, it’s silly. And there’s no good reason. Often when I’m thinking of meals to cook, I skip over appetizers and instead focus on elements of the actual main courses and a … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Baking, Lunch, Sides
Tagged baked wonton, baked wontons, carrots, ginger, shiitake mushrooms, Thai fish sauce, Thai rice noodles, Thai wonton, vegetarian, vegetarian eggroll, vegetarian wontons, wonton, wontons
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Easy Raw Tomato Sauce
My quintessential summer mealtime would probably include no stoves or ovens being used. Or maybe being used very minimally. There would be lots of veggies straight out of the garden. Perhaps grilled fish or something along those lines. Grilled pizza? … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Life, Lunch, Salad, Sauces, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged balsamic tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, basil, fresh herbs, garlic, herbs, oregano, parsley, raw, raw sauces, raw tomato sauce, summer, summer tomatoes, thyme, tomato sauce, tomatoes, vegetarian, vinegar
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Mini Sourdough Peach Pies
I enjoy peaches, especially this time of year when the summer heat so perfectly ripens them. Peaches themselves don’t need many frills or additives to make them attractive. Wandering through the grocery store or farmers market, I love spotting these … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Kids, Vegetarian
Tagged Babycakes, Babycakes pie maker, mini pies, PEACH PIE, PEACHES, sourdough, SOURDOUGH CRUST, SOURDOUGH PEACH PIE, SOURDOUGH PIE, SOURDOUGH SURPRISES
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Herbed Cauliflower, Cherry Tomato and Fontina Pizza
The other night, we had a dinner get-together fall apart at the last minute. At that point I had gone grocery shopping and had all the ingredients for two different curries, one of which included red lentils and cauliflower. When … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Bread, Dinner, Kids, Lunch, Vegetarian
Tagged Bake Your Day, basil, cauliflower, cauliflower pizza, cherry tomatoes, fontina cheese, Gimme Some Oven, herbs, homemade pizza, mozzarella, pizza, Pizza Home Chef, Recipe for Change, sourdough pizza, Tomato Love Recipe Exchange
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Chorizo and Cheese Enchiladas
Much of the time, I would prefer using fresh and/or homemade ingredients instead of relying on canned, pre-jarred, or pre-made things. I’ve made enchilada sauce from scratch a few times, but we tend to keep canned enchilada sauce on hand. … Continue reading
Vegan Spam
Once upon a time, I had a craving for a spam musubi. Yes, that mysterious rectangular pink colored who-knows-what. If you didn’t grow up in Hawaii or haven’t spent a good amount of time there, the whole idea of … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged garlic, nori, nutritional yeast, soy sauce, soybeans, spam musubi, sticky rice, tomato juice, vegan spam, vegan spam musubi, vegetarian spam, vegetarian spam musubi
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Mini Chocolate Pies with Macadamia Coconut Crusts
Our kitchen isn’t exactly lacking in gadgets. The lovely Kitchen Aid artisan stand mixer, food processor, Belgian waffle iron, juicer, Hawaiian shave ice maker, etc. My tendency, however, is to use these things frequently as soon as we get them, … Continue reading
Mini Blueberry Pies
Perhaps by now you’re aware that I do not consider myself much of a baker. Queen of the flop-cakes? Sure thang. Sunken-center baker extraordinaire? You know it. Not always, but enough to make me nervous about ever having to bake … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Dessert, Vegetarian
Tagged Babycakes, Babycakes pie maker, blueberries, cinnamon, cloves, dessert, lemon, lemon zest, novelty baking, pie maker, pies, sugar, vanilla
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Creamy Three-Cheese Pasta with Roasted Tomatoes
My appetite has gone haywire over the last couple months. Not hungry, not hungry, not hungry, ravishingly hungry after a couple weeks, though only around 10 o’clock at night. Summer is nearly always like that for me: the warm days … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Lunch, Vegetarian
Tagged balsamic tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, basil, cherry tomatoes, creamy pasta, feta, fresh basil, goat cheese, pasta, roasted tomatoes
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Roasted Poblano Guacamole
I kick myself every single time I need to buy an avocado. There are numerous foods in Hawaii that I miss incredibly much all the time, but one in particular I never expected to miss, let alone crave, are the gigantic … Continue reading
Posted in Gluten-Free, Lunch, Sauces, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged adobo sauce, appetizer, avocado, chipotle peppers, cilantro, guacamole, homemade guacamole, homemade salsa, homemade sauce, lime, Mexican, peppers, poblano peppers, sidedish
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Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
