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Category Archives: Sides
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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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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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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Homemade Seitan Carnitas
It seems many cultures offer some form of pulled pork. In Hawaii where I grew up, there’s kalua pig: pork rubbed with sea salt, wrapped in ti leaves, traditionally cooked in an underground oven (imu), and then shredded, creating a … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Sauces, Sides, Vegetarian
Tagged adobo sauce, carnitas, chipotle peppers, cumin, fresh herbs, herbs, Mexican food, pulled pork, pulled seitan, seitan, seitan carnitas, vegetarian carnitas, vegetarian mexican food, vegetarian pork, vital wheat gluten, wheat meat
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Blueberry Banana Muffins with Toasted Coconut
Blueberries have been showing up in the market. Often they’ll first arrive in 6 ounce little containers, then by the pint, then in larger 18 or 20 ounce flats. It’s heavenly. At first, your inclination is to eat them fresh. … Continue reading
Posted in Bread, Breakfast, Kids, Sides, Vegetarian
Tagged banana, banana muffin, bananas, blueberries, blueberry, bread, homemade blueberry muffin, homemade muffins, muffins, toasted coconut
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Homemade Hummus
One of my favorite last minute foods to make for groups of folks is homemade hummus. Sometimes I just like to make it because it tastes good. It’s easy, quick, and so much tastier than buying store-bought varieties. While you … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Gluten-Free, Sauces, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged appetizer, cumin, garbanzo beans, garlic, hummus, lemon, paprika, sesame seeds, side dish, smoked paprika, tahini
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Toasted Coconut, Cilantro and Lime Rice
Rice was a substantial part of any meal I had for at least half of my lifetime. Plain white, sticky, rice. Breakfast at times meant sticky rice, scrambled eggs, and Portuguese sausage. Lunch – nori (seaweed) wrapped spam musubis or … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Lunch, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged cilantro, coconut milk, ginger, lime, rice, toasted coconut, toasted rice
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Panko Crusted Tempura Shrimp
Despite growing up in a half-Japanese family and on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, seafood was nowhere on my list of favorite foods as a kid. Or even on the list of foods I would eat. … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Sauces, Seafood, Sides
Tagged Asian, batter, battered, cocktail sauce, crusted, fried, ginger, Japanese breadcrumbs, panko, Panko-crusted, shrimp, tempura
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Jalapeño Cheese Tamales
For quite some time, I was not a fan of tamales. I didn’t care for all that dough and so little filling. I would’ve much preferred some tacos or even a burrito, for that matter. Then I had a horrible … Continue reading
Cranberry Cashew Quinoa Salad
Within my cooking and (lack of) weekly meal planning, a part of me is always striving for some kind of balance. Maybe it’s because I’m a little OCD sometimes. Maybe it’s because we’ve always got so much going on, meals … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Gluten-Free, Lunch, Salad, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged Ashland Food Coop, balsamic vinegar, basil, cashews, cranberries, lemon, mirin, orange, quinoa
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Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
