Aloha Friday Recipe: Passion Fruit Cous Cous

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1 ¼ cups passion fruit juice
1 cup cup quick-cook couscous
1 T. Chinese sesame oil
1 large carrot, peeled and diced
1 stalk celery, diced
2 T. fresh ginger root, peeled and minced
2 T. currants
½ 1 cup macadamia nuts, toasted and chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Heat the passion fruit juice in a medium saucepan over a medium flame. When the juice boils, add the couscous and
sesame oil. Cover the pan and remove from heat. Let the couscous sit for 5 minutes and then fluff it with a fork. Add the rest of the ingredients, stirring to combine. The couscous can be served warm or at room temperature. Serves 4.

Recipe courtesy of EdibleCommunities.com

Maui Onion Festival this Saturday!

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mauionion It’s time for the 21st Annual Maui Onion Festival! There are onions. And then there are Maui Kula Onions. Believed by many to be the sweetest onions in the whole wide world, these glorious bulbs are the star of Maui’s annual festival.

The Maui Onion Festival has been a signature event at Whalers Village since 1990. It’s dedicated to the cultivation and promotion of the world-famous Maui Kula Onion and is attended by thousands of visitors and residents every year.

For more information, you can go to Whalers Village website.

Receive a free Maui Onion Festival canvas bag when you spend $150 or more.

• Free admission
• Recipe contests
• Games & prizes
• Beer garden
• Maui Onion Pairing Dinner
• Chef demonstrations
• Live entertainment
• Food booths
• Special retailer offers

Four Foods on Friday 113

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What can you make with eggs, meat or poultry, vegetables and a starch?

This one’s easy, we had it last night, Loco Moco baby! Cooked sticky rice, a hamburger patty, grilled onions, 2 fried eggs on top and smothered in brown gravy. Soooo ono! (delicious)

Want to play along? There’s still time! Go to Val’s place and post on your blog by tomorrow!

Visitors to the islands rises in March

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Tourism is the lifeblood of Hawaii’s economy and thankfully March saw an upswing by almost 10% in arriving visitors. Increased arrivals and spending netted almost $99 million. If you’d like to read more about this report, click here. If you’d like to help out Hawaii’s economy, plan a trip! After all, you’re just doing your part for the visitor industry! Right?

Hawaiian Word of the Week

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Airplane- Mokulele (moe-koo lay lay)

The alphabet contains 12 letters: 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and 7 consonants (h, k, l, m, n, p, w). To simplify pronunciation, sound consonants as in English and break up words so they are easy to say (ie- Humuhumunukunukuapua’a would be pronounced humu-humu-nuku-nuku-apu-a-a)

Pronounce vowels as follows:

a – a in above; e – e in set; i – ee in see; o – o in some; u – oo in moon.

Pronounce vowels marked by a glottal stop (`) quickly ie- o`o sounds like oh-oh! in English.

Stress rising dipthongs (ae, ai, ao, au, oi, ou, eu, ei) on the first letter and end with a short e, i, o or u. ie- oi sounds like oy in soy, ending with a short “i”.

Aloha Friday Recipe: Coconut Banana Truffles

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4 large bananas, ripe, peeled, cut into 1-inch chunks
8 ounces sour cream
3 cups shredded coconut, sweetened or unsweetened

Place sour cream and coconut in separate medium bowls. Dip each banana chunk into the sour cream, then coat generously with coconut on all sides. Gently press coconut into the banana chunks so each forms a ball. Chill in refrigerator for 1 hour. Can be made 2 days in advance and stored in a covered dish in the refrigerator.

If you don’t want to grate coconut meat, use store-bought coconut instead. I buy a good-quality coconut from our local health food store. Roll the bananas in either sweetened or unsweetened shredded coconut; both work well. If you want to dip the bananas in melted chocolate, skip dipping the bananas in sour cream and then roll them in the shredded coconut.

Recipe courtesy of Edible Hawaiian Islands

Enjoy National Parks for free until Sunday!

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This week the National Park system is waiving entrance fees to many national parks!

If you are in Hawaii, you’ll get to see some amazing national parks. To check which parks are participating, click here.

Hawaiian Word of the Week

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Money- Kala (kah-la)

Pronounce vowels as follows:

a – a in above; e – e in set; i – ee in see; o – o in some; u – oo in moon.

Pronounce vowels marked by a glottal stop (`) quickly ie- o`o sounds like oh-oh! in English.

Stress rising dipthongs (ae, ai, ao, au, oi, ou, eu, ei) on the first letter and end with a short e, i, o or u. ie- oi sounds like oy in soy, ending with a short “i”.

Aloha Friday Recipe: Banana Peanut Butter Cream Tart

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Local girl Lenore Klass got a special award in this year’s Pillsbury Bake Off for this recipe!

1 Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crust, softened as directed on box
6 tablespoons LAND O LAKES® Butter, softened
1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup Jif® Creamy Peanut Butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 cups 1/4-inch slices firm ripe bananas (about 2 medium)
1 cup whipping cream
1/4 cup Fisher® Party Peanuts, finely chopped

Heat oven to 450°F. Unroll pie crust; place in ungreased 9- or 9 1/2-inch tart pan with removable bottom. Press crust firmly against bottom and side of pan; fold excess crust over and gently press into side of pan to make double thickness. Prick bottom of crust with fork several times. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely, about 25 minutes. In medium bowl, beat butter, cream cheese, peanut butter and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating until smooth and creamy. Spread peanut butter filling in tart shell, building up side 1 inch and leaving shallow indentation in center of filling. Fill indentation with bananas; gently press into filling.
In small bowl, beat whipping cream on high speed until soft peaks form (do not overbeat). Spread whipped cream over filling and bananas. Sprinkle peanuts around edge of tart. Refrigerate 1 hour or until chilled. Store covered in refrigerator.

Recipe courtesy Pillsbury.com