Homemade Ginger Ale

A lot of store-bought beverages contain GMOs, HFCS and artificial ingredients.  If you’re like me, you stand there in the store reading labels trying to figure out if this is something you should be drinking and then wind up getting bottled water or going without. A nice treat, is to make your own soda at […]

Make Fresh Herbal Tea From Your Garden

It’s important to stay hydrated everyday. It’s easy to fall into a beverage routine and not change it even if it’s hot out, or you are working hard and perspiring. With the increasing awareness that store bought beverages can affect our weight, contain GMOs, cause cancer, diabetes, and a myriad of other diseases, along with […]

How to Make Fresh Bamboo Shoots

When we first came to Hawaii, there was not one bamboo plant growing on our 9 acres. How was I going to build a tiki hut? What was here, was a small trailer; for maybe hauling sheep or goats. I saw a posting at the community mailboxes for someone who wanted a trailer and I […]

Avocado Macadamia Nut Pesto

On our farm we try and obtain food from the land as much as possible. Most of our dishes are more than 50% to 75% from the land with usually only one or two ingredients that are not grown in Hawaii. I hope to increase the food we grow and get locally each day. This […]

Make Juice from Pineapple Shells, Cores, and Ends

The Pineapple Industry has long been making juice from pineapple by-products like shells, cores and ends. At home, we can also stop discarding these pineapple treasures and make a delicious hot or cold beverage. In the early days of pineapple processing they used to haul these bits out to sea and they often came back […]