Menu’s-Recipes-Find Local Food

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North Kohala Farmer’s Market, Restaurants, Stores, Supporting Organizations

Hawaii Island Farmer’s Markets, CSA’s, Restaurants, Stores, Supporting Organizations

Eat Local Week Menu Ideas compiled by Vivienne Aronowitz M.P.H., R.D, Nutritionist (aronowitz[at]gmail.com) with help from Joan Namkoong, Foodie and Cookbook Author extraordinaire.

Andrea Dean’s
My Experiments with Food Truth- 60 Days of Eating Locally Grown
What Andrea eats when she is “going local.”

I am not a person who spends a lot of time in the kitchen creating or preparing elaborate recipes. I am more likely to be found in front of my computer or outside running or swimming than in the kitchen. Therefore, my food preparations are relatively simple- I steam, I fry, I make simple soups and salads, or I eat the food in its natural state. I don’t write down or follow recipes, I just make it up as I go along. Following are some of the foods that I eat when I am eating 100% locally grown.

Breakfast

Local Egg Omelet with goat cheese, green onions and veggies (Hamakua mushrooms, kale, spinach, tomatoes, etc…)
Ulu, taro, potato (regular potatoes from Volcano) or sweet potato home fries
Poi with honey
Banana, Mango, Strawberry (or other fruits) smoothie made with Mountain Apple Brand milk
Fruit or fruit salad (papaya, banana, mango, star apple, soursop, orange, grapefruit, tangerine)- add honey and lemon for fun.
Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice

Lunch/Dinner

Starches:
Sweet Potatoes (steamed, roasted with rosemary, fried, mashed with milk)
Pumpkin
Corn
Taro or cassava cakes (cook, add egg, green onions, corn, carrots, etc., fry)
Ulu, taro, potato (regular potatoes from Volcano), cassava, or sweet potato prepared in a variety of ways

Protein:
Crabs- fried
Opihi
Squid Luau
Black beans (some farmers have dried beans!)
Hard boiled eggs
Quiche (eggs, milk + veggies) with taro, cassava or potato crust
Fish cakes (fish, egg, taro/cassava + veggies)

Soups:
(I like creamy soups, so I usually cook the veggies in water with ginger and/or green onions and cream in the blender with some milk.)

Carrot – Ginger Soup
Beet soup
Broccoli – dasheen Soup
Broccoli, potato, carrot, leek
Squash soup

Veggie Preparations:
Salads- greens, cucumbers, tomato, carrots, beets, etc…
½ avocado
Veggie stir fry
Steamed

Veggies I find:
Green beans
Turnips
Carrots
Hamakua Mushrooms
Kale
Eggplant
Kohrabi
Spinach
Beets
Swiss Chard
Broccoflower
Cauliflower

Basic fruits and fun fruits to find (go on a tropical fruit finding mission!)
Sapote
Jabotacaba
Jackfruit
Chicu
Soursop
Banana
Strawberries
Mango
Payaya
Oranges

Condiments
Fruit/Tomato Salsa
Avocado-mac nut oil-lemon dressing
Homemade ketchup

Snacks

Cucumbers with goat cheese
Fruits
Mac Nuts
Smoked/Dried Fish
Celery with Mac Nut Butter or Goat Cheese

Dessert

Banana- sweet potato pie: eggs, milk, banana, sweet potato crust
Custard: milk and eggs
Fried banana with honey and mac nut butter
Lilikoi Jam right out of the jar!
Mac Nut butter and honey on finger!
Dried banana or other dried fruit

Beverages
Coffee
Mauna Kea Tea
Coconut water (from the nut, not from the can)