This is a perfect dish for summer!  Cool, fresh, and very, very GREEN! Recipe: 2 Avocados 2 Granny Smith Apples 1 cucumber 1 lime pinch of sea salt pinch of cayenne pepper 1 cup water or chilled herbal tea if you are feeling adventurous! Blend in high powered blender (VITAMIX 5200 is my personal favorite [...]

Did you know we offer cooking classes for kids?!!  Today, we explored raw foods and created the most nutrient dense, decadent RAW CHOCOLATE PUDDING!  Our healthy kids put their gloves on and squished and mashed avocados, and added our best cacao powder, rich in healthy fats and antioxidants.  We topped our pudding with fresh cut peaches, strawberries, blueberries, [...]

Aloha Healthy Eaters! Prepared foods is now featuring two of my very own HSH compliant recipes in their salad bar!!! What is HSH?!  Well, HSH stands for Health Starts Here which means these recipes contain all sorts of fresh, nutrient rich ingredients, absolutely NO oil, and NO processed sugar…. I bet you are wondering if these [...]

Hana Fresh Purslane now available in Produce at Whole Foods Market Maui Mall! Purslane is an excellent source of essential amino acids and nor-adrenaline. Because of its high nutritive and antioxidant properties, purslane is described as a “power food of the future”. Also an LNA (a type of acid mostly found in fish) concentration in [...]

Raw Collard Greens are a great alternative to bread or tortillas!  Last night we had a fun demonstration on how to make nutrient rich green wraps.. Ingredients: Raw collard greens, makes two wraps per leaf 1green pepper, chopped 2 cups cooked beans of your choosing (Whole Foods Market offers canned organic beans, salt and/or fat [...]

What a treat!! These are delicious and loaded with nutrients! “Hamakua Mushrooms uses a growing process that allow us to produce our mushrooms without  synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, hormones or chemicals. We use steam and air filtration to control the growing process and protect the natural resources available to us in Hawaii. Using environmentally friendly [...]