Musings of a wife and mother, born and raised in Hawaii. Far away from home now, but creating and discovering bits of sunshine and paradise in everyday life.
Monthly archive February, 2012
Mochi Love

Mochi Love

Earlier this month, I was in charge of putting together a fundraiser for Laurel and Quill’s Japanese school. I threw everything together in a week, and we really just had two weeks to sell. The school already does a really successful mandarin orange fundraiser in the fall, and a tamale fundraiser in the late spring....
Spinach Feta Pies

Spinach Feta Pies

There’s a frozen, spinach and feta hand held pie that I absolutely love.  I don’t buy it very often, as it costs about $3.50 -$4.00 each. I’ve been fooling around with making a homemade version, and I’m quite pleased!   Start off by making a yogurt dough using nonfat or lowfat plain yogurt, greek style...
Cherry Almond Cookie Bites

Cherry Almond Cookie Bites

Tiny almond cookie bites crowned with bits of cherries. I made some of these earlier for my Chinese Candy Box. Usually Chinese almond cookies are topped with a dot of red food coloring, or a blanched almond. As I’m always trying to find alternatives to artificial food colorings, I thought I’d try to use a...