It’s been a stupendously Starfruity autumn so far! I LOVE starfruit because it’s refreshing and SO versatile. Salads, salsas, JUICE, smoothies, garnishes, dried, and my friend even adds it to her soups/stews/rice dishes. Nice!!
I usually eat it in salads and juice it because it’s so yummy with ginger, turmeric, greens and mint. It also makes a splendid salad (or chutney??) cut up with fresh Mint/Ginger/Hawaiian Chili Peppers. Really tasty & super healthy!!
I’ve been juicing it with Hono Hono Grass because this grass is so abundant and very nutritious. I add lots of fresh organic Hawaiian grown Ginger, Turmeric, Mint, some Lemon, Calamansi Limes. It’s such delicious juice!!
Besides making lots of GREEN JUICE lately, I’ve also been trying to eat more raw Turmeric, Ginger, Garlic & Chili Peppers. The Chilis grow like crazy in the garden and it’s a challenge keeping up with them! So I’ve been trying to find creative ways to incorporate these ingredients into tasty recipes.
This Orange Vegan raw Dark Chocolate I made recently turned out super yummy too, made with organic Hawaiian grown Tangerine Peels. YUM!!! I’m going to make it again very soon because it’s almost gone 🙂
Of course Piku Kitty wants to get involved in all photography….
Fall Harvest! Bananas, Oranges, Starfruit, Avos, Mango, Guavas
Hi everybody! Big news! I rescued a cute Kitty a few months back. She had been hiding in the frame underneath my roommate’s car. I heard meowing ALL night but couldn’t figure out where it was coming from?? I looked everywhere!! The meowing continued the next morning.
We finally saw her…a very scared & hungryTINY black & white kitten. She was hiding from us and wouldn’t come out. Just kept crying for her mommy 🙁 Thankfully she moved up under the hood and my neighbor was able to reach in and grab her. So brave of her and she got very scratched up for her heroism!
The engine is a VERY dangerous place for kittens to hide because when someone starts the car there’s too many lethal spots to get stuck in like fan belts. Plus if the kitten/s jumps down from the car, they’re right by the wheels.
She was under 1 lb, needed to be fed with a dropper but was friendly right away. I put her on a wet food diet soon and now have her on a healthy high protein diet that includes veggies, sweet potatoes and even fruit. She loves FRUIT!!! Papaya, banana, dragonfruit, dates, she’ll even eat NONI fruit. She’s obsessed with my breakfast of fruit & coconut cream. So I make her her own small version.
I’m hoping to train her to walk on a leash?? but time will tell, ha! She’s two months old now and just got spayed by a WONDERFUL non profit organization. Too many poor unwanted kittens, especially here in Hawaii. Did you know female cats can get pregnant at 4 MONTHS old?? And give birth to up to 5 LITTERS per YEAR!!
I’ve named her Piku (pee-koo) which means “fig” in Hawaiian
Hi everybody! It’s been a terrific summer so far, of course strange because of the virus and still sending thanks to all our essential workers & prayers out to everyone who’s been affected.
The beaches & hiking trails here are so much emptier without the tourists! I should be taking better advantage of this 🙂
My garden is getting bigger & greener, I’ll take pictures soon!
Hi everybody! Wow, it’s almost the 4th of July. Even in the midst of the pandemic the weeks are flying by!
Again I’d like to thank all our essential workers and everyone risking their own health to help others during this difficult time.
I’ve been hiking a lot and harvesting wild Greens, like Plantain, Dock, Gota Kola and Nasturtiums from up in the mountains. I love discovering wild Edible Weeds!
Hi everybody! I hope you’re all happy and healthy. These are crazy times! Thank you to all our essential workers and health care providers.
Things are thankfully pretty peaceful here in Hawaii, where we’ve had hardly ANY cases of the virus. But of course most all businesses are still shut down and masks are required in almost every store.
I’ve been working hard in my garden, growing all kinds of Greens, Peppers, Herbs, Edible Flowers and of course Microgreens!
This has definitely saved me from “masking up” and going to the store more than absolutely necessary.
Between my Garden, my generous friends and all the cute little honor stands around the island that sell locally grown organic Bananas, Papayas, Coconuts, Avocados, Oranges, Lemons, Turmeric root and other fruit in season (for cheap!!) I’ve been able to maintain my marvelous fresh Raw Vegan Diet.
Yay!! So grateful to be eating FRESH healthy food, growing Sprouts, making Smoothies and Juices.
Stay healthy everyone and check back for more pictures soon!
Hi everybody! I hope you’re all having a fantastic 2020 so far. We’ve had some warm sunny winter weather here in Hawaii which is great after all the rain.
Green Weed Smoothies
I’ve been blending up some crazy Superfood Smoothies with super nutritious weeds & plants most people don’t know are even edible!
Pacific Spinach, Okinawan Spinach, Brazilian Spinach, Malabar Spinach with the dark purple berries, Plantain, Chicory, Dandelion, cranberry Hibiscus, Katuk, Purslane and Moringa. Many of these Greens make it into almost every Green Smoothie I make!
Super Exotic Fruit Smoothies
I was especially excited with 3 BRAND NEW Superfood Smoothies I concocted this past week.
One was with the incredible Blackberry Jam fruit. It’s crazy! You cut open these pale yellow pods and squeeze out something that looks & tastes like blackberry jam!! It does have a lot of very hard seeds though.
So I blended it with a little water and voila! It made an absolutely divine drink, just the fruit with a little water, that tasted a little like Acai. Deep dark purple color!!
The second Smoothie I was ecstatic over was the Java Plum Smoothie. They grow all over here in Hawaii and most people never eat them. But they’re a gorgeous deep dark purple color and SO good for you!
They’re highly perishable because they’re very soft. But I managed to collect a fair amount, pitted them and blended them up with Blueberries. Spectacular taste and color!!
The third Smoothie was Turmeric/Ginger/Pineapple/Mango/Noni . It’s a nutritional powerhouse! Wow! The fresh turmeric & ginger give it a real kick.
Noni fruit is considered a very powerful healer. I used it white, just before it gets really soft, ripe and starts to smell horrible like stinky cheese. Ha! I also did a variation using Passionfruit instead of Mango. Yum!!
Stay tuned for more raw vegan Superfood Smoothie blends…Hawaiian style!
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