CRUNCHY APPLE, DATE & CELERY SALAD.

This post is sponsored by Foodland and the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture as part of Foodland’s Eat Local Today initiative. It’s an overwhelming time, and one that demands our most focused energy and well-nourished attention: From the chaos of back-to-school…
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Melon Tomato Salad with Herbs & Feta

MELON & TOMATO SALAD WITH HERBS & FETA.

The first tomatoes are coming in full flush in my backyard greenhouse, and I couldn’t be more grateful. Here, paired with sweet summer melon, briny quick-pickled shallots, soft feta, and fistfuls of herbs, they’re in perfect form. This salad is…
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Avocado Toast Salad

AVOCADO TOAST SALAD!

This time last week, I shipped a homemade bag of pre-blended dry cake ingredients to Maui (nota bene: some might call this a “cake mix”). I needed to make things as quick and easy as possible when I got off…
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Sesame Peanut Rice Noodle Salad

SESAME PEANUT RICE NOODLE SALAD.

This post was created in partnership with Truvía. All opinions are my own—like my love of lower blood sugar solutions with Truvía Nectar. As the summer to fall transition settles around me like a cozy shawl, I’ve been thinking a lot about…
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Fattoush Dip from The Savvy Cook

IZY’S FATTOUSH DIP.

As I dove headfirst into the process of writing and researching cookbooks over the past two years, I became keenly aware of just exactly how I use them—and how I don’t. Here’s the truth: I typically draw inspiration from them,…
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