Portuguese Sausage Poppers: More Ideas for Thanksgiving

11/15/2012

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Portuguese Sausage Poppers
I'm still meandering through the West Kauai Plantation Heritage Cookbook and besides yesterday's dog soup, found a ridiculously simple recipe for little puffs of biscuits. 

Five ingredients: Portuguese sausage, cheddar cheese, parsley, Biquick and non-fat milk.

It's so foolproof that even I have made it successfully without supervision from baker Husband. Two batches over the weekend, sending one with the kids on their sleepovers and the other as my personal contribution to a dinner party, where the hostess told me to hurry up and post the recipe.

Making it next week as an appetizer for Thanksgiving and if there are any leftovers, they will play nicely with eggs for breakfast. 

Click here for the recipe. Start to finish is about 40 minutes, even faster if the sausage cools quickly.

Eat Well. Be Well.
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Ad Hoc Easter Brunch and an Easter Egg Hunt for Teenagers

04/22/2011

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We're having an email-arranged Easter brunch with cousins and friends. Plus an Easter egg hunt for a bunch of teenagers. 

Yes, that unpredictable, quixotic, sometimes-vexing-and-often-times-mute 13-17 year-old demographic. I'm very happy that they are not too old to do this. 

They are stuffed with, among other things, micro-origami paper, some fluffy chickies, ceramic Japanese bunnies (they're wearing kimono!) mini-Robin's eggs, and Japanese soda candy--a fun, fizzy hard candy that comes in melon, grape and an undefined "soda" flavor. American-Asian at its finest.

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And of course, we have to eat. What I love about eating with the ohana is that we bring what we like, and it always ends up well-balanced and just plain ono.

Ham and lamb (but no Spam)
Hot cross buns, after all, it's Easter!
Muffins du jour: Sour cream blueberry, a new strawberry muffin (recipe from People Magazine, of all places) and maybe a smoked salmon/gorgonzola (from a new foodie online friend)
My husband's scones
Quiche--ingredient combo TBD
Inari sushi--because you always need a little rice. Thank you Aunty!!
Fresh mango salsa and something that goes with it
Vegetables--Whatever lovely greens my cousin comes up with
Fresh fruit--strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and tangerines, Asian pear and even a starfruit!

Eat Well. Be Well. Celebrate Spring!
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