What's Cooking This Week--Poi-Dog Variety

Poi-dog is a Hawaiian pidgin-English term that very loosely means a mixed-pedigree mutt or more generally when referring to people, someone who is blessed to be of mixed ethnicity. Poi-dog doesn't have anything close to the negative vibe that mutt can have. It's a down-to-earth way of saying 'cosmopolitan.'

For example, my thoroughly beautiful and ridiculously charming nieces and nephews are poi-dogs: Hawaiian-Chinese-Portuguese-Japanese-Cherokee-English and Japanese-Chinese-Hawaiian-English-Irish-Dutch-Portuguese. I have a friend who is Indonesian-Jewish, and my cousins are Japanese-Chinese-Irish-Jewish. Think of it as one step beyond hapa.

So this week, we're eating poi dog style...a little bit from everywhere, yet wholeheartedly American. Perfect for the week leading up to the 4th of July.

Grilled tofu steaks

Monday--Tandoori chicken wraps (instead of sandwiches because I have leftover tortillas)

Tuesday--Costco run for chicken. BBQ chicken pizza

Wednesday--Orange-salsa pork chops, green beans and jasmine rice

Thursday--Chicken satay, chard from the garden and yaki musubi

Friday--Tofu steaks, salad and rice


Eat Well. Be Well. Celebrate the poi dog in us all.

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