Haupia Pops

So at costco, the source of all light and goodness on our island, you can buy hefty bags of instant haupia mix. The instructions start, "boil 24 cups of water. Add entire bag of haupia mix."
It makes great, springy, coconutty haupia pudding heaven. Sprinkle some toasted coconut on top as its setting in the pan-- tres ono.
And also--
pour the still-warm and running mix into popsicle mold and freeze 'em-- they make drip-free haupia ice cream pops! Hooray!

Po' man's lazy garden gumbo

So, just ignore that it's been Many Moons since my last post.

From our garden I picked a handful of okra and a mess of collards and brought it in to stew up. In spite of having no ingredients, this turned out tasty enough to write down for later:

Brown in a soup pot:
1.5 tbsp oil or butter
1.5 tbsp flour
salt and pepper
add chopped onion and chopped okra-- brown a bit
add a can of stewed tomatoes and 2 c. of broth
simmer for a bit, then add the collards and some herbs if you've got em.
Voila! TASTY!
I made a pot of Quinoa to go with-- add enough olive oil and salt and that stuff is quite tasty!