Melt in your mouth Pot Roast.

Pot roast, warm, tender, and if done right juicy. Served with a handful of roasted potatoes, carrots, and celery... all cooked in the same pot ! Perfect during the cold weather months and perfect for entertaining !  Ingredients  2 1/2 - 3 pound Beef Chuck Roast ( the more marbling the better ! ) 3 medium sized Potatoes (rinsed and cubed about 1 inch thick) 3 Carrots (rinsed well and also cut 1 inch thick) 3 large stems Celery ( rinsed...

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Oh, My Sweet Buns !

Ingredients  1/2 recipe "Basic Sweet Dough" Frosting : 1 cup powdered sugar 1/8 cup Non-fat dry milk powder 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract Directions  Cut 8 equal parts of dough, roll each piece into small balls. Place dough balls on a lined baking sheet 1 inch apart from each other.  Cover loosely with oiled plastic wrap, place in a warm area to rise, until doubled in size. Place into a preheated 350 degree oven and...

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Adzuki Bean Buns

Ingredients  1/4 cup Adzuki bean Paste 1/2 recipe basic sweet dough 1 egg 1 Tbsp water Directions  Separate 6 - 8 balls of dough. Press dough balls into small discs, then place Adzuki bean paste into the center of each disc. One by one carefully place dough with bean paste into your palm, then pinch, twist and gather dough from the sides, carefully keeping bean paste in the center. Gently pinch dough shut until all of the bean paste...

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Adzuki Bean Paste

This sweet bean paste is typically used in Japanese confectionery, in Hawaii we have adapted it into all sorts of sweets including mochi, shave ice and Ice cream. I used the following recipe to make sweet adzuki bean buns.  Ingredients  1 cup, Azuki beans Water 1 cup sugar Pinch of salt Directions Soak the beans in water over night. Rinse beans, Use a big saucepan/pot because the amount of azuki beans will double after cooking....

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Basic Sweet Dough

This sweet dough is basic in the same sense that basic white bread is basic.  It is the bases for a variation of sweet buns, coffee cakes, turnovers and more. You can double the recipe or leave it as is, you can even store some for later use, as I did.  Ingredients  1 Tbsp Active dry yeast 1/2 cup warm water 1/3 cup nonfat dry milk powder 4 Tbsp Cane sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 egg 4 Tbsp softened butter 2- 2 1/2 cups unbleached white...

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Fried Eggplant w/ lemon aioli

Aloha Nalanis Kitchen ohana, I been on a small kine break and now I am back.  My husband and I are on a vegetarian diet right now. I do this once and a while to detox and cleanse. If done right...you can get all you need from vegetables including protein. Check out this recipe for Breaded Eggplant serve with green beans, and quinoa to make it a full dinner !  Breaded Egg plant  Ingredients 1 Large peeled and sliced Eggplant Salt...

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Japanese Soba Noodle Recipe

Soba noodle is made of a mixture of buck wheat and wheat flour, it is enjoyed in many ways, you can eat it cold with dipping sauce, warm in a soup, or pan fried with vegetables. A very versatile dish. Ingredients  2 cups Buck Wheat Flour 1 cup Wheat flour 1 cup cold water xtra wheat flour for dusting. Directions In stand mixer, Combine both flours, mix well with the paddle attachment. If you do not have a stand mixer use a large bowl....

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