Your one-stop-shop for healthy, easy recipes paired with the perfect song to cook to!
& now… poetry!
Because why not nourish your mind as you do your body? I promise, these poems are short and nothing like the ones assigned to you in high school 🙂
Latest Recipes
Chocolate Dipped Pineapple “Pops”
Breaking news – pineapple & chocolate is the combo you have been missing in your life… and you only need two ingredients!
Seafood Ceviche Salad
My local Costco had some amaaaaizing ahi which turned into ceviche which turned into an eat-the-rainbow seafood salad.
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Backstory Please!
The Carmel Kama’aina started as a healthy food blog. But in time, it has evolved to sprinkle some poetry into the mix. After all, a recipe isn’t actually that different from a poem — one just helps to demystify the kitchen and the other to demystify our minds.
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