Welcome to celebration week
What are we celebrating? Well, as Bella so perfectly is modeling, 1,000 Instagram followers since the blog’s re-launch in late March (when it had 100) as well as my birthday and my dad’s!
But in true Carmel Kama’aina style, we’re going to celebrate with one of my favorite foods, salad. And prove it’s anything but a boring, bland health food!
This week you’ll be making
An often avoided “too healthy” salad
A salad true to my Hawaiian roots
A salad honoring my Italian heritage
Your grocery list for the week:
Asterisks note things I suggest having on hand always as kitchen staples!
Produce
- 2 large tomatoes (heirloom or vine)
- 5 sprigs fresh basil
- Bag of preferred greens
- 12 oz kale
- 2 lemons
- 2 cloves garlic
Oils/ herbs
- Olive oil
- Balsamic vinegar
- Salt & pepper
- Soy sauce
- Sesame oil
- Optional- mirin (Japanese cooking wine)
dairy/protein
- 1.5 lbs sushi grade ahi tuna
- 2 dollops of burrata
- Optional- Parmesan
misc.
- Sesame seeds
- Dried fruit (I chose blueberries)
- Almonds
The recipes:
Papaya Parfaits
Ditch the bowl and eat your morning yogurt island style out of a papaya!
5-Ingredient Everything-But-the-Bagel Ahi Poke
Local style Hawaiian poke- with a California style Trader Joe’s twist!
Chocolate Dipped Pineapple “Pops”
Breaking news – pineapple & chocolate is the combo you have been missing in your life… and you only need two ingredients!
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