KNF Farm Blog
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Ever wondered how to cook with coconut or cassava flour? The key is to combine them! Just recently I got very excited because I learned how to make coconut flour. Very simple. I took raw fresh mature coconuts and made coconut milk. Then with the pulp, finely ground and strained […]
Here is one of my favorite meals and ways to eat KALO, commonly known as taro. This is a luau (stew), which I have sped up the process of making with the handy Instant Pot (my main cooking element.) This soup is simple, nourishing, filling and flavorful. Drake showed me this dish […]
This week I am excited to share a BRAND NEW (to me) recipe with you all. It was initially my friend Rosie’s idea to make this cake when I told her I was processing cassava root to make flour. Rosie is half Filipino and grew up eating bibingka, that is, […]
This recipe is simply two of our favorite things combined. Pa’i ‘ai (pounded kalo) and sourdough pancakes. I am pretty sure Drake would eat ANY and ALL pancakes offered to him, but I myself prefer a well soured cake, and I think he enjoys them especially too. Combined together, pa’i […]
One of my favorite ways to eat ulu (and banana) is to pan fry it in butter or ghee. Besides eating these two fruits raw, this recipe offers a simple way to enjoy ulu or banana without diminishing their unique essence and flavor with a lot of other ingredients. It […]
A couple weeks ago I was at the Hilo farmers market eyeing a large pile of a Hawaiian ferns. I had tried what they call fiddleheads in the Pacific Northwest. To me they had tasted like what I imagine moss to taste like. So up until then I had never ventured […]
Recently my Korean cooking got a level up. I asked my friend, Rei, how I could better my Korean cuisine and he told me the secrets: hot red pepper flakes, sesame oil, and kimchi: the essentials of most Korean meals. It just so happened that during the last hours of […]
Heavenly Breadfruit I am an enthusiastic cook. I am not even quite sure what propels me so strongly to create in the kitchen as I do, but whatever “it” is, it is indeed unstoppable… I often scratch my head in wonder when I become aware that I’m back in my […]
