Named one of 12 up and coming chefs to watch
Hawaii Hospitality named me one of the 12 up and coming chefs to watch. Check out their November issue for the article.
Leslie on OC16
I was recently on OC16′s TV program called Career Changers. Check out my segment on their You Tube Channel where I demo how to make a healthy holiday Quinoa Pilaf: http://www.youtube.com/user/CareerChangersTV#p/u/1/3tGSrg0pu80
Many Thanks
I have been really blessed lately with such a beautiful life, so I wanted to pause and acknowledge this. To my friends, customers, and teachers in life, I just wanted to express a big thank you for being a wonderful part of my life. In the past 9 months in particular, many of you have [...]
Adventures in Gluten-Free Baking
Sooooo many people have asked me to make gluten-free goodies, and I have honestly just resisted. Wheat is just so yummy and makes such delectable desserts. Well, I’m operating outside my comfort zone now, just experimenting, and so far the results are not bad! Possibly even truly delicious. Behold the Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins, and [...]
Heirloom Bean Soup
Sunday’s cooking class is all about soups! This heirloom bean mix will be used in one of our soups that I’ll demonstrate, seasoned simply with sea salt, veggies, diced tomatoes, and some herbs.
Cheesy Melty Vegan Lasagna
I’m recipe testing for future classes, and I put together a vegan lasagna that looks like it turned out pretty good.
My Trip to Waikiki Worm Company
I’ve dabbled in composting before, but I was told that I wasn’t doing it quite right. I had a spinning composter, but worms don’t like to get tossed around. When I changed living arrangements, I sold my spinning composter and took a hiatus from the whole endeavor. Throwing vegetable scraps away just didn’t feel right, [...]
Hawaii State Agriculture Conference
On September 23rd and 24th, I attended the Hawaii State Agriculture Conference at the beautiful Ko’Olina Resort. For two days, I thoroughly enjoyed and took in as much of the information as possible, and here is my interpretation and summary of the issues for you: We as a nation and world are in completely uncharted [...]
Photos from the Lunch: Wraps & Spreads cooking class
Thanks again to Ruth for sharing her photos from the afternoon cooking class! I had some help rolling everything up for everyone so that we could move on to the next recipe. Looking forward to next week’s class, Lunch: Gourmet Bento Box Items
Recovering Your Health
From The Book of Macrobiotics by Michio Kushi In order to recover and develop our physical, mental, and spiritual health, we need to reorient our way of life in the following ways: we should reflect upon our own daily life, whether we are pursuing only sensory pleasures and emotional comfort, and thus forgetting our native [...]
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