Butter Pecan Bar

My dear friend Christine not only rocks in the cooking department but also in the baking arena. Everything she makes is delicious. A crunchy crust and chewy inside with a taste reminiscent of mochi made these bars an instant hit!

Sunny Side Bakery Banana Pie

My work neighbor Todd was kind enough to share a Wahiawa's Sunny Side Bakery banana pie for the party and I was blown away by the light yet filling quality of this pie. This dessert is all crust and banana with none of that pudding and cream. Yummy!

Summer Rolls Party

What do you do when your herb garden is busting at the seams? You invite some friends, harvest all the herbs, and have a summer roll party! What an excellent opportunity to catch up with colleagues who you rarely see and talk to on the 40 acre campus. After my demonstration, everyone was assigned to make a roll of their own. Laureen was determined and successful after perfecting a tight tuck and roll.

Banana Chocolate Muffin

Scott is already planning his third surfing trip to New Zealand this summer and can't wait to visit the Sugar Juice Bar in Opunake for their chocolate banana muffins. Can I make one just as good? Katie Lee's recipe for banana bread was NOT chocolate banana but banana with chocolate chips. Oh well..I tried.

Cream Cheese Chocolate Cupcake

If I ever opened my own bakery, I would definitely have these little cakes on my menu. The smooth cream cheese inside makes these cupcakes so rich that my husband asks me to make them again and again. The only change I made was switching butterscotch for peanut butter chips and the results were a hit.

Chocolate Dipped Oreo

A trek to town involves a stop at the Honolulu Chocolate Company for the Chocolate Dipped Oreos. At $1 a cookie, this indulgence does not come cheap. How hard could it be? To make it as good as Honolulu's, I needed to use good chocolate and the Executive Chef had Guittard available. Instead of the double boiler method, I tempered the chocolate and the hard shell was achieved. It tastes as good as it looks!

Science Fair

A fun Saturday morning at Leilehua High School's Science Fair with my friend Kayla where we did fun activities such as fish printing, learning about robots and making them! Kayla won a spectacular prize called a hex bug.
I saw a bunch of other kids from my school. My favorite activity was the race'um brushbots where I got to make a robot made out of a toothbrush!