Hawaii and Beyond

This was an impromptu dinner selection and was decided on the way home from work with my fiancé. We are lucky to live in Hawaii, but this day happened to have bumper-to-bumper traffic. After about 30 minutes we saw the light at the end of the tunnel, and also a truck on the side of the road selling live Lobsters. We had to jump at the chance...Lobster Risotto it is! DISCLAIMER: I have to admit that I didn't create this recipe nor did I prepare it. I'm lucky to have a beautiful fiancé who is also an awesome cook and baker. I'll post up one of her special Pecan Pie recipes shortly. Here she is: Anyways.....Where were we? Oh yes, To the Recipe. Ingredients: Lobster Chopped Garlic Chopped Onions Arborio Rice Chicken Stock (or Lobster stock - instructions below) Mushrooms Parmesan Cheese (optional) Tomato Italian Parsley Lime Butter Recipe: Lobster Stock: Chop the lobster heads from the body and pla...

This Recipe is for my mainland friends. Because the people of Hawaii already know about this and probably rolling their eyes. You've gotta try this next time you plan to BBQ. It's pork tinono which is basically barbeque pork.  It's great to eat with just rice or experiment and try it as Tinono Tacos.  I'm going to tell you the ingredients below, but don't ask how much of each since there aren't set measurement amounts. You have to go off the feeling, taste it, use your senses, channel your inner Filipino. That's what I do...or I ask my wife Ingredients Needed: Pork Belly - We use Island Pork Ginger - finely chopped Garlic - chopped Shoyu Soy Sauce Apple Cider Vinegar (for the real deal: Filipino white vinegar) Green Onions - Chopped Red Onions - Sliced Tomato - Chopped into big chunks Marinade: Garlic - Smashed and roughly diced Ginger - Smashed and chopped into small pieces Aloha Shoyu Soy Sauce App...