Costco has lucious cherries and blackberries this week. Here’s one of our creations. So simple to make when you want a sweet bite in place of ice cream at night. Just alternate spoonfuls of organic plain yogurt with fresh blackberries. You might also drizzle some honey for those not watching their sugar intake.

We love scones with our coffee in the morning, but have often been disappointed with dry, tough scones. This recipe from slowlikehoney looks delicious.

Ingredients:

1 large egg
½ cup cold heavy cream
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces and chilled
½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)

Directions:

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My friend Selena makes the best banana bread. Her secret are the APPLE BANANA’s which taste 1000% better than DOLES or CHIQUITA’s. When we get a good deal at the farmers market, we make batches of banana breads and share with nieghbors and co workers. She says it still tastes great with any brand of banana’s as long as they’re reallly ripened!

RECIPE:
* 1/2 cup butter, softened
* 1 cup sugar
* 1 3/4 cups flour
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 2 cups mashed bananas (APPLE BANANAS)
* 2 eggs, beaten
* 1 cup macadamia nuts

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease and flour a loaf pan.

In a bowl, mix butter and sugar until creamy. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.

Blend dry ingredients with creamed butter/sugar mixture.

Add mashed bananas, eggs and nuts.

Pour into loaf pan.

Bake for 1 hour or until a knife comes out clean.

Here are some of our favorite places for fresh poke and plate lunches.

Koloa: The Koloa Fish Market, 5482 Koloa Rd. (742-6199).

Located on Koloa’s main street. Raves for their fresh fish and plate lunches overflowing with food.

Lihue: Fish Express, 3343 Kuhio Hwy. (245-9918).

Across the street from Wal-Mart. Excellent varieties of smoked fish and fresh poke, we love the ahi poke with macadamia nuts. They also have awesome Hawaiian plate lunch (laulau or kalua pork, lomi salmon, ahi poke, rice or poi) and offer daily specials: Cajun-style grilled ahi with guava basil, fresh fish grilled in a passion-orange-tarragon sauce, fresh fish tacos in garlic and herbs, all served with rice, salad, and vegetables.

Kilauea: Kilauea Fish Market, 4270 Kilauea Lighthouse Rd. (828-6244)

The perfect place to get a lunch, dinner or picnic take out. Located at Kilauea on the north shore just off the road to the Kilauea Lighthouse. You can choose from the deli section with fresh fish ready to take home and cook your self or have them do it all for you. Vegetarians daily specials, choice of brown or white rice, and organic greens.

Kapaa: Pono Market, 4-1300 Kuhio Hwy. (822-4581)

Fresh sashimi, poke, Hawaiian food, sushi, and a diverse assortment of takeout fare.

COSTCO POKE BAR , bySandyRat

Ahi poke recipe: Here’s a simple ahi poke recipe. You can always spice it up or add some crushed mac nuts to the recipe. We like ours with bit of honey or brown sugar and sometimes a squeeze of lime right before eating.

 

1 1/4 pounds ahi tuna (or any sushi grade tuna or firm meat sashimi)
4 tablespoons sesame oil
1/2 cup soy sauce
4 teaspoons mirin
2 Hawaiian red chiles finely chopped
3/4 cup chopped scallions (reserve some for serving)
3 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds (reserve some for serving)
2 to 3 cloves garlic mincedKosher salt/ ground pepper to taste

Combine ingredients in bowl and cover.
Refrigerate for 1/2 hour.