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Eggplant Musubi

Eggplant Musubi by KarmaFree Cooking

Hawaii is the number 1 consumer of SPAM in the United States… Apparently, Hawaiians love their potted meat. I have to admit, back in the days when I was growing up I looooved when my grandma made for us Spam sandwiches with mayo on criollo bread. That was a treat we only ate while on vacations.Now… my tastes have changed. And…

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Avocado Toasts

Avocado Toasts by KarmaFree Cooking

31AugThis is a breakfast inspired by a delicious treat we had last month while traveling in NYC. We had breakfast at Le Pain Quotidien, a great French-style bakery/restaurant chain found in many cities in the US. We were going to see the “China: Through the Looking Glass” exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and needed to…

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Stewed Tofu

Stewed Tofu by KarmaFree Cooking

23JunThis is one of my mom’s signature dishes… she cooks it all the time, especially if we need to cook for a crowd. We have cooked this recipe at the Yoga Center, when we’ve had to cook for yoga friends while traveling and even for my niece and nephew. They love saucy tofu, especially when mixed into a nice helping of rice.It’s a…

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Vegetarian Fast Food for Father’s Day

Vegetarian Fast Food for Father’s Day by KarmaFree Cooking

This coming Sunday we celebrate Father’s Day and KarmaFree Cooking will be participating in the Vegetarian Fast Food Festival hosted by the Centro Cultural Yoga Devanand in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Vegetarians like me get the fast food cravings once in a while… but fast food does not have to be synonymous with fatty or nasty.…

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Turmeric Tea

Turmeric Tea by KarmaFree Cooking

You know me… always trying to find a natural way to relieve whatever ails me.Turmeric is a spice used for centuries in both the Chinese and Indian systems of medicine as a powerful anti-inflammatory and to treat a variety of conditions such as flatulence, jaundice, menstrual difficulties, bloody urine, hemorrhage, toothache, bruises,…

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Tofu Mushroom Poke

Tofu Mushroom Poke by KarmaFree Cooking

Poke is not something you used to do on Facebook… it’s a salad served raw in Hawaii. From the looks of it, it’s the Hawaiian ceviche and the correct pronunciation is Poke /poʊˈkeɪ/.When I traveled to Peru, I had delicious tofu ceviche and white mushroom ceviche. Both vegan, and both tasted as authentic as ceviche made with fish.…

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Hawaiian Haupia Coconut Custard

Hawaiian Haupia Coconut Custard by KarmaFree Cooking

11MayIt was tempting to make a Hawaiian-inspired dessert using pineapples… but as I mentioned to you originally, we were instructed by our Guruji to only make one dish with pineapple for the Hawaiian Vegetarian Festival a few weeks ago.To be honest… I liked the idea and the challenge, because as I have learned, Hawaiian cooking is…

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Lomi Tomato

Lomi Tomato by KarmaFree Cooking

9MayLomi Tomato is the vegetarian version of Lomi Salmon, without the salmon. This reminded me so much of when I used to order in Chinese restaurants Chicken with Cashew Nuts, without the Chicken. Somehow people would understand it better when explained like that.This was the salad portion of our Hawaiian Vegetarian Festival at the…

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Top 10 Mom’s Favorite Recipes

Top 10 Mom’s Favorite Recipes by KarmaFree Cooking

I love my mom to death… we disagree on many things, we argue, but we also have tons in common. We both love to travel, to shop, to decorate, work on home projects, and we have also a mutual love for yoga, meditation and the spiritual lifestyle.And what do you do to honor and celebrate someone who has giving you everything but also…

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Vegan Longrice Soup

Vegan Longrice Soup by KarmaFree Cooking

One of my friends on Facebook suggested this soup as something very traditional to Hawaii… And, coincidentally, it was one of the hits of the Hawaiian Vegetarian Festival at the Yoga Center.It has quite a few ingredients, but it’s not a complicated recipe at all. It’s all about making a very flavorful broth to enjoy with some…

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