My favorite subject...Healthy Eating

Since I've been here I've been cooking alot.  I've got a great kitchen with a huge window with a breeze.  It's also nice to cook for someone other than just myself.  Gunnar really appreciates the healthy food as well.  Luckily there is a Whole Foods in Kahului, about 20 minutes away.  There are other good Health Food stores around as well that I've scoped out.  The other great thing is the farmers markets.  They are able to grow lots of produce here in Kula which is in the mountains with perfect weather year round for growing. It's also mostly cheaper than the produce at the stores.

As we were eating one of the meals, I thought to myself, I should have taken a picture of this before we started, cuz it looked really good.  So I got the idea to start taking pictures and sharing my recipes.  I usually have an idea of what would go together based on the ingredients that I have so they aren't formal recipes but more like ideas. You'll find that I use Tempeh in almost all of my recipes.  It is a fermented Soy Bean that is high in protein, easily digestible and very filling.  They always turn out really good, especially since they are healthy and the key thing for me is that they are "Quick and Easy" taking 30 min. or less to prepare.  So I'm going to start sharing these here on my blog.  Hopefully they will inspire you to give it a try.  Eating healthy can be easy and enjoyable.

If you have any questions please let me know, or I would love to hear your thoughts and ideas.

To your health,
I wish you well!

Sunday Breakfast

This morning we went out for breakfast at a restaurant on the beach, great view and atmosphere.  Good food too!  Yes, I didn't have my green smoothie this morning, weird, it's been a long time since I've had a traditional breakfast.

My first long bike ride...40 miles

I had no choice, we don't have a car right now and I really wanted to go to the "Maui Health Explosion" in Kahului today.  I made it!  After a little set back.  We made it about 5 miles down the road and my front tire went completely flat.  We didn't have a spare tube so Gunnar had to make the trip back to our house carrying my front tire to fix it with a patch kit and bring it back to me.  Stopped at the bike shop right after that and got a spare tube.

The Maui Health Explosion was really fun, got to meet some good connections and interesting people.

Acting like tourists at the Grand Wailea Hotel

My new bike

Can't wait to experience the island on our bikes.  We will be without a car for a week after we return the rental car and our car arrives on the slow boat from CA on the 15th so it will be fun to be on the bikes.

Dinner and view from the lanai

Just before we left Salt Lake at Jeff and Jane's house (Gunnar's neice and her husband)