Aloha Friday Recipe!!

Aloha,

I know with spring break just starting everyone is looking for a fast and easy recipe! This is a no cook salad recipe! You can use this any day that you don't want to heat up the kitchen anymore than it already is at dinnertime. This meal would also be great for lunch.



Avocado Crab Salad


Ingredients
1 12-ounce package imitation crabmeat
1/2 cup chopped celery
2 tablespoons lemon juice, divided
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1/4 cup Homemade Gourmet® Maria’s Salsa, prepared
3 avocados, peeled, seeded and halved


Directions
1. In a small bowl, combine crabmeat, celery, lemon juice, mayonnaise, and hot sauce; stir until well blended.

2. Place halved avocados on 6 individual serving plates and spoon crabmeat mixture over avocado; serve.

Nutrition Facts

Serving size: 6 ounces
Amount/Serving
Calories 270

Total Fat 19g
Cholesterol 30mg
Sodium 130mg
Total Carbohydrate 17g
Dietary Fiber 7g
Sugars 1g
Protein 10g

Cooking Tip -- Substitute plain yogurt for mayonnaise in dishes like tuna, chicken or egg salad.

Brought to you with much aloha by Kimberly Wilson
www.homemadegourmet.com/kimberlywilson

Aloha Friday Recipe!!

Here is another 4 meals in 4 minutes™ meal! I have three children (age 5 and under) and being able to get my meal prepared and cooking quickly is the best thing in the world to me. I really value being able to provide my family with a home-cooked meal and everyone sitting around the table to enjoy it. Homemade Gourmet has allowed me to do this with the 4 meals in 4 minutes™ meals. I also get my children to help. My 5 y.o. son can measure the ingredients. Then both my 5 y.o. son and my 4 y.o. daughter can mix the ingredients together for me using the method below! Plus there is NO MESS to clean up that usually happens when little ones get in the kitchen.

Mahalo & enjoy!!

Hawaiian Pork Chops


Ingredients
3 pounds pork chops*
4 tablespoons Homemade Gourmet® BLT seasoning (or one package)
1 15-ounce can pineapple tidbits
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon soy sauce

Directions
This is another great 4 meals in 4 minutes™ meal!

Place all ingredients into the freezer bag. Seal and SMOOSH!

Before freezing, label as Hawaiian Pork Chops and list cooking options:

BAKE: Thaw and bake (covered) at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

GRILL: Thaw, discard marinade, and grill over medium high heat until chicken juices run clear.

SLOW COOK: Defrost enough to empty contents into slow cooker and cook on low for 4-6 hours.

*You may substitute the chicken with 6 boneless, skinless, chicken breasts for a variation on this recipe . . . make both and fill your freezer twice as fast! This has about 150 calories per serving if using skinless chicken breast!

Brought to you with much aloha by Kimberly Wilson

www.homemadegourmet.com/kimberlywilson

PB & J Pinwheels

Mmmm...this peanut butter and jelly sandwich roll is a yummy, easy snack for hungry kids after school or even a great breakfast treat when served up with fresh fruit.

You'll need:

• Slices of soft, whole wheat bread (2 slices make 1 pinwheel roll)
• Spoonful of peanut butter for each bread
• Your favorite jelly
• Cinnamon (optional)

Follow these directions:

• Cut the crust off bread.
• Spread peanut butter and jelly on bread.
• Lay 2 bread slices end to end so they touch.
• Roll up the first slice and continue rolling up the second slice to make 1 big roll.
• Wrap plastic wrap around the roll of bread and refrigerate 1 hour to set.
• Take rolls out of refrigerator and the plastic wrap and slice your roll into 4 pieces (about thumb thickness).
• Put slices on a cookie sheet in a 350 degree oven.
• Bake for 10 minutes or until lightly golden brown and crisp.
• If you like, sprinkle with a little cinnamon.

Other suggestions:

• Spread with peanut butter and honey.
• Spread with cream cheese.

Keiki Gift Ideas

Please Pass A Berry Ice Cube

It's getting hot around here and a Berry Ice Cube sounds like a perfect summer time treat -- it's refreshing, healthy and a good source of Vitamin C. Here is how to make it (thanks to a recipe from Kuakini Health System).

Berry Ice Cubes

• 12 ounces Fresh or Frozen Strawberries
• 1 1/2 Cups Orange Juice
• 1 Cup Fresh or Frozen Blueberries
• 1 Ripe Banana

Combine ingredients in a blender, puree until smooth. Pour mixture into ice cube trays. Place trays in freezer for about 2 hours of until the mixture hardens. Ice cubes may be frozen up to 4 weeks.

Yield: 2 ice cube trays

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Here's a easy favorite in our household -- frozen bananas on a stick. Just cut ripe bananas in half. Insert a popsicle stick in the cut side. Wrap with plastic wrap. Freeze. Enjoy!!! You can get fancy by adding a chocolate shell and nuts but we enjoy it best in this very simple way.