Delicious Living: Tropical Superberry Sorbet

1 100-gram pack frozen unsweetened acaí puree, 1 10-ounce package frozen wild blueberries, 2/3 cup coconut milk, Juice of 1/2 lime, 4 teaspoons agave nectar (or to taste), 1/8 teaspoon sea salt.
Break frozen acaí into several chunks and place in a food processor. Add frozen blueberries and pulse several times; then process until finely chopped. Add remaining ingredients; purée. Serve immediately.
Recipe courtesy of Delicious Living

Gluten Free demo: Chic Naturals

Chic Naturals will be sampling their products at Mana Foods on today. Sunday, 4/29 from 4 - 6.

Crunchy like a nut, only better, these dry roasted chickpeas come in a variety of flavors:
Spicy BBQ, Hawaiian Sea Salt, Maui Mocha, Sweet Citrus, Chocolate Crunch, and plain dry roasted.
 
All of their products are gluten free, nut free, egg free and GMO free and manufactured in a dedicated allergen free facility on Maui. For more information about Chic Naturals, please visit their website, www.chicnaturals.com

Fourth Friday: Paia celebrates Earth Day

Tonight from 5 - 8:30, check out the demo bar when Rudy's OG will be sampling their made on Maui foods: Wet Fire Hot Sauce and Rugged Nuggets. 100% of their profits go to charity: SAM Sustainable Agriculture Movement.

Delicious Living: Chocolate Hazelnut Spread

This vegan, gluten free spread is great for dipping fruit.
1/4 cup roasted hazelnut butter, 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder , 1/4 cup dark agave nectar , 1/4 teaspoon sea salt. Combine hazelnut butter, cocoa, agave nectar, and salt in a bowl. Stir well to mix thoroughly.
recipe courtesy of Delicious Living

Mana Foods donates to Paia School

Mana Foods offers a 5 cent bag credit every time you bring your own bag for groceries. Mana Foods donated your March bag credits to Paia School for as total of $457.45!

Marie's Pick: Bronco Bob's Sauce

Bronco Bob's Award-Winning Gourmet Roasted Raspberry Chipotle Sauce has the authentic Southwest flavor of chipotle (smoked jalapenos) that adds a special smokey sweet heat to any meat or veggies. Marie likes to use it on her green stir fry (kale, bok choy, chard) or as a secret ingredient in her pot of beans.

Think Local: Ho'oLawa Kava

Now available in our produce department, Ho'olawa Kava, is made from 13 year old roots. It is grown in Huelo, Maui, naturally, without pesticides, respecting the aina's ability to flourish in a pono way.

Happy Earth Day

Ua Mau ke Ea o ka 'Āina i ka Pono: The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.

Sustainability: Paper

The average American uses 650 lbs. of paper a year.
One ton of paper from recycled pulp saves 17 trees, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 7000 gallons of water, 4200 kWh (enough to heat your home fore half a year), 390 gallons of oil, and prevents 60 pounds of air pollution.
In 1993, for the first time in history, more paper was recovered for recycling in the United States than was landfilled.

Think Local: Chic Naturals

ZOMG! So snackalicious!! The new gluten free, locally made foods from Chic Naturals are my new favorite treat! I know chocolate covered chickpeas sounds crazy, but it's really outta this world ono! Don't believe me? Chic Naturals will be sampling their products at Mana Foods on Sunday, 4/29 from 4 - 6.

Crunchy like a nut, only better, these dry roasted chickpeas come in a variety of flavors:
Spicy BBQ, Hawaiian Sea Salt, Maui Mocha, Sweet Citrus, Chocolate Crunch, and plain dry roasted.
 
All of their products are gluten free, nut free, egg free and GMO free and manufactured in a dedicated allergen free facility on Maui. For more information about Chic Naturals, please visit their website, www.chicnaturals.com

Sustainability facts: Water

Water efficient fixtures can cut water use by 30%
An American family of four uses up to 260 gallons of water in the home per day.
Running tap water for two minutes is equal to 3-5 gallons of water.

Sustainability: Aluminum Cans

Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to watch a TV for three hours - it's equivalent to half a gallon of gasoline. 1 ton of aluminum saves the equivalent in energy of 2,350 gallons of gasoline.

A used aluminum can is recycled and back on the grocery shelf as a new can, in as little as 60 days. That's closed loop recycling at its finest! Because so many of them are recycled, aluminum cans account for less than 1% of the total U.S. waste stream, according to EPA estimates. An aluminum can that is thrown away will still be a can 500 years from now! There is no limit to the amount of times an aluminum can be recycled. We use over 80,000,000,000 aluminum soda cans every year.

Sustainability: Glass recycling

Although living in the most isolated chain of island in the world, does present it's own unique sustainability issues when it comes to recycling, here are some general facts about recycling glass:

Over a ton of resources are saved for every ton of glass recycled: 1,330 lbs. of sand, 433 lbs. of soda ash, 433 lbs. of limestone, and 151 lbs. of feldspar.
Recycling 1 ton of glass saves the equivalent in energy of 10 gallons of oil.
Glass never wears out -- it can be recycled forever!

Sustainability: Plastic shopping bags

Bring a reuseable shopping bag.  On average we use each plastic bag for approximately 12 minutes before disposing. It then lasts in the environment for decades (500-1,000 years). Although Paia has been plastic free for a few years, Maui as a County was the first to ban plastic bags in Hawaii. The ordinance passed in August of 2008, but the law took effect January 11, 2011.

Happy Tax Day!

Did you ever notice that when you put the words "The" and "IRS" together, it spells "THEIRS?"  ~Author Unknown

Sustainability Facts: coffee cups

Bring a refillable coffee mug. Typical paper coffee cups aren’t made from recycled paper. Instead, most cups are manufactured using 100% bleached virgin paperboard. According to the paper industry, Americans will consume an estimated 23 billion paper coffee cups in 2010. That's a lot of trees!

Sustainability facts: Water Bottles

Bring a reusable water bottle, life these locally produced Blue Glass ones from sym.blue.ology. Americans use four million plastic bottles every hour, yet only one out of four is recycled. Millions of gallons of fuel are wasted daily transporting filtered tap water across America and around the world. It requires 3 times as much water to make the bottle as it does to fill it.

Mana Foods participates in Community Wellness fair

Christina, the vitamin room manager at Mana Foods, attended the Maui County Workplace Wellness Fair on April 5^th in Wailuku.   This event was put on by the county to educate and encourage people to live a healthy lifestyle.  Mana Foods was received very well.  Some of the comments I got were “oh, we love Mana Foods, you guys are the best!”  “ your deli is so delicious!”  We look forward to working outside of the store in the community promoting health and wellness.

Mana Foods donates to Hana School

Mana Foods offers a 5 cent bag credit every time you bring your own bag for groceries. Mana Foods donated your February bag credits to Hana School for as total of $423.25

Localvore: Kumu Farms

Kumu Farms Basil Macadamia Nut Pesto, made on Molokai

Bunny cookies!

 Check out these super cute gluten free Bunny Cookies from Annie's Homegrown. They are available in Ginger Snap and Snicker Doodle!

Three Twins ice cream

My new favorite Organic ice cream is Chocolate Peanut butter from Three Twins Ice Cream. Check out their other flavors like Mocha Difference and Mint Confetti.

Today: Maui County Worlplace Wellness Fair

Mana Foods will be passing our samples and information at the Maui County Workplace Wellness Fair today, Thursday April 5th from 10am - 2pm. This FREE fair will be at the Kalana O Maui County Building courtyard, 200 S. High Street in Wailuku.
Here is an article about the program

Gluten Freedom: Pahole Salald

Pahole Salad
1 bunch pahole, 3 pounds cherry tomatoes, halved, 1/2 sweet Maui onion, sliced
Sauce: 1 C Raw Coconut Aminos, 1 C water, 1 Tbs. toasted sesame oil, 1 Tbs lehua honey, 2 tsp apple cider vinegar, Dash chili flakes
Bring a pot of water to a boil. Place the pahole fern in water and blanch for 1-2 minutes.
While the pahole are cooking, prepare an ice bath (sink or bowl full of ice & cold water)
Remove the pahole (I use tongs) and plunge into the ice bath until cool.   Drain and chop into 1 inch pieces.Cut cherry tomatoes in half, slice onions. In a bowl mix all sauce ingredients together. Add tomatoes, pahole, and onions, toss to coat.

Gluten Freedom: Mashed Potatoes with Horseradish

2 1/2  lbs Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled, quartered, 3 Tbl olive oil, 2 Tbl prepared horseradish, Bubbie’s of course, Salt and Pepper to taste

Cook potatoes in large pot of boiling water until tender (20 minutes, or so). Drain, setting aside 1 C of the cooking liquid. Place in large bowl. Add the 3 Tbs of olive oil. Mash until potatoes are smooth, adding the reserved cooking liquid by 1/4 cupfuls to moisten, until the desired consistency is reached. Mix in horseradish. Season to taste with salt and pepper.