Pineapple and Coconut - Healthy Eats, Sweet Treats and a little bit of everything else.

POG Daiquiri – Guest Post For The Little Ferraro Kitchen

By Shanna on May 22, 2013 1 Comment

Behold the POG Daiquiri.

When I had asked my friend Sam, from The Little Ferraro Kitchen, to do a guest post for me this month ( her fabulous Classic Loco Moco) she had asked me the same day to do a guest post for her!! She is graduating from college today and in her honor and graduation celebration I created this Hawaiian inspired cocktail the Pog Daiquiri.

To find out what POG is and more tidbits about Hawaii, why this is my favorite juice and more about Sam, head on over to her blog, The Little Ferraro Kitchen. I ask that if you wish to pin the recipe please do so from her site since the recipe resides there. Congrats to Sam on her graduation – lets all raise a glass of this tropical cocktail in her honor!!

Brown Butter Piña Colada Blondies

By Shanna on May 16, 2013 10 Comments

It’s still my birthday month so that means it is still Pineapple and Coconut everything.

This time I took these insane brown butter butterscotch blondies that Jen from Juanita’s Cocina made me for this month’s Leftover’s Club, and oh so slightly adapted them into Piña Colada ones.

I pretty much made these because Jen didn’t send me enough. As in I wanted a lot more. As in my husband discovered my hiding place for the ones she sent and ate 4 in a row in about 5 minutes. So yeah, they were THAT good and we had to have more. Plus I shared a couple with my friend Emily and her husband Tim, and they loved them too. Pretty stoked to have more recipe taste testers besides my husband. I am convinced he is half goat – he eats everything. To make up for it I make Emily meet me at the gym at 5 am-ISH to burn off all the calories of the treats I bake. I get another taste tester, she gets a gym partner. Totally win-win.

I didn’t have any butterscotch chips on hand but I had half of a bag of white chocolate chips left and I always have mac nuts and coconut on hand. I grabbed some dried pineapple rings from whole foods and chopped them up. I wanted to get unsweetened pineapple since these blondies are pretty sweet but I couldn’t find any. So I took a gamble and lowered the sugar amounts from Jen’s recipe to counterbalance the sweetness from the white chocolate chips as well as the sweetened pineapple and I am glad I did. These weren’t too sweet at all, they were perfect. I would say are, but, we at them. ALL.

So if you fancy pineapple and coconut, give these a go. If you prefer the butterscotch flavor better, check out Jen’s recipe here. Either way? The brown butter makes them INSANE.

Healthy Greenya Colada Smoothie and a Birthday Giveaway

By Shanna on May 14, 2013 70 Comments

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Today is my birthday and I am sharing two things with you all. My favorite healthy “Greenya Colada” smoothie recipe AND a giveaway for gift cards to my favorite store, World Market. I am a smoothie fanatics. I got a vitamix a few years ago and I truly use it several times a day. It [...]

Father’s Day Sweepstakes with World Market #CelebrateDad

By Shanna on May 13, 2013 2 Comments

I KNOW Mother’s day was only yesterday; I am feeling relaxed and refreshed thanks to my wonderful husband and daughters for treating me so great, and I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day as well. Since I am feeling so grateful for my husband, who is an awesome dad to our two young [...]

Classic Loco Moco (Guest Post by The Little Ferraro Kitchen)

By Shanna on May 10, 2013 6 Comments

Classic Loco Moco. The quintessential Hawaiian meal and what makes it even better is this is a guest post by my awesome friend Samantha of The Little Ferraro Kitchen blog. Samantha and I first ” met” through the blogosphere and on Twitter and we hit it off talking about our love of Hawaii and Hawaiian [...]

Kalua Pork Eggs Benedict With Sriracha Hollandaise Sauce

By Shanna on May 8, 2013 15 Comments

I don’t always go out for brunch, but when I do, I order Eggs Benedict. For some reason to me, Eggs Benedict just screams ” brunch”. Well maybe not screams, more of a loud shout, but do people really make this on a regular basis at home? Or do they wait for special occasions like [...]

Pina Colada Yogurt Parfaits

By Shanna on May 6, 2013 12 Comments

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Second week of Pineapple and Coconut month in honor of, well, me, because its my birthday month. This time its a healthy yogurt parfait. I made this to balance out all the sweets I made last week. Like the Pina Colada S’mores. And the Pineapple and Coconut Whoopie Pies. Pure decadence. But life is all [...]

Pineapple Whoopie Pies with Coconut Cream Filling #leftoversclub

By Shanna on May 2, 2013 24 Comments

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More pineapple and coconut. This time in whoopie pie form. Ridiculous right? Ok so since May is my birthday month and I tend to celebrate all month long and this is my blog and I can do pretty much whatever I want with it, all month long will be pineapple and coconut themed recipes. With [...]

Grilled Shrimp Salad with Pina Colada Dressing For Zing Anything

By Shanna on April 30, 2013 6 Comments

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I love a big salad. But I don’t normally love salad “dressing”. At least not store bought. I usually just sprinkle on a little olive oil and balsamic and call it good There are a few salad dressing and or vinaigrette recipes I make, but they are usually a whisk the ingredients in a bowl, [...]

Pina Colada S’mores and HUGE giveaway!!

By Shanna on April 29, 2013 26 Comments

“Ok, pay attention. First you take the graham, you stick the chocolate on the graham. Then you roast the ‘mallow. When the ‘mallows flaming… you stick it on the chocolate. Then cover with the other end. Then you scarf. Kind of messy, but good! Try some!” – Ham Porter, “The Sandlot” These are INSANELY decadent. [...]

Paletas – Mexican Popsicles for Cinco De Mayo

By Shanna on April 26, 2013 26 Comments

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We are HUGE fans of popsicles in this house. Like I have 6 different molds to make popsicles. And we make them year round. So when the group that I participated in the St. Patrick’s day recipe roundup with decided to become a Holiday Food Blog group and talked about Cinco De Mayo for our [...]

Lemon Mascarpone Stuffed Vanilla Bean French Toast With Raspberry Sauce

By Shanna on April 24, 2013 12 Comments

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Mother’s Day. The one day a year its acceptable to eat breakfast in bed. Or the one day a year that the calories from this stuffed French toast don’t count. When I was a little kid I remember my dad making breakfast for my mom on Mother’s Day and she had this cool tray that [...]