Yummy Maui Food and Recipes

First off, let me mention our favorite cocktail! We loved POG Passion-Orange-Guava Juice with vodka or rum and a splash of Ginger Ale. Jeff always served it with a garnish of pineapple. It was resort-style cocktails on home living prices!

 We ate so much pineapple! It was perfect every time. We bought it from the farmers market in Kihei.

One of our favorite beers was this Coconut Porter. We loved all of the Maui Brewing company's beers. Some other favorites were the Big Swell IPA and the Bikini Blonde Ale. Yummo! But I couldnt believe how expensive not only beer was but food also. Of course we took advantage of the offerings of the island and cooked up a storm. Here are a few of our favorite meals.





Super Quick Veggie Alfredo Pasta

 Saute 2 sliced small zucchini, 1 small Maui onion, with any spices you can find in your condo. :) We used a mixed seasoning (Like McCormick's steak seasoning). We stirred in the leftover Classico Alfredo sauce (about 1/2 the jar) from the first night and tossed it all with about 1/2 lb. cooked fettuccine. Served it with the last of our sourdough bread! Sad time for us! We loved that bread! Great 20 min meal!!!

 

 This was our breakfast daily! Birds in a nest. Jeff made it for us and he mastered it perfectly!!!
Directions: Take a piece of bread (any type will work) and cut a small hole in it and remove the bread from the center leaving a hole. (About 2 inches across). Heat a small amount of margarine (its what we had) in a skillet. Toast the bread for a bit. Flip it and crack one egg in the center if the hole you created. Cover and cook until almost set, flip and cook until preferred doneness. We like it runny so you can dip the crusts in the middle. Yummy! With pineapple of course!

 Here is one lunch that we packed for ourselves but they were all pretty much the same. Turkey and Cheese sandwich on sourdough, Maui sugar animal cookies, pineapple, mango salsa and chips, and water and Gatorade. Delicious every time when you are eating it in Maui!

 So this was the best candy in the word!!! We pulled over South of Wailea and bought it on the side of the road! It was 8 dollars so I was skeptical. When walked away he said that we would be addicted and wouldn't stop at one. 

 Well he was right! It was the most amazing candy I've ever had. It tasted like coconut covered with praline. It was creamy and buttery and only had three ingredients. Gosh! I want some now!

 We went to Mama's Fish House for our "fancy" dinner. It was one of the best meals that I have ever had. The entire restaurant is open to the ocean. The walls open and it would be amazing for a sunset. Now I know why they get booked up a few weeks in advance for the sunset times. The hostess stand was literally outside. The bar was super cool.  Here is my mai-tai. They were delicious!

 Now to the meal. The chef served us a small cup of chilled ginger-asparagus soup that was such a refreshing combo! I want to try and replicate it! We had crab cakes as an appetizer. Pretty good but nothing to write home about. My meal though...that was something special. Macadamia nut crusted Mahi Mahi topped with a small lobster tail. the Mahi was stuffed with crab and lobster. It was served with rice and asparagus. I didn't eat the corn. It didn't seem to fit for me. It had a macadamia nut puree sauce around it and it was really unforgettable! I will be making this some day!

Jeff had a traditional Hawaiian luau feast. It included Mahi Mahi with coconut sauce (with extra sauce in the coconut). Kalua pork which is buried over hot coals and slow roasted for a day. The entire thing tasted like bacon. A Hana banana, sweet potato, Poi (the only food neither of us liked-sorry islanders-it's rough!). Lomi Lomi Salmon-Raw and delicious! Overall, the meal was sensational and well worth the steep $$$. I highly recommend it!

 And now for the first phase of the best home cooked meal of all. We started it off with Poke. It is fresh sushi grade Ahi Tuna marinated in soy sauce and sesame oil with some green onions. It is really fresh and good. We bought it from Safeway...imagine that?! Jeff put it in leftover lettuce cups and we had it as an appetizer. I could only eat one. I dont know it was a texture or spice thing I had trouble with. It needed to have some siracaha or wasabi on it.

 So for the main course we had sweet potatoes, bbq chicken, red bell pepper rice, and grilled pineapple. Arent these sweet potatoes the biggest ever??? They were so good. We poked them, wrapped them in a wet paper towel, and microwaved them until the were soft. Sliced them open and put some butter, sugar, and cinnamon on them. So good!!!!

 We got thin sliced chicken breast. As we only bought margarine for our week long stay Jeff melted some, basted the chicken with it, and then grilled it. Genius! He added some hickory and Brown Sugar BBQ sauce towards the end. It was awesome using the grills at the condo. It was filled with drunk Canadians and listening to them was a hoot. (Maui was filled with Canadians.)

 For the rice, we sauteed 1 Maui sweet onion, 1 red bell pepper in some margarine. Added 1 cup of long grain white rice and toasted it for 2 minutes. Add 2 cups of water and cook for 20-25 minutes. The red pepper made all of the rice taste so strong of peppers. It was delicious. I don't know if it is because it was fresh and not covered in that waxy stuff but it was GOOD!

 We sliced this pineapple into long wedges and grilled it wth the chicken it was great with the rice and with the chicken!

And Success!!! A dinner fit for a king...or 2! :)

 LEFT OVER MANIA: On the last day we had to use up all of our food. (And drink up all of our liquor.) Needless to say it was a rough day. :) So we used our leftovers from the bbq chicken meal and our fridge to make: Chicken Fried Rice.

We had some left over snow peas from the farmers market that we had been snacking on all week. We chopped them in half and sauteed them with the bell pepper rice, 2 diced BBQ chicken breasts. Saute until everything is warmed through. While that is cooking scramble one egg and one egg white in a pan. Remove from pan. We added some pineapple juice to the rice at the end to give it an island flair. I wish we had more pineapple but it was not to be. Combine the chicken and rice mixture with the egg and serve! It was light and delicious!!!

Chicken, Snow Pea, and Red Pepper Fried Rice

 I cant wait to relive our trip through all of the meals and flavors that we enjoyed while there! I will be including Mahi-Mahi, macadamias, fried rice, and pineapple in my future recipes!!!!