Kono's Beefy Brown Gravy

This quick and easy recipe taste like slow roasted pan dripping gravy. 

Kono’s Hawaiian Macaroni Potato Salad

There is nothing neutral about Hawaiian Macaroni Salad. You either love it (can’t get enough) or hate it (won’t touch it) and it usually isn’t eaten alone, it’s meant to clean your palate.

I know that I shouldn’t put mayonnaise laced dressing and clean your palate together in the same sentence-but it’s true! 

Most Hawaiian macaroni salads add straight mayonnaise, salt, pepper and sometimes… a pinch of sugar – I’m not a fan, but I know that many are. What I am a fan of is my husband’s dressing.

Kono’s Santa Maria Tri-Tip

Kono's Santa Maria Tri-Tip

My husband can’t just grill Santa Maria Tri-Tip. He needs to grill it on his (Got to Have it) Santa Maria Style Grill. You know… the one that is made of iron and has a hand crank feature that lifts and lowers the grill over the coals. Yup, it was a dream come true when he wheeled that baby into our back yard and introduced it to the rest of the gang. I’m not gonna lie, I think his Webers (yes, that is a plural) and Traeger are a bit jelly, but never neglected.

Kono's Curry Sauce

Shrimp Curry

Oh for the love of curry!  That’s what this recipe is. The kind of curry I grew up with in Hawaii.

Back in the day… we didn’t have the variety of curries that are available today. We just had one and this was it!

This recipe makes about 8 cups of sauce which could mean a large family sized pot of stew or 4 meals for a couple. I make this sauce ahead of time and freeze it into containers to pull out whenever I have a hankering for curry. This sauce makes wonderful chicken curry stew with carrots and potatoes as well as sauce to go over katsu, for curry katsu or as pictured, shrimp curry.

Kono's Exceptional Prime Rib

Prime Rib has been our Christmas dinner tradition for as far back as I can remember.  When it is cooked perfectly it is euphoric. When it's not - it's simply roast beef.

Every year my husband and I ask each other: How should we cook the rib this year?  The answer is always different.  Sometimes it's as simple as, just like we did last year and other times it's a new method.  It's always a mystery. Let me just say... If it has been suggested,  I'm sure we have attempted it.

Kono's Grilling Steak Butter

My husband Kono is my "Grill Master" and he loves to play with fire.  Evidence of this can be found on our back deck where he keeps his collection of smokers and bbq grills. His BBQ's are not seasonal and as I have stated before, they get fired up rain or shine!

Kono's Smokin BBQ Chicken

Kono is the in house BBQ expert. My job was to watch him do his magic with the chicken and here are my observations that I want to share with you.