OK, here's a menu challenge for you...

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I'm going with the family to Kauai and each of us takes a turn making dinner, from entree to dessert. There will be 6 adults and 4 children (one doesn't count because she will be 10 months old). I will probably be making dinner 2 nights and want something fairly quick (after spending the day in the sand & sun). Desserts are easy, but dinner a little harder because we will rely on what we can get at the market. I plan to take the spices I will need and whatever else I can wedge in my luggage as groceries are expensive there ($8/dozen eggs?!). Kids are good with mildly spicy food and will eat almost anything.

Island food menu anyone?

 
Make the shrimp with avocado and mango salad here. Delicious.

Caesar salad with grilled chicken or salmon--you can buy grilled chicken strips.

 
Do you have a grill available?

I would make mahi mahi on the grill, served with a salsa with pineapples and mangoes something like that. When I don't want to bother thinking too much I resort to rice as the side dish, sometimes I fancy it up with a little orzo browned in butter before adding the rice and the water. Phil loves it.

dessert could be this one

http://www.inspirededibles.ca/2015/07/blueberry-basil-frozen-yogurt-all-natural-froyo.html

which you would need a blender to make but... if the kitchen is well equipped, you might be able to pull it without too much problem

 
Great....

I think when in a place like Maui everything has to be kept pretty light - it is hot, it is time to be outside, laying at the beach, who wants to have a heavy, elaborate meal?

in my mind it just doesn't GO with this type of place and time of year

 
I was thinking along the same lines as Sally, only using chicken. Make a quick

marinade in the morning, using canned pinapple juice, a little lemon, soy sauce and marinate all day. Then grill it along side of some thick pineapple wedges sprinkled with a little brown sugar and mint. Toss a few sweet potatoes in the oven to bake and serve with butter. These could even go on the grill!

 
Oh, yes fish or shrimp/prawn tacos. Think of the wonderful types of fish

you could get in Hawaii!!
And even if you can't grill, just pan sauté it or roast/broil in the oven.
Ina roasted shrimp for shrimp cocktail on a show--would work fine for tacos too. And so quick.

 
Don't stuff your bags with food, Jane.

the airlines charge for bags as you most likely know. Any extra you pay for food here is made up by the bag charge usually.

We have Costco. It is pretty much the same prices as the Mainland. Besides groceries, buy their rotisserie chicken- it is the lowest price on the island and delicious. Costco easily saves me 30% or more over buying groceries anywhere else on the island.

I paid $4.45 for 18 eggs yesterday. And you will be nearby the Foodland store in Kapaa which has better prices than the other nearby store, Safeway. We also have Cost U Less which is a smaller (than Costco) big box store that requires no subscription. It is also in Kapaa.

We have wonderful farmer's markets. And any spices and herbs you need I most likely have and will share with you.

Do not try to bring fresh fruits or vegetables or fresh herbs into the state. They will be taken from you by the Ag department.

 
listen to Cathy! you can shop and get great stuff for reasonable prices. Foodland usually has a

really nice poke bar/deli with lots of choices and some are not raw. love love the edamame "poke". and the outdoor markets will be lovely. So lucky to have Cathy right there to guide you. have a super time!

 
Traca: Would this rotisserie dish be a suitable entr

I'm trying to put together a menu for an august dinner party.

TIA

Betty

 
I agree not to take any food or spices with you. I have a friend who takes her family over there

every year. Their first stop is Costco. She also buys a few needed spices in the bulk section (somewhere), she takes a list of the menus, and makes a grocery list. She leaves a few days open for visits to Farmer's Markets and cooks whatever she finds there that appeals to her. She has it down to a science. Not sure what she does with the foods they do not use, or the spices not used.

Frankly, I would not go on an airplane trip if I had to haul food and spices. It is a vacation for heavens sake....enjoy. And that means shopping local, for the experience of it all. Don't forget you can make a meal out of totally uncooked foods this time of year. Nothing like a huge platter of all sorts of tomatoes, cukes, cheeses, olives, melons, pineapple other island fruits, crackers, breads! Kids love this sort of stuff and so do most folks. The plus....no pots, pans or residual heat!

Have tons of fun and stay safe!

 
smileys/smile.gif I wasn't thinking of taking a mini supermarket. I have to check a bag anyway and thought

I would fill one of my 7-day pill caddies with whatever I might need for the recipes (like cardomom). I was thinking more of taking travel bottles of rice wine, mini choc chips, etc. anything that I wouldn't want to buy a whole container of. No fresh herbs, fruit/veggie - nothing like that. We do plan on hitting Costco right off. Good to know about the other stores, though.

 
The shrimp/avo/mango salad sounds gooood! So does the grilled mahi mahi

The fresh fruit salsa is speaking to me too smileys/smile.gif

 
Also, Hawaiian-style macaroni salad would be inexpensive to make for a crowd.

and would be a good accompaniment to the Costco rotisserie chicken (with or without a slather of bbq sauce).

 
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