Spicy Tuna Poke uses fresh tuna and a few common ingredients for an amazing flavor. This is all we eat when we are in Hawaii and now we can make it home. This recipe made me feel really good because as Aaron was eating it he said, "I think it is just amazing that we...
There is excitement in the air over here because the surf report is showing surf this weekend. Surf on the Gulf Coast is rare because the Gulf is pretty protected but when the surf does hit, the surfers tend to come out in droves. The waves in the winter usually correspond with cold fronts moving...
Brown rice pancakes were my dad's invention. He went through a phase where he added brown rice to everything--smoothies, cookies, bread and even pancakes. His other recipes were just experiments but the recipe for brown rice pancakes stuck. My dad's theory is that pancakes are inherently bad for you but with the addition of the...
Hawaiian style poke is what we miss most about living in Hawaii. While, poke restaurants are popping up more and more on the mainland, the poke just isn't the same as the traditional poke that you can find in Hawaii. Poke is basically a salad of raw fish, onions, and other ingredients tossed with a sauce made of...
Happy 2017! Ready to kick off this new year of business? I know I am. One of the best things we ever started doing for SURFit was to do an annual report. This is basically just a time for us discuss and to put down on paper what systems worked for us in the previous year,...
Are you doing the Whole 30? I haven't kicked one off for 2017 and I am still not sure that I will--at least not this month*. I love the Whole 30 plan as it is simple, healthy and I really saw results, not just with weight loss, but mental clarity, anxiety and depression. I was...
***I have a few posts in my back pocket about goal setting, passion planning and dream living. I don't claim to be an expert but I do spend a good deal of time thinking about how to live my life to the fullest and have some thoughts and ideas to share. I thought today would...
Usually at this time of year, we are sitting with the in-laws in their log cabin in snowy Vermont. Not this year. Instead we decided to stay back and run the business. Lots of people come to Sarasota in the winter for sunny weather and time out on the water and they all want...
This past week, we decided to bail out of an East coast surf contest that Sawyer was supposed to compete in to just stay home and get some house projects crossed off our list. Sawyer wasn't too bummed because there actually ended up being a little surf on our coast so he did get a...
Wow! November was a busy month for me and here we are moving towards the end of December and I still haven't finished my monthly business/income report. What I have been doing... This past month, I was really focused on starting an ecommerce site for our paddleboard and surf business and it took a lot...
During my Whole 30, I ate a lot of sweet potatoes. I would bake a few at a time so that I always had them ready to go whenever the mood hit me. They were the only thing that would really tide me over when I was hoping for real carbs. Sweet potatoes are...
It's kind of funny to me that I have re-started my website, with the intentions of posting about healthier eats from our Surfer's Kitchen, yet, I continually keep posting about cookies, brownies and other delicious desserts. Well, please forgive me. I love dessert and I especially love cookies. Plus, it is the holidays and baking...
I used a combination of white whole wheat flour and unbleached white flour, both from King Arthur. Feel free to experiment with whatever combination of flours you have on hand, or just stick to unbleached white flour.
Now that Thanksgiving is over, I am ready to start baking for Christmas. I love Christmas and start thinking, planning and scheming about it in the summer. I'm not a huge fan of the shopping aspect, although I do like that too. I just really get into the whole season. I love the excuse...
Last week was one of some extreme ups and downs, crazy deadlines and just general uneasiness. I seemed to let everything slide as I dealt with my own internal sadness. I had multiple blog posts scheduled to go up last week and just wasn't able to make it happen. This week, my brain has settled...
Salmon has been in my blood since I was a child. I grew up in the Pacific Northwest with a dad that loves to fish, I studied marine biology in Bellingham and Seattle, Washington where the focus was always on salmon, and even worked as a commercial fishermen in Alaska for a summer. As a...
This recipe for pan roasted salmon is part of our weekly rotation because it is easy to make, is full of protein and healthy fats and tastes amazing. If you are following a Paleo diet, use coconut aminos instead of soy sauce. We love to serve this over a kale salad and a bowl of short...
Hello Friends! As promised, here is the first of our monthly income and business posts that will give you an update on what is going on behind the scenes at The Surfer's Kitchen as well as plans and goals for the future. What I have been doing......
I really do love soup but I realized that I don't really make it very often. It could have something to do with living in Florida and having beautiful weather most of the time. Soup season is just so short. While those of you up north are pulling out your winter coats and scarves and...
My sister actually created this kale salad during one of her food experiments in my kitchen. Her cooking style is unique, she just grabs whatever is on hand and figures out how to make it work. Using her resourcefulness and a special kind of magic-she created this amazing salad. We turn to this...
I have decided that I am going to start posting even the most simple recipes that I have had success with. There are a couple of reasons for this. 1) Even though they might seem simple now....I didn't use to think that way. Before I started to really learn my way around the kitchen, I...
Happy Halloween! Any special plans for the day? We are going trick-or-treating tonight with some friends. Nova will be Wonder Woman and Sawyer is going as the Wall from Stranger Things. I was planning to be the Mom from the Stranger Things but wasn't able to find the correct phone to complete the costume. I...
Pulled this from the archives because it is too good to not share again and again..... We moved to Florida from Hawaii years ago and every once in awhile, something will really, really make us miss the islands. We always kind of miss the islands--but sometimes we REALLY MISS them. And, that happened to us...
When the kids were small, they went to a Waldorf school program for about three hours per week in South Seattle. It was really kind of sweet. The teacher would take them away to one part of this airy room on the side of a church to sing songs and play games. The parents...
I'm sure you have heard of people who have made blogging their business. I always think of them as extra special people, who got lucky somehow. I am realizing now that no, they were people willing to put in the work, and that's why we gladly giving forms providing proof of income if they...
I had recently made some chia pudding and then saw a picture of my friend, eating an acai bowl on the North Shore of Oahu, and it got me to thinking. What if I enhanced my chia pudding by adding a topping of acai? Topped with a bit of granola, slices of banana and a...
A while back I made these Slutty Brownies, inspired by What's Gaby Cooking and they have been one of the most popular recipes on the site. And, one of our favorite things to take to ANY event in which bringing something is a requirement. They go fast. People rave about them--it feels good to have...
Homemade malasadas (Portuguese doughnuts) are nothing to be afraid of.
Yesterday, was such a lazy day, a chocolate chip cookie baking kind of day. I worked on a website I am building for a local business, I worked meal planning and recipe testing and then sat around and watched as the kids did homework at a snails pace. Aaron was out doing paddleboard tours all day...
Looking for a great Brownie recipe? I have been wanting to make these brownies for a very long time. However, I understand how dangerous a big plate of brownies can be in my house--and I didn’t want to put myself in danger. But, the other day, I needed to bake something and I just so...
About two months ago, I started a new way of eating, called "Intermittent Fasting". I had first heard about it years ago from this crazy Crossfit girl who seemed extreme in everything she did. It didn't seem like something I could actually do. Fast forward a few years and I am realizing that not only...
My mom is visiting. It's great. She does our laundry, loves working in the yard, and when I ask her to bake cookies, she does. The unfortunate part is that she is not a very good cook. She just doesn't like it at all and gets in the kitchen and immediately doesn't want to...
I can't believe all of the healthy recipes I have been testing lately. I blame a few of my new favorite blogs including, Oh She Glows! and Chocolate Covered Katie. I'm also trying to make healthier choices, buy less from the grocery store and more from the farmer's market, and eat vegan 60% of the...