Down to Earth Cookbook: From Hawaii’s Pioneer of Modern-Day Healthy Living

By Down to Earth Organic & Natural

This cookbook contains forty vegetarian recipes, one for each year of the forty-year history of Down to Earth Organic & Natural. Down to Earth is Hawaii’s leading retailer of local, fresh, organic, and natural foods. The company is unique in that it has always been vegetarian, and it is one of only a few all-vegetarian stores in the nation.

Many of the dishes in this collection are inspired by the most popular dishes from the company’s cooking classes and deli. It also contains recipes for particularly tasty dishes from the vast collection posted on the company’s website at www.downtoearth.org/recipes.

All the recipes are home style and easy to make.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Nov 16, 2017
• ISBN: 9781504388900

Down to Earth Organic & Natural

The collection of recipes in the Down to Earth Cookbook is a collaboration by vegetarian chefs of the Community Outreach Team at Down to Earth Organic & Natural in Hawaii. They reflect the company's 40 years of accumulated knowledge as a vegetarian natural food store chain and one of only a few all-vegetarian natural food stores in the nation.

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ISBN: 978-1-5043-8889-4 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-9822-2549-0 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-5043-8890-0 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2017915471

Balboa Press rev. date: 11/23/2022

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Contents

Introduction

Appetizers and Side Dishes

Roasted Cauliflower Dip

Muhamarra (Red Pepper and Walnut Dip)

Chickpea Gravy

Curry Fried Rice

Spinach Luau

Soups and Stews

Celery and Cauliflower Miso Soup

Portuguese White Bean Soup

Creamy Split Pea Soup

Three Bean Chili

Salads

Rainbow Salad

Pono Purple Potato Salad

Lomi Lomi Salad

Mock Chicken Salad

Entrees

Zucchini Noodles with Peanut Sauce

Lehua Smoothie Bowl

Sesame Seed Porridge

Ramen

Whole Grain Bowls

Spicy Tofu Poke

Mock Korean Chicken

Wasabi Pea Encrusted Tofu with Sesame-Miso Sauce

Black Bean Burger

Best Baked Tofu with Sautéed Onions

Eggplant Parmesan

Pesto Pasta with Pumpkin

Vegetable Korma

Vegetable Enchiladas

Vegetable Lasagna

Beverages

Turmeric Tonic

Jasmine Ginger Limeade

Spicy Tomato Juice

Blueberry Maca Smoothie

Deluxe Green Power Smoothie

Desserts

Coconut Cream Shake

Sunflower Seed Panna Cotta

Chocolate Chip Tahini Cookies

Tropical Pineapple Cheesecake Tarts

Chocolate Mac Nut Chews

Lemon-Lime Avocado Pie

Okinawan Sweet Potato Haupia Pie

Celebrating over 40 years of Service to Hawaii

Evolution of the Down to Earth Brand

Foreword

Celebrating over 40 Years of Serving Hawaii

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In 2017, we celebrated our 40th anniversary. From a tiny store on Maui founded in 1977, we have grown to become one of the leading independent natural food store chains in Hawaii and the country. We have always been an all-vegetarian store with an award-winning deli.

Our broad offering of tasty prepared vegetarian foods makes Down to Earth a destination for people from all walks of life seeking food that is not only delicious but also good for you. In this cookbook, you will find 40 recipes to celebrate our 40-year history. It is inspired by many of the most popular dishes from our cooking classes and our deli. The recipes reflect our dedication to excellence that drives every aspect of what we do at Down to Earth.

Since our founding over 40 years ago, Down to Earth’s many accomplishments and our leadership in the community reflect the hard work, dedication, and commitment that each of our team members bring to their service at Down to Earth. For them, working at Down to Earth is not just a job; it is truly a service with the important mission of helping to improve the health of our island communities and the `āina (the land). By sharing organic, local and vegetarian foods, Down to Earth team members are also promoting the many health, environmental, and ethical benefits of following a plant-based diet.

The success of Down to Earth is also due to our unshakable values, our commitment of being in business to help improve the health and well-being of our customers, and to serve the community. We have earned our customers’ loyalty due to our uncompromising dedication to providing quality products while refusing to compromise our values. We have always been, and remain, a community-based business dedicated to promoting healthy living, respect for the environment, sustainable organic farming, and a vegetarian lifestyle.

We serve health-conscious islanders with organic and natural products and through community outreach that includes cooking classes, health-, nutritional- and environmental seminars, and a wide variety of events to promote better health. Our customers know they can rely on Down to Earth for quality products, great value, and excellent service from our friendly and knowledgeable team members.

Our success reflects the hard work and commitment of the Down to Earth team over the past four decades and our valued customers’ loyal support throughout the years. We are grateful to our customers, and to our many friends and neighbors in Hawaii for helping and sharing in Down to Earth’s success.

We humbly share this cookbook as a token of our appreciation, and in the spirit of our slogan

"Love Life! Eat Healthy, Be Happy!"

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Mark Fergusson, Chief Executive Officer

Down to Earth Organic & Natural

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Introduction

People are drawn to a vegetarian lifestyle