{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#097 - Amanda Smith: How Menehune Chef Brings Cooking Education & Community to Hawaiian Children","description":"Amanda Smith is the Founder and Executive Director of Menehune Chef, a non-profit that offers functional, intuitive, and practical cooking education to children on the Garden Island of Kauai, using all local Hawaiian-sourced ingredients. They work with local chefs and farmers to really infuse the essence of community involvement, sustainable living, and locally-grown ingredients into the lives of these children.   Amanda\u2019s vision is to impact future generations \u2013 starting with a single poi smoothie \u2013 and generate a powerful movement that will be shared through our keiki (or \u201cthe little ones\u201d) of Hawaii.   \u201cBelieve in your own passion... how much energy you put into it is really what\u2019s going to resonate the most!\u201d \u2013Amanda Smith   P.S. If you\u2019re not familiar with Menehune \u2013 and I sure wasn\u2019t \u2013 they are a mythological dwarf people from Hawaiian legend who are hidden and far away from human civilization, said to have built communities in the forests and valleys of Hawaii before the first Polynesian settlers arrived. It connects back to that word keiki, Amanda\u2019s inspiration throughout her journey creating and running this wonderful organization!   \u201cWhat is Menehune Chef? Cooking with sustainable foods on the Hawaiian islands!\u201d \u2013Amanda Smith   We also discuss: Creating something bigger in the world through cooking and community Why Kauai is so special to Amanda Amanda\u2019s spiritual awakening The life-changing power of Poi, a Hawaiian dish created from the fermented root of the taro Living in Hawaii is expensive, which makes eating healthy expensive Hawaii as a food truck nation How Menehune Chefs finds the space and ingredients to offer their cooking classes \u2013 and what they still need When children develop their taste buds Creating a Menehune Chef children\u2019s show for TV The Bruschetta Basil Blast   The Triple B: Bruschetta Basil Blast Ingredients: 8 Roma tomatoes 4 cloves of garlic, diced 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar \u00bd tbsp olive oil 1 small wedge of local lemon \u00bc cup vegan parmesan (or regular if you don\u2019t mind dairy) \u00bc tsp ground pepper \u00bc tsp Hawaiian sea salt (or something similar) 6 chicken breasts 1 cup rice   Directions Heat oven to 375 degrees Combine first 5 ingredients and toss together Cut chicken breasts in half Rub ground pepper and sea salt on top of the chicken Add parmesan onto chicken Drizzle olive oil on the top of chicken Bake for 45 minutes Cook your rice (Amanda uses coconut water instead of regular water) When you chicken is cooled, put it on top of the rice and pour the bruschetta ingredients in your bowl on top of it   Resources: Learn more at www.menehunechef.org Instagram: instagram.com\/menehunechef\/ Facebook: facebook.com\/menehunechef\/ Check out Chef Benjamin Prichard\u2019s noisyfood.com   Amanda Smith\u2019s Bio: Amanda started her journey in health education at the University of Hawaii, where she majored in Early Childhood education. She has over a decade of expertise working for three different non-profit organizations and educating the Kauai community on current health curricula, Life skills training, positive action, mother daughter circles, and youth camps. Amanda is passionate about increasing children\u2019s awareness about nutrition and health. She currently is spreading her vision of healthy cooking to all Hawaiian islands. Just Forking Around is produced by Podcast Masters ","author_name":"Just Forking Around","author_url":"https:\/\/www.justforkingaround.net","html":"