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Making Mochi Da Easy Way

By on July 21, 2009 in Family Fun, Works For Me Wednesday

One of Hapa Girl’s favorite snack is mochi. Good thing one of their teachers in school taught them how to make mochi the easy way.  It can be done using a microwave!  We thought it would be nice to share the recipe to A Maui Blog readers, complete with photos.  Here it goes:

INGREDIENTS: 2 cups water ; 1 cup sugar; 2 cups mochiko flour; PAM; Potato starch

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Put mochiko and sugar together in a mixing bowl. Mix. Add water. Mix thoroughly.

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Spray PAM on dish (pyrex dish).  Hold down cup in the middle while pouring.

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Put in microwave for 9 minutes.

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In the meantime, spread some potato starch on a wax paper.

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When 9 minutes is over, take the dish out of microwave. Cool off.  Loosen the sides. Take the cup in the middle out first. Then cut in small rectangular shape.

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Roll the cut pieces in the potato starch. Enjoy!

Now, this is the easy way and obviously the non-traditional way of making mochi. For a traditional way, check out this link.

The microwave mochi works for us right now.  For more Works For Me Wednesday tips and sharing, visit Kristen at “We Are That Family” :)

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Works For Me Wednesday: Toys Edition

By on November 5, 2008 in Photos, Works For Me Wednesday


Works For Me Wednesday is about “toys” this week. The themed edition of Works-For-Me Wednesday is titled: The Toys Worth Buying Edition. With Christmas around the corner, we are posting our family’s favorite toys–the ones that won’t end up in the garage sale pile in a month! Let me suggest a few from our past:

Ceramic Tea Party Set – We got a set for our daughter when she was three and now that she’s 10 she still occasionally plays with it. Sometimes she uses real food, sometimes pretend – like a pie made out of play dough. Speaking of play dough…. that leads me to the next suggestion…

Wooden Clay Play Set – This playset encouraged creativity and gave my kids lots and lots of hours of fun.

Lego – It’s a classic. My son started building it when he was 3, he is now 11 and still enjoys it. Of course the designs he builds gets more complicated. We buy Legos every year and we had accumulated tons of pieces. But it’s all worth it.

and for a classic free toy: BOXES – like these:


For more suggestions, go to Rocks In My Dryer.

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