Pineapple Lychee Haupia

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Today’s theme = Coconut! Make sure you hop around to check out all the amazing recipes in this link up and feel free to add your own recipe as well!

It was an absolutely gorgeous day a couple weekends ago, so my friends and I decided to go outside to study. (Trust me, this is a big deal/super-highlight in our lives. >_>) Our apartment complex has a little playground/park area that we very rarely go to because it’s usually super late by the time any of us get home, and it’s been grey/rainy/depressing for so very long.

But…good riddance, winter!

I holed up in the gazebo on a bench swing to study at first…

But I eventually decided not to be a loner. Mike had laid out a tarp/bedsheet on the grass, so the three of us bunched onto that to avoid the wet grass (yay for thunderstorms galore the night before).

The day was beautiful enough to remind me of summer, which made me miss beaches + tropical everything. (I guess that’s what happens when you grow up near the coast and move to a landlocked state.)

Have you ever heard of haupia? :O I used to have it every year at our annual luau for Na Keiki ‘O Hawai’i. <3 Haupia is a coconut milk-based Hawaiian dessert that’s often found at luaus and other gatherings! (I adapted the recipe from here!)

In any case, for our weekly Game of Thrones night, I decided to make a dessert that reminded me of home, at least kindasorta. (I’m not Hawaiian or from Hawai’i, but the UCD Hawai’i Club (Na Keiki ‘O Hawai’i) was part of my life back in California!)

Word of warning: these are a little slippery. Mike picked a couple up with his hand and they slipped and fell on the counter, on top of Isaac’s hospital ID. He picked one up and ate it anyway.

I: Mike, do you know how many thousands of germs are probably sitting on that? You’re gonna die now for sure.
M: Farrah, you should have the other one!
F: Sheesh, what kind of friend are you? I make dessert for you and you want me to die? I see how it is.
M: No, but I want you to die with me. There’s a difference! C’mon, it’ll be fun!
F: How very sweet of you. >:[ (picks it up to throw it away)
M: Put it in your mouth!
F: No!
I: You guys, that sounds so wrong. Farrah, don’t do it! (grabs my elbow and shakes it so most-likely-contaminated-haupia falls in the sink)

(For those of you wondering, Mike is still alive and well.)

Pineapple Lychee Haupia

Print Recipe

5 from 1 vote

Pineapple Lychee Haupia

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Hawaiian

Keyword: vegan option

Ingredients

• ½ cup arrowroot powder* + ¾ cup water
• 1 can full fat coconut milk
• 2 tbsp raw honey use maple syrup if vegan
• ½ - 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup pineapple chopped
• 1/4 cup lychee chopped

Instructions

• Combine the arrowroot powder + water in a bowl and mix until dissolved. Add it to a saucepan with the coconut milk + honey.
• Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly until it thickens, then remove from stove and stir in vanilla extract, pineapple + lychee.
• Pour mixture into a pan and refrigerate overnight or until firm.
• Cut into 1-2-inch squares, and garnish with toasted coconut (if using) before serving.

Notes

*You can technically use cornstarch to make it too (most other recipes do)!

End-of-Week-ish Recap!

• Did you know that May is National Osteoporosis Awareness Month? Learn more about Osteoporosis on Medical Mondays!
• Have you heard of “No Excuse Mom” (Maria Kang)? Check out my review of her book here! I’ve been doing pretty well on adding more regular exercise back into my life: HIIT in the mornings and I even got to go to BJJ twice this week! Mike popped my elbow twice last night because I didn’t tap out. (I keep thinking I’ll find a way out. :[ ) My arm still moves though, so at least there’s that!
• Check out my twist on the traditional PB&J: 5-Ingredient Plum Almond Toast!
• Find out what a “regular” day in surgery was like for me! Day In The Life: General Surgery

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