Sweet Marie's

Going gluten free on Kauai hasn't been as difficult as we originally thought! I'll admit, I've been eating the buns on my hamburgers, but we've found several places that offer delightful eats for relatively low prices that he's been able to enjoy gluten free.

A few days ago, we visited the Pono Market for lunch. They serve up some amazing local food. We had pork lau lau and ahi poke. The poke was basically a raw fish salad, but MAN it was tasty! (Raw fish is not something that we venture to eat on a regular basis.) Lau lau is meat wrapped in spinach leaves and then cooked to perfection.

Then, two days ago we were on our way to a hike and were planning on eating breakfast at a sit-down restaurant. We drove right past it on the highway, lucky for us! We ended up grabbing some delicious muffins at this small gluten free bakery that I noticed on our way into Kapa'a from the airport. It's called Sweet Marie's Hawaii, and it was a great find. Even if you don't plan on coming to Kauai anytime soon, she has a small selection of wonderful baked goods that can be purchased from her website. If you live on Kauai, she has a variety of services, from catering and wedding cakes to cooking classes.

Needless to say, we will return to Sweet Marie's before our trip is over.