{"id":226067,"date":"2025-12-04T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=226067"},"modified":"2025-12-05T10:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:32:12","slug":"holiday-recipes-vinda-dalhos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/04\/holiday-recipes-vinda-dalhos\/","title":{"rendered":"东精影业<\/abbr>-mazing Holiday Recipes: Gomes \u02bbOhana’s Vinda D’alhos"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Ashlee Keolalaulani Kalauli with her grandparents Anthony and Edna Gomes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The holiday season is here, and 东精影业<\/abbr> News is asking members of the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> ʻohana<\/span> to share their favorite recipes. The hope is these recipes and the short stories that accompany them will give everyone some ideas for the holidays along with some good feelings of the season.<\/p>\n

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Ashlee Keolalaulani Kalauli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ashlee Keolalaulani Kalauli, a math and natural sciences instructor at Hawaiʻi<\/span> Community College, said that vinda d’alhos, a traditional Portuguese dish, is a Christmas Eve staple for the Gomes\/Kalauli ʻohana<\/span>. She shared the Gomes ʻOhana<\/span>‘s Vinda D’alhos recipe.<\/p>\n

“The recipe has been passed down for at least four generations, if not more,” Kalauli said. “Most of the measurements aren\u2019t made with utensils but are guided by ‘feeling’ and taste. Because of this, many of our family traditions are passed down through practice and storytelling, making each recipe a cherished piece of family history.”<\/p>\n

Kalauli submitted the recipe courtesy of her grandparents, Anthony and Edna Gomes, who wrote it down for her.<\/p>\n

“Some of the fondest memories come from using the leftover meat and potatoes to make Christmas morning breakfast while the keiki open presents,” she said. “The breakfast is often finished with an over-easy egg and a slice of homemade Portuguese milk bread (apologies, but the milkbread recipe remains a closely guarded family secret ).”<\/p>\n