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"The Electric Kitchen"
Garnish servings of Spinach Parmesan Pie with a
generous dusting of more Parmesan, and a touch
of green, such as parsley or basil.

Clean cooking in
March includes
entree pie

ELECTRIC KITCHEN

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Star-Bulletin

"The Electric Kitchen" airing through the second half of March -- "Cooking with Mr. Clean" -- features David Hoffman of the Campbell Local Emergency Action Network.

"Electric Kitchen" airs at 9:30 a.m. Sundays, 8:30 p.m. Mondays, 5 p.m. Tuesdays and 6 p.m. Thursdays on Oceanic Cable Channel 16. It also airs on Maui at 8:30 p.m. Thursdays on Calabash Channel 44 (52 in Lahaina) and on the Big Island at 5 p.m. Mondays and 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays on Na Leo o Hawaii Channel 2 in Hilo and 14 in Kona.

Here is one of Hoffman's recipes. All the recipes from the show, as well as an archive of recipes dating to 1995, are available at the Hawaiian Electric Co. Web site, www.heco.com.

Spinach Parmesan Pie

1 tablespoon butter or margarine
4 stalks green onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 10-ounce package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed to remove moisture
1/2 cup small-curd cottage cheese
1/2 cup buttermilk baking mix
1 cup milk
3 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-inch pie plate.

Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add onions and garlic; cook until tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Add spinach; mix well. Place in prepared pie plate; spread with cottage cheese.

Combine baking mix, milk, eggs, lemon juice and pepper; stir until just blended. Pour over cottage cheese layer; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and nutmeg.

Bake 35 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

Before serving, sprinkle with more Parmesan cheese. Serves 6.

Nutritional information unavailable.

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HAWAII'S KITCHEN

This week's episode of "Hawaii's Kitchen" is a repeat broadcast of a March 12, 2000 program featuring dishes prepared by Philippe Padovani of Padovani's Bistro & Wine Bar. Recipes were published in the March 15, 2000 Star-Bulletin and may be found online at https://archives.starbulletin.com/2000/03/15/features/index.html.

"Hawaii's Kitchen" airs at 5:30 p.m. Sunday on KHON Fox 2.

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