Now for Thanksgiving Desserts

Persimmon Tea Cakes

 Ingredients: 

2 eggs 

3/4 cup sugar

1 1/4 cups mashed hachiya persimmons

4 tbsp canola oil

2 cup Bisquick mix

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg 

1/4 tsp powdered ginger 

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Whisk eggs with fork

3.  Mix together eggs, sugar, persimmons, canola oil and mix quickly for 30 seconds

4.  Slowly mix in Bisquick incorporating it into the egg mixture

5.  Mix for an additional minute 

5.  Pour into tea cake or cup cake pan lined with paper baking cups

6.  Bake for 1 hour or until golden and a toothpick comes out clean

7.  Let cool

Kabocha Pie

 Ingredients:

1 kabocha
3/4 C sugar
2 eggs
3/4 C vanilla almond milk
1 T pumpkin pie spice
1 pkg. (8 oz ) cream cheese softened


Directions:

1.  Make slits in the kabocha and microwave it for 5-8 minutes or until kapocha is tender
2.  Scoop out the seeds
3.  Add kabocha meat, sugar, eggs, almond milk, pumpkin pie spice and cream cheese
     in a blender
4.  Blend until smooth
5.  Use already prepared pie crusts
6.  Bake pie crust at 350 degrees for 5 minutes and then add filling
5.  Bake for 50 more minutes or until center is set
     (be sure to cover edges so it doesn't burn)
6.  Take it out of the oven and let it cool

Crispy Pumpkin Delight

Ingredients:

1 (1 lb. 13 oz.) can pumpkin

1 (12 oz. can) evaporated milk

1-cup sugar

3 eggs

1-teaspoon cinnamon

1-cup moist yellow cake mix

1½ cups of Rice Krispies cereal

1½ sticks of butter melted

Directions

1.     Mix together pumpkin, evaporated milk, sugar, eggs and cinnamon

2.     Pour the mixture into 9” by 13” pan lined with wax paper

3.     Sprinkle with dry cake mix on top of the mixture

4.     Sprinkle Rice Krispies on top of cake mix

5.     Pour melted butter evenly on top

6.     Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour

7.     Completely cool

8.     Invert pie onto cookie sheet

9.     Remove wax paper

10. Cut into 1” squares

11. Put each square into a paper cupcake cup

Frosting:

1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened

¾ cup Cool Whip

1 cup powdered sugar

Candy Corn

1.     Mix cream cheese, Cool Whip and powdered sugar together

2.     Put the frosting in a cookie press and squirt out a flower on each square

3.     Top with a candy corn or candy pumpkin.

BeaNspiration:  So grateful for love and friendship!!!!!!!!

Cranberry 'n Persimmon Sauce

We're continuing with our Thanksgiving Theme recipes.  I'm so grateful for all the ideas I'm getting from Chef Azuki for my Thanksgiving feast!  My family had a preview meal of the famous crock-pot stuffing along with this delicious cranberry sauce.  I loved the persimmon in the sauce which tempers the tartness of the cranberries.  Sweet Fuyu Persimmons are in season so get some at your local farmer's market or grocery store.  If you're growing some in your yard, you're even luckier!

Cranberry 'n Persimmon Sauce

Ingredients:
1 bag (12 oz) cranberries
1 C sugar
1 C water
2 fuyu persimmons finely chopped
1/2 tsp of cinnamon

Directions:
1.  Boil the cranberries with sugar and water
2.  When cranberries just start to pop, mix in persimmons and cinnamon
3.  Simmer until desired consistency and cranberries are soft

Fuyu means winter and there's something so wonderful about enjoying seasonal fruits.  The addition of the fuyu persimmon into this cranberry sauce is simply genius.  It brings back memories of friends or relatives bringing a big bag of persimmons during this time of year.  I'm also stocking up on Satsuma tangerines, another winter growing fruit.

BeaNspiration:  Don't miss out on the treasures of the season!!!!!!!

Crock-pot Stuffing

Here's a tasty stuffing recipe that uses a hint of soy sauce to create a winning combination with either rice or mashed potatoes.  I know my grandmother always made her Thanksgiving meal with a pot of rice, and there was something about her stuffing that made it seem perfectly normal. I'm not sure if she put soy sauce in her stuffing too; but I wouldn't be surprised if she did.  Chef Azuki's stuffing was a hit with my family as we enjoyed roasted chicken, stuffing and rice!  A perfect autumn night's feast!

Crock-pot Stuffing

Ingredients:

1 lb sage sausage

1 box Stuffing mix

1 onion finely chopped

2 stalks of celery chopped

1 can low sodium chicken broth

1/4 C unsalted butter

1/2 C chopped pecans

1 Tbsp soy sauce (shoyu)

Directions:

1.  Brown the sausage in a frying pan

2.  Add Chicken broth, pecans, onion, celery, pecans and browned sausage to a crock-pot

3.  Add melted butter and soy sauce and stir

4.  Slowly stir in stuffing mix until broth is absorbed and other ingredients are dispersed evenly

5.  Heat on high for 1 1/2 hours

Turn setting to warm and serve.  It was so delicious the pecans and celery created the perfect
texture.  Using the crock-pot will make serving warm stuffing a breeze.  I'm making this stuffing for Thanksgiving!

BeaNspiration:  Magical holiday fun starts with simple ideas!

Coconut Curry Chicken

Chef Azuki has been wanting to make curry.  She bought some coconut milk and decided to try Coconut Curry.  Chop, chop, chopping the veggies and chicken is all it takes to make another delicious meal.

Coconut Curry Chicken

Ingredients:
1 can (14.5 oz) chicken broth
1 can ( 13.5 oz) coconut milk
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
2 tsp. curry powder
1 large potato chopped
2 stalks of celery chopped
4-6 baby carrots chopped
1 cup cooked chicken chopped

Directions:
Put all the ingredients in a pot
Stir the ingredients togethers as it cooks
Once it boils simmer for 20-30 minutes or until vegetables are tender

Serve with rice and garnish with pickled ginger.

BeaNspiration:  Stir the cauldron and meld together delicious flavors!!!!!!