Pumpkin Crunch

This is a recipe that I came across in Hawaii. Most true hawaiians do not eat Pumpkin Pie, they kick it up a few knotches with this version. And it is very good!

1 15oz Can of Pumpkin Puree
1 12oz Can of Evaporated Milk
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 cup Sugar
3 eggs beaten
1 box yellow cake mix
1 cup chopped pecans
2 sticks of butter

FROSTING
8 oz Soft Cream Cheese
1 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar
1/2 tsp Cinnamon

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine pumpkin, evaporated milk, cinnamon and sugar until well
combined. Add eggs and mix well.
2. Pour mixture in a 9"x13" baking dish sprayed with PAM.
3. Sprinkle cake mix evenly over top of mixture. Sprinkle pecans over top of cake mix.
4. Bake 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes, Set aside to cool.
5. Make Frosting
6. In a large bowl using a hand mixer, whip cream cheese until light and fluffy, add whipping
cream and continue to whip until mix is fully combined and thickened. Add powdered sugar and
cinnamon and combine well.
7. Place a baking pan over the top of the baking dish and then invert. The cake
should be resting on the baking pan, top with the frosting.

Cheesy Green Bean Caserole

1 can Campbells Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese
1 tsp Soy Sauce
1 bag thawed frozen cut green beans
1 small Red Bell Pepper chopped
1.5 cups Frenchs Fried Onions

1.Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2.In a large mixing bowl, stir in 1 can of Creme of Mushroom Soup, Red Bell Pepper, cheese, and
1 cup of the onions. Add the green beans and mix well.
3. Place mixture in a baking dish, cover and bake for 30 minutes or until beans are tender.
4. Garnish with more onions and bake for additional 5 minutes.

Serves 8

Sweet Bourbon Mashed Potatoes

8 Large Sweet Potatoes or Yams
Salt for Water and 1/2 tsp for potatoes
1.5 cups whipping cream
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
4 tbsp Molasses
6 Tbsp Butter
1/4 Cup Bourbon(Jack Daniels)
Brown Sugar

1. Peel and cut up potatoes in small pieces.
2. Place potatoes in pot of cold water with salt and bring to a boil, cook for 20 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender. Drain and put potatoes back in pan.
3. While potatoes are cooking, take a medium saucepan and combine cream, cayenne and black pepper, molasses, butter and bourbon. Simmer over medium heat until butter is melted and mixture is creamy.
4. Pour mixture over mashed sweet potatoes, with dash of salt.
5. Place potatoes in baking dishm sprinkle with brown sugar and bake until brown sugar is melted.

Serve 8

Kahula Pork

• 3-4 lb Pork Butt
• Hawaiian Sea Salt or Course Sea Salt
• Liqiud Smoke

1. Coat entire Pork Butt with Course Sea Salt.
2. Place in a crockpot fat side up
3. Add 2 tsp Liquid Smoke
4. Cook on low for 12-15 hours or until pork can be shredded with a fork.

Hawaiian Cuisine

SPAM MUSABI

4 1/2" Thick slices of Spam
Terriaki Sauce
Sticky Rice
Seaweed
Rice Mold

1. Prepare sticky rice by rinsing white rice in cold water, continue to rinse until water is clear.
2. Cook rice per directions or use a rice cooker
3. Fry slices of SPAM with Terriaki Sauce, reserve some terriaki for the end.
4. Form rice in rice mold, remove mold and add a tsp of terriaki sauce on top.
5. Place a slice of SPAM on top, and wrap with seaweed.
6. Wrap entire SPAM MUSABI with saran wrap and refriderate.

This is a Hawaiian breakfast staple, they eat it whenever they need a snack. The rice acts as a filler and makes you full for hours!

Slow Cooker Cajun Style Pot Roast

2 lb chuck roast
cajun seasoning
red bell pepper
green bell pepper
can of diced tomato
4 small potato
1 carrot
tabaso

1. Set crock pot on low setting.
2. Coat chuck roast with Cajun Seasoning.
3. Cut Potato into bite sized chunks
4. Slice carrot.
5. Place Potato and Carrot at bottom of crockpot.
6. Place chuck roast on top and cook for 4 hours.
7. Dice Green and Red Bell Pepper and place into a bowl.
8. Add 1 can of diced tomato.
9. Add as much Tabaso as you wish and mix.
10.Pour over chuck roast and continue cooking
11.Chuck Roast will be ready when:
145 to 150 degrees

Serves 2