chinese red bean dessert

so this is not the classic chinese red bean dessert... one thing you should know about me, i effing love the freaking holidays! the moment i know summer ended im filled with glee because i know its Fall and that the holidays are all coming! i get VERY festive.... i start putting up my halloween decorations the end of september or when it starts getting colder. Oh and another thing that makes me SUPER happy about the holidays? all my favorite FLAVORS!!! everywhere! especially at starbucks! pumpkin spice latte, pumpkin skones and pumpkin bread all come out for fall!!! cant wait till winter too!!! i love love LOVE eggnog!

So anyways~ yeah i like the holidays very much. So i have been craving a red bean dessert recently i dont know why considering that i hated red bean, mung bean, green bean, white bean any type of asian dessert that had beans in it....i detested that stuff... But now that i am older i feel like its actually pretty good now... i think its just one of those things you have to grow up to love....

ok BACK to the dessert~ since i love the holidays alot i tried to incorporate the seasonal flavors with classic chinese dessert. So i took all the classic spices that you would use in a pumpkin pie with the red bean dessert recipe.

ingredients:
-1/4 cup honey
-1 tbs brown sugar
-1/4 tsp ground cloves
-1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tbs cinnamon ( that was actually an accident since i turned around to get something and tara had just dumped a heap of cinnamon in)
-1 cup red beans
- 1/2 cup mixed grain rice
-1 tbs gogi berries
- 1/4 cup sesame seeds ( i think the recipe would have been better without the sesame seeds )

directions:
1. wash and rinse red beans. dump into the slowcooker.
2. dump all the rest of the ingredients into slowcooker.
3. let it cook overnight.
4. tommorow morning ready to eat! yayyyy

my lil sous chef