Eat Your Veggies

Yes, it is that time of year when pumpkins are plentiful. My family loves pumpkin, and not just in pie form, either. We have a few dishes featuring pumpkin that we enjoy. Before discussing our pumpkin recipes, however, I must qualify that we rarely use fresh pumpkin. Fresh pumpkins are difficult to prep and get ready for use in recipes. It is much easier to pick up a can of pumpkin puree at the grocery store. We tried it one fall and it took us 2 hours to get the thing ready. So, this is one of my canned food exceptions.

A dish surely guarnateed to put smiles on the faces of your family includes pancakes–pumpkin and chocolate chip rolled into one scrumptious breakfast item.

We also enjoy pumpkin muffins. And pumpkin soup. For our soup, we add cream and on the top go toasted almond slivers. We also often add curry spices to the pumpkin soup to make it full of savory goodness.