A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For more information, go here to the DDC section of Not Dabbling in Normal’s website: Dark Days Challenge. In which I caramelize local maple sugar and bake a yummy pumpkin flan for dessert Looking forward to [...]
Archive for the ‘Pumpkin’ Category
Dark Days 12, Valentine’s Day Dessert Challenge: Pumpkin Flan
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Dessert, Pumpkin, tagged Pumpkin maple flan on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Pumpkin, Tomato and Chickpea Soup with Ras el Hanout
Posted in Beans and legumes, Pumpkin, Soup, Tomato on February 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Necessity is the mother of invention, as they say. This afternoon, I needed to clean out our freezer and my husband needed some flavorful soup. Cleaning out the freezer really isn’t a big deal since it occupies a tiny section of our tall, slim refrigerator. It’s a haven for stock and broth of all kinds, [...]
November: a Birthday, Pumpkins and a Spiced Pumpkin Soup
Posted in Pumpkin, Soup, tagged Spices for pumpkin soup on November 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This blog has just turned two years old. It started as a birthday gift to me from e, with a first post to remind that there was a jar of spices in my pantry that she’d brought back from Morocco over the summer. My own first post, with the photography nowhere near under control and [...]
Roasted Winter Squash Muffins
Posted in Pumpkin, Quick breads and muffins, Winter squash, tagged Pumpkin muffins, Roasted squash muffins on February 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The abundance of long-lasting winter squash this year has led me to cook it in as many ways as possible, including using it as a substitute for pumpkin. While many recipes for baked goods using pumpkin suggest that the canned version is more reliable in flavor and moisture content, the roasted buttercup squash that we’ve [...]
Pumpkin Risotto with Sauteed Brussels Sprouts
Posted in Cabbage, Pumpkin, Risotto, Winter squash, tagged Pumpkin or squash risotto on December 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Right up there with the definition of eternity as “two people and a ham” (or turkey as I remarked last year) is “two people and a pumpkin.” After the pies and breads and soups and stews from a large roasted and pureed cheese pumpkin that I made at Thanksgiving, there was still a cup or [...]
Improved Gluten-free Dairy-free Pumpkin Pie
Posted in Gluten-free dairy-free, Pie, Pumpkin, tagged Ginger snap pie crust, Gluten-free dairy-free pumpkin pie on November 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
With a great tip from Mark Bittman of The New York Times, I improved the gluten-free, dairy-free pumpkin pie that I made for Thanksgiving a year ago. Last year, the pat-in crust, made from purchased gluten-free ginger snaps, was really ugly. This year, I added unsweetened coconut to the ginger snaps and it worked much [...]
Tomato and Pumpkin Soup
Posted in Gluten-free, Pumpkin, Soup, Sweet potato, Tomato, tagged Gluten-free, Pumpkin, Soup, Sweet potato, Tomato on April 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing to eat out of the pantry before the spring growing season, I roasted the remaining cheese pumpkin from the late fall harvest, which had kept surprisingly well, and combined it with a home-canned tomato soup base that was stretching its viable shelf life. Our local CSA farm grows several heirloom varieties for canning, with [...]
Gluten-free Dairy-free Pumpkin Pie, so who said it had to be pretty too
Posted in Gluten-free, Gluten-free dairy-free, Pie, Pumpkin, tagged Gluten-free, Pie, Pumpkin on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Figuring out how to make a pumpkin pie dairy-free is not hard, given the possibility of using soymilk or unsweetened coconut milk as a substitute for cream or half-and-half. Figuring out a compatible crust is harder. The piecrust that I made last Thanksgiving emulated a whole-wheat crust but was crumbly to the point where I [...]
Cheese Pumpkin
Posted in Pumpkin, Uncategorized, tagged Pumpkin on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pumpkin/Squash and Sweet Potato Soup
Posted in Pumpkin, Soup, Sweet potato, Winter squash, tagged Pumpkin, Soup, Sweet potato, Winter squash on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now that Halloween has passed, we no longer need the sugar pumpkins to stand around looking cute, so it’s time to get them ready for Thanksgiving. Since this growing season was so wet, all of the winter squashes are fragile and easily spoiled, so they are not storage crops. Use them up! Also, our CSA [...]
