Recipes

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I wanted to post some veg-friendly recipes that you can use on Turkey Day (or Tofurkey Day, as it may be).

Maple Pumpkin Butter

This recipe is very loosely based on one I found in last Sunday's paper, in Parade. I prepared this yesterday and loved it.  My preparation is way healthier though, due to my ingredient upgrades.   It is also simpler to prepare and that's purely by happy accident (some people may call that accidentally skipping a step, but hey, it worked out fine. Tasted delicious.).

One 15-oz. can organic, unsweetened pumpkin puree

1/3 cup each agave nectar, organic unsweetened applesauce and pure maple syrup

3/4 tsp each cinnamon and ginger

Preheat the oven to 350 deg. F.

Put all the ingredients in a large, heavy ovenproof casserole dish and stir to blend. 

Once the oven is pre-heated, slide the casserole into the oven and cook for 30 minutes, or until the pumpkin butter has thickened and there is no liquid around the sides of the pan.  

Cool the pumpkin butter, then cover and chill.  Enjoy!

Makes approx. 4 servings.

More to come...stay tuned.