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There are all kinds of interesting, unusual dishes you can make with the pumpkins you used for autumn decorations. Think outside the pie! Here are some recipes: Continue reading
Having pumpkin in the fall is practically a rite of passage in order to start the season, but many desserts are a little too fattening. The following recipes are both lower in fat and calories and delicious ways to enjoy pumpkin.
Pumpkin Cake with Cranberries
This healthy pumpkin dessert is provided by Eating Well.com. It is a great way to have a pumpkin cake with all the added calories. This simple recipe use basic ingredients for cake, including flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. The seasonings are ground cinnamon and allspice to give it that seasonal flavor and it uses egg whites instead of regular eggs. You will also add pumpkin puree to the cake. Continue reading
Vegan Pumpkin Brownies
Ingredients
1.5 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 can pumpkin puree
1/4 cup cooking oil
1 tsp vanilla
shortening or oil to grease the pan
Directions
- Mix together flour, cinnamon, baking powder, salt and cocoa powder in a large bowl.
- Add pumpkin, sugar, vanilla and oil. Mix thoroughly.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a baking pan. Pour in the brownie batter and coat evenly.
- Bake for about 25 minutes, checking at about 22 minutes to test for doneness. When a fork poked into the center comes out clean, the brownies are ready to remove from the oven.
If there’s one thing we can all agree on it’s that Thanksgiving is about the food. Sure, spending time with the family is wonderful, and catching up with old friends is great. But then again, there’s nothing quite like Thanksgiving dinner topped off with pumpkin pie. Continue reading
