How to Toast Pumpkin Seeds + Video
I am very please to show you How to Toast Pumpkin Seeds, and I think you will find them to be a great snack. Pumpkin seeds, or pepitas, are full of healthy goodness for the kids and adults in your family. When I was last at Harvest Barn Country Market in Niagara-on-the-Lake, I was fortunate enough to find some beautiful sugar pumpkins. These beautiful, little pumpkins are perfect for pumpkin puree, and the seeds, are nice, big and...
How to Cook Ginger Chicken Soup in a Pumpkin + Video
I am super excited to share this recipe with you for How to Cook Ginger Chicken Soup in a Pumpkin. This delicious, savory recipe gives you a chance to enjoy the taste of pumpkin for recipes other than pumpkin pie. I am happy to serve this lovely soup cooked right inside the pumpkin, which is so attractive, healthy and fun! Essentially, the pumpkin is the pot. This soup gets to cook inside of the pumpkin, giving it some amazing flavor,...
Web Chef Review: Ontario Sugar Pumpkins at Harvest Barn Country Markets
These sweet, little Ontario Sugar Pumpkins that came from Harvest Barn Country Markets are gorgeous specimens, plus can create a number of tasty Holiday dishes. Perfect for making pumpkin pies and pumpkin puree, because the flesh is more dense, is sweeter, the flavor is more intense and the flesh contains less water than larger, Halloween-type, jack-o-lantern pumpkins. Also, these pumpkins are much easier to handle & break down...
How to Cook Pumpkin Puree + Video
Many recipes during the Holiday season call for Pumpkin Puree, and we are going to make sure you have this recipe under your belt. Pumpkin puree can be used for various sweet & savory dishes throughout the colder months. Pies, breads & cakes, as well as soups, casseroles, stews & other side dishes. Now, you can go with store bought pie filling when you’re making your Holiday pumpkin pie, but this is one place you...
How to Make Pumpkin Pie: National Pumpkin Day
National Pumpkin Day is upon us, and if you have never made your own Pumpkin Pie from Scratch, you’re in for a treat of a recipe too. Technically, a pumpkin is part of the Winter squash group. Included in that family are acorn, pepper & others. We all know how delicious Pumpkin Pie is, and though tinned pumpkin puree is perfectly alright to create a good pie filling, making your own from fresh pumpkin is fantastic, and my...
How to Clean a Pumpkin: Break Down & Disassemble + Video
If you haven’t used fresh pumpkin to cook before, it’s well worth the effort. With a little bit of elbow grease, you can have that pumpkin broken down and disassembled in no time. Reserve the seeds for roasting, and you’ll have a healthy, tasty snack too. You can use this pumpkin, now, to cook down for pumpkin pie filling, grill or roast chunks of flesh on the BBQ or in the oven. Adding pumpkin to soups & stews...
How to Toast Seeds
There may be times where you see a recipe that calls for toasted seeds or seeds to be toasted, as an ingredient or topping. Seeds are a very healthy part of your diet, even if you’re not a vegetarian or vegan…Seeds can accentuate not only the flavor profile of a dish, but increase the nutrients, and make your dish more aesthetically pleasing. All kinds of seeds can be used such as sesame seeds (white & black ones),...
How to Roast Squash Seeds
Tonight I’m making roasted butternut squash ravioli with tomato sauce. So, it stands to reason that I’m using a fresh, whole butternut squash for this project or for something like my Butternut Squash & Sweet Potato Soup. I peeled it and cut it into chunks after halving it and scooping out the seeds and “innards”. There is no need to throw out those seeds! They are healthy, nutritious and delicious too, if...
How to Bake Pumpkin Bread in a Bread Machine
If you are looking for the right recipe for pumpkin bread, then this is it…especially if you want to use your bread machine! When we make pumpkin pie filling from scratch for pumpkin pies over the Holidays, you’re bound to always have more than you need. This often happens in our household, so we store the rest in the freezer in serving size bags or containers. These portions are perfect for my pumpkin bread recipes,...
How to Bake Kimberly’s Perfect Pumpkin Spice Loaf
Somehow, we always have extra pumpkin pie filling left over after Thanksgiving, not to mention our pumpkins we use up after Halloween time. Create some new recipes to get your fall fix! ~ Kimberly Edwards 🙂 Type: Dessert Serve With: Kimberly’s Creamed Cheese Icing Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 1 hr for a large loaf, 25 min for large muffins Yield: This recipe made 1 large loaf and 9 large muffins. Ingredients: Instructions: 1....
How to Cook Holiday Pumpkin Soup
I can’t wait to make this for the Holidays! In fact, I’m debating making this for dinner tomorrow, as we always have way too much to eat on Thanksgiving anyway! Sooo Yummy! ~ Kimberly Edwards 🙂 Type: Soup Serve With: Dollop of sour cream and sprinkle of nutmeg or hulled pumpkin seeds (also called ‘pepitas’), if desired. Prep Time: 12 min Cook Time: ~ 55 min Yield: ~ 9-10 cups of soup Ingredients: Instructions:...
Nut-Free Tropical Tiger Nuts Trail Mix (Paleo, Vegan, Gluten-Free) + Video
Nut-Free Tropical Tiger Nuts Trail Mix is delicious, nutritious & a whole lot of fun packed into one recipe! Jam-packed with tropical fruit & healthy grains, as well as tiger nuts – you’re on your way to a snack worthy of the trail, or to tame those hunger pangs throughout the day. This trail mix isn’t just nut-free, it’s also vegan, gluten-free & paleo diet compliant! Even the kids can bring this...
How to Cook Cream of Roasted Butternut Squash & Sweet Potato Soup + Video
Cream of Roasted Butternut Squash & Sweet Potato Soup is exactly what you want to cozy up with this time of year! A heavenly, creamy combination of autumn ingredients, perfect for the fall. It’s a soup everyone will love with hearty butternut squash & sweet potato, roasted & creamed to perfection. We are hauling gorgeous squashes out of our kitchen garden this time of year, and I’ve been harvesting our sweet...
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