Last week, my beautiful neighbor gave me the sweetest pumpkin from her family’s garden. Seriously – if you want to gift me something I will appreciate, let it be food. I have enough stuff in my little apartment already, but food will never go to waste.
I made two things with this pumpkin. Naturally gluten-free healthy antioxidant soup and raw pumpkin pie. I’m now paying it forward by gifting to you these recipes.
Anti-Inflammatory Pumpkin Soup
Ingredients
- 1 medium pumpkin
- 1 large yellow onion, diced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tsp turmeric
- 2 bay leaves
- 4 cups organic chicken bone broth
- 2 T full-fat coconut cream
- Salt, to taste
- Pumpkin seeds, for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F
- Cut the pumpkin in half and place halves skin-side down on a baking tray
- Roast pumpkin for about 45 minutes, or until fork tender
- While the pumpkin is roasting, sauté the onions and garlic in a large skillet on low heat until the onions are tender and translucent (about 10 minutes)
- Add the turmeric, bay leaves, and stock, and let the ingredients simmer for 15 minutes on low heat
- When the pumpkin is done roasting, scrape out the flesh and add to the skillet
- Mix well and simmer for another 10 minutes
- Transfer the ingredients to a blender; blend for 20 to 30 seconds, until thick and creamy
- Return the mixture to the skillet and over low heat, mix in the coconut cream
- Add salt to taste
- Top with pumpkin seeds.
Delish Raw Pumpkin Pie
Crust ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups walnuts or macadamia nuts
- 1/2 cup dates
- 1/4 cup dried, unsweetened coconut
- 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
Pumpkin pie filling ingredients
- 2 cups cashews
- 1 cup chopped pumpkin
- 1 cup chopped carrots
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Crust Instructions
- Place the nuts in a food processor and process until crumbly
- Add the dates, coconut and salt
- Process again until it sticks together
- Empty pie crust mixture into a pie plate
- Press down firmly into crust
Filling Instructions
- Place all filling ingredients into a high-speed blender and blend until silky smooth
- Pour filling over crust
- Smooth out top with a knife or back of spoon
- Cover with lid or wrap
- Freeze for at least 4 hours
- Keep in freezer until ready to eat
- Top with decorative fruit or nuts
Yum. I hope you enjoy this gift as much as I did!!
