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Pumpkin Ideas

It is Halloween time and everyone is carving pumpkins.  Of course, you can make a pie or pumpkin bread, but here are three recipes you might want to consider.  All of them came from my mother. 

Sweet Sautéed Pumpkin

2 T. butter
3 c. cubed pumpkin
1 T. ground cinnamon
1/2 T. ground nutmeg
1/3 c. dark brown sugar
1/4 c. maple syrup

Melt butter in skillet on medium high.  Add pumpkin, stir so that all pumpkin is covered with butter.  Reduce to simmer and cover.  Let cook about 15-20 minutes until tender, stirring frequently.  Add more butter if drying out.  Add spices and sugar and sauté 10 more minutes. Pumpkin will be slightly mushy. Add syrup and serve. (I like mine without the syrup.)

German Style Sautéed Pumpkin

3 c. cubed pumpkin
1 onion, diced
1 bay leaf
2 cups beef broth (add some water if not enough to cover pumpkin)
1 green pepper, diced
1 tsp. ground mustard
1 tsp. black pepper
3 T. butter

Place cubed pumpkin in large pot. Cover with beef broth.  Add bay leaf.  Bring to a boil.  Reduce heat to medium, cover and cook until pumpkin is tender, but not mushy. (around 7 minutes).  Drain.  Place butter in skillet to melt, add onion and bell pepper and sautéed until tender.  Add pumpkin and seasonings.  Sauté 3-5 minutes.  Do not over stir so that pumpkin becomes mushy.

Mexican Pumpkin Dinner

2 c. cubed pumpkin
1 pound ground beef
1 onion, diced
1 packet of taco seasoning

Put pumpkin in microwave for 3-5 minutes until tender.  Brown hamburger meat with onion.  Add taco seasoning with any water directed on packet.  Stir in pumpkin and cook 3-5 minutes.  Delicious.



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