Pumpkin! IS IT TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE?
ellipsisbla
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Apparently a cup of pumpkin is a mere 49 calories, and steamed pumpkins taste like FRKING SWEET AF MASHED POTATO??! Not to mention the fiber content and making you feel full for long periods of time. It's a miracle food, granted to us from the heavens above...
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If you like pumpkin, try butternut squash.
This is my latest fave:
http://ohsheglows.com/2011/10/05/red-lentil-and-squash-curry-stew/2 -
All'em gourds! Yes, please. Thank you.5
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Yes pumpkin and squash are awesome... Thank you GOD for all this wonderful food that's nutritious for us
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ellipsisbla wrote: »Apparently a cup of pumpkin is a mere 49 calories, and steamed pumpkins taste like FRKING SWEET AF MASHED POTATO??! Not to mention the fiber content and making you feel full for long periods of time. It's a miracle food, granted to us from the heavens above...
I love mixing pumpkin puree, cottage cheese, a sliced banana and top with cinnamon and maple syrup...
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Gourds, gourds, they're good for your gut
The more you eat 'em, the more you...
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I can't wait until I can kind Kabocha back in season!! Y U M M Y I love roasted Kabocha with eggs0
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ellipsisbla wrote: »Apparently a cup of pumpkin is a mere 49 calories, and steamed pumpkins taste like FRKING SWEET AF MASHED POTATO??! Not to mention the fiber content and making you feel full for long periods of time. It's a miracle food, granted to us from the heavens above...
Yummy mixed into oatmeal.....with cinnamon.1 -
Try it with a nutty wholegrain bread french toast, with pumpkun pie spices....
Actually almost everything with pumpkin or sweet potato tastes amazing with pumkin pie spices.0 -
Omg. I've never really been a pumpkin person. I'm always the one that picks apple pie over pumpkin pie at the holidays, but I do like pumpkin, so I'm thinking that I might try pumpkin as a new side dish this week. Great timing, I was just sitting here thinking about what to try for this week's meal prep!0
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TeacupsAndToning wrote: »benjaminhk wrote: »Gourds, gourds, they're good for your gut
The more you eat 'em, the more you...
I got nothing
All I can think of is butt but that doesn't make any sense
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benjaminhk wrote: »Gourds, gourds, they're good for your gut
The more you eat 'em, the more you...
I got nothing
...strut.4 -
Ok all the store had was canned pumpkin so I grabbed butternut squash instead because they are cousins. Lol.0
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All winter squash is great. Acorn is probably my favorite, and spaghetti squash is fun. I always enjoy getting a ton of it in my CSA box in the fall.0
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I don't do much with pumpkin at this time of year; it's more of a fall crop. But in season, it's great in a black bean soup. Get the smaller ones; they've got more flavor and better texture.
Summer squash ain't bad either. Just used some in a "citrus sunshine cake" (It's basically like a zucchini cake that has orange and lemon accents, along with cinnamon, all-spice, and vanilla).2 -
Haha I thought it was just me that was amazed by this. I've switched out potatoes for pumpkin and carrots. So filling. So good. So... you get the picture.1
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I've made a mac and cheese using butternut squash, and still cheese obvi, but it was super good and creamy and had more nutrition then the traditional.
I don't care for pumpkin, but I do like it in oatmeal in the fall sometimes.0 -
Of all the gourds mentioned, I think that pumpkin actually has the least amount of taste. I feel you have to add a lot to it to bring out some flavor. Butternut squash is my favorite among them.1
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lemurcat12 wrote: »All winter squash is great. Acorn is probably my favorite, and spaghetti squash is fun. I always enjoy getting a ton of it in my CSA box in the fall.
Ok so I keep side-eyeing CSA boxes because they seem so cool. Delivered boxes of farm fresh veg. It just seems so... wholesome. But then I have to try to be real with myself, so much of it would go bad because I get so lazy about cooking veggies. I'm really getting into frozen veggies (I used to ALWAYS buy fresh). That way I can meal prep what I need for the week and then not have to worry about the rest going bad if I want to try a new type of veggies the week after.
This morning I meal prepped the squash. Took the squash then added orange juice, orange marmalade, a bit of brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and olive oil. Roasted it for about an hour until all the liquid in the pan was gone.
O.M.G. Every time I opened the oven to mix it up it smelled like pie. Which obviously ok yeah, based on the ingredients shouldn't have been a surprise. But it was just a lovely experience at 5am. The house was mostly dark, the sun was barely coming up because it's a cloudy day today and everything smelled like the holidays. Yum!
A double serving of squash, 170g came in around 130cals with this recipe. Going to be having it this week along side pork loin and apple sauce.2 -
TeacupsAndToning wrote: »benjaminhk wrote: »Gourds, gourds, they're good for your gut
The more you eat 'em, the more you...
I got nothing
All I can think of is butt but that doesn't make any sense
I think it is supposed to be fart - ( we can say that word on here surely)
Yes I know doesnt really rhyme but poetic licence.
Although other f word sort of rhymes too but gourds wouldnt make you do that??? Surely not!!
(unless they have aphrodisiac qualities I dont know about
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ellipsisbla wrote: »Apparently a cup of pumpkin is a mere 49 calories, and steamed pumpkins taste like FRKING SWEET AF MASHED POTATO??! Not to mention the fiber content and making you feel full for long periods of time. It's a miracle food, granted to us from the heavens above...ellipsisbla wrote: »Apparently a cup of pumpkin is a mere 49 calories, and steamed pumpkins taste like FRKING SWEET AF MASHED POTATO??! Not to mention the fiber content and making you feel full for long periods of time. It's a miracle food, granted to us from the heavens above...
I ate them the whole time they were in season. I love them. I eat them fresh. I cut and cube them and roast them daily when they are in season. You must have purchased them frozen?0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »All winter squash is great. Acorn is probably my favorite, and spaghetti squash is fun. I always enjoy getting a ton of it in my CSA box in the fall.
I roast acorn pretty much everyday now that pumpkin is out of season0 -
Roast pumpkin with a couple of poached eggs on top. Delicious, nutritious and filling for breakfast, lunch or dinner. I always roast heaps and have the pumpkin either cold or reheated on subsequent days.0
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ellipsisbla wrote: »Apparently a cup of pumpkin is a mere 49 calories, and steamed pumpkins taste like FRKING SWEET AF MASHED POTATO??! Not to mention the fiber content and making you feel full for long periods of time. It's a miracle food, granted to us from the heavens above...
I love mixing pumpkin puree, cottage cheese, a sliced banana and top with cinnamon and maple syrup...
Sweet mother of God that sounds amazing.1 -
ContraryMaryMary wrote: »Roast pumpkin with a couple of poached eggs on top. Delicious, nutritious and filling for breakfast, lunch or dinner. I always roast heaps and have the pumpkin either cold or reheated on subsequent days.
I love this! Only . . . . . 3 months and 7 days until the official start of Fall and all the gourdly goodness in the Northern Hemisphere!
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