Left-over Canned Pumpkin--what to do???

Behavior_Modification

Help me out my friends. I opened a larger can of pumpkin to make something that only called for 1/2 cup of it and now I've got a whole bunch of left-over canned pumpkin. What healthy things can I use it for? I'm trying to stay away from making muffins, bread, cookies, stuff like that. What have you made with pumpkin?

BrentGetsFit

Mix it in a smoothie!

rmkorama

Make soup! I got this recipe from someone else here, though I haven't tried it yet myself.


Heart Healthy Pumpkin and Black Bean Soup

Ingredients:
1- 1/2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
4 cups canned or fresh low-sodium Swanson's 98% fat free chicken stock
1 can (14 1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes in juice
1 can (15 ounces) black beans, drained
2 cans (15 ounces) pumpkin puree
1/2 cup light cream
1 teaspoon curry powder
1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
coarse salt
fresh chives for garnish

How to make it:
Heat soup pot over medium heat. Add oil.
When oil is hot, add onion.
Saute onions 5 minutes.
Add broth, tomatoes, black beans and pumpkin puree.
Stir to combine ingredients and bring soup to a boil.
Reduce heat to medium low and stir in cream, curry, cumin, cayenne and salt, to taste.
Simmer 5 minutes, adjust seasonings and serve garnished with chives.

Nutrition info could be different based on your specific brands used for above ingredients.
Serves: 6
Cals: 199
Carbs: 27
Fat: 8
Protein: 9
Fiber: 10
Sodium: 757 (without added salt to taste)

MartiWillett

feed it to your dogs if you have any, it is supposed to be really good for them!

Behavior_Modification

Yes, smoothies are a great idea. In fact, I have done that before. I like making a banana/carrot/pumpkin smoothie with cinnamon added. Very tasty.

Soup, huh? Never would have thought of that. Has anyone else actually made soup with it? How is the consistency?

Behavior_Modification

feed it to your dogs if you have any, it is supposed to be really good for them!

Nope, just cats.

newman84

Check out the hungry girl website there are tons of recipes that have pumpkin in it

julie737

It's also really yummy mixed into sugar-free pudding mix and some fat-free cool whip. There's a recipe somewhere on this site, but it's from a few years ago.

AngieCRRT

chocolate muffin

.25 cup pumpkin puree (25 cal)
1 egg (or 2 egg whites+1 tsp oil) (70 cal)
2 tb cocoa powder (50 cal)
sweetener (i use1-2 tb sugar) (45 cal)


microwave for 2-2.5 minutes OMG i have a high micro so i do 2 min and its texture is very moist not dry...
this is modified from chocolate covered katies recipe...

Behavior_Modification

It's also really yummy mixed into sugar-free pudding mix and some fat-free cool whip. There's a recipe somewhere on this site, but it's from a few years ago.

Yes! I did buy some butterscotch pudding for it yesterday.

Behavior_Modification

chocolate muffin

.25 cup pumpkin puree (25 cal)
1 egg (or 2 egg whites+1 tsp oil) (70 cal)
2 tb cocoa powder (50 cal)
sweetener (i use1-2 tb sugar) (45 cal)


microwave for 2-2.5 minutes OMG i have a high micro so i do 2 min and its texture is very moist not dry...
this is modified from chocolate covered katies recipe...

Mmmmmmm.....now that sounds awesome!

RoadDog

I made Pancake Batter and mashed in the leftover Sweet potatoes. Then reduced down the cranberries for the syrup.

I didn't have any, but my wife and sister-in-law said it was great. Bet you could do the same thing with leftover pumpkin.

immacookie

Pumpkin Bisque is HEAVENLY... very creamy (ok yeah it's got heavy cream in it, but I'm sure there are healthy versions out there!).

If you like oatmeal you can mix some into the cooked oats (along with some cinnamon/nutmeg).

Add it in your smoothies.

Mix it in plain yogurt (stolen from Fae :laugh: ).

And believe it or not... I actually have a pumpkin chili recipe... and yes I've tried it and DH even liked it! :noway: (I will see if I can find it online, otherwise I will dig it out tonight at home).

Behavior_Modification

I made Pancake Batter and mashed in the leftover Sweet potatoes. Then reduced down the cranberries for the syrup.

I didn't have any, but my wife and sister-in-law said it was great. Bet you could do the same thing with leftover pumpkin.

Great idea!

pmjsmom

chocolate muffin

.25 cup pumpkin puree (25 cal)
1 egg (or 2 egg whites+1 tsp oil) (70 cal)
2 tb cocoa powder (50 cal)
sweetener (i use1-2 tb sugar) (45 cal)


microwave for 2-2.5 minutes OMG i have a high micro so i do 2 min and its texture is very moist not dry...
this is modified from chocolate covered katies recipe...

This sounds SO good! My cocoa powder, though, (Nestle' Special Dark cocoa powder) is 10 calories a Tbs. It is really good, too. You should try it!

OneFitLady

Buy yourself a spice cake box mix and a bag of chocolate chips.

Preheat your oven to 350°. Mix your left over pumpkin with the dry cake mix, when the dough is moist, add in the chocolate chips. Spoon the dough onto a greased cookie sheet (or a stone) and place in the hot oven for 10-12 minutes. The cookies come out super soft, so carefuly place them on a cooling rack. Enjoy!

Behavior_Modification

Pumpkin Bisque is HEAVENLY... very creamy (ok yeah it's got heavy cream in it, but I'm sure there are healthy versions out there!).

If you like oatmeal you can mix some into the cooked oats (along with some cinnamon/nutmeg).

Add it in your smoothies.

Mix it in plain yogurt (stolen from Fae :laugh: ).

And believe it or not... I actually have a pumpkin chili recipe... and yes I've tried it and DH even liked it! :noway: (I will see if I can find it online, otherwise I will dig it out tonight at home).

I like the oatmeal idea, I had forgotten about that. Weren't we laughing about oatmeal pot w/ ZH a few months ago?

Pumpkin chili? Hmmm... I sure do love love love chili, so that might work for me. Would love to see the recipe.

Behavior_Modification

Buy yourself a spice cake box mix and a bag of chocolate chips.

Preheat your oven to 350°. Mix your left over pumpkin with the dry cake mix, when the dough is moist, add in the chocolate chips. Spoon the dough onto a greased cookie sheet (or a stone) and place in the hot oven for 10-12 minutes. The cookies come out super soft, so carefuly place them on a cooling rack. Enjoy!

This sounds like a delicious dessert, but I'd end up eating all of them and then I'd probably wish I'd just thrown the rest of the pumpkin out because it would have saved me so many empty calories.

immacookie

ROASTED PUMPKIN BISQUE

Servings: 10

1 medium or large onion, quartered
1 leek, white part only, cut in chunks
6 cloves garlic, peeled
2 - 3 tablespoons of olive oil
7 cups chicken stock (low sodium!)
1 (16-oz) can pumpkin puree (NOT pie mix)
1 tablespoon chicken base, (not bouillon)
1 1/4 cups heavy cream
Pepper & Salt to taste (plenty of salt in the stock and base, use caution here)


Preheat oven to 300 degrees.

Toss onions, leeks and garlic with oil in a bowl, then spread in a shallow roasting pan. Roast in the oven 45 to 60 minutes, until fragrant and browned. Puree in blender.

Bring stock, pumpkin, pureed vegetables and chicken base to boil. Simmer 45 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

In separate pan, warm heavy cream, but do not boil. Remove soup from heat, and stir in heavy cream.

Note: If cooking with chicken base, read the label and use one that doesn't have salt as its first ingredient. Bouillon cubes are too salty to substitute.


*** I have seen several recipes that replace the heavy cream with 1 12oz can of fat free evaporated milk ***

jsecret

feed it to your dogs if you have any, it is supposed to be really good for them!

Pumpkin is full of nutrients that are excellent for any pets and also acts as a terrific (and CHEAP) wormer. I second the pets idea

Behavior_Modification

Thanks Bran!

immacookie

Thanks Bran!

I'll find the pumpkin chili recipe tonight. There seem to be a TON of them online, but I've actually tried the one I have. :laugh:

immacookie

feed it to your dogs if you have any, it is supposed to be really good for them!

Pumpkin is full of nutrients that are excellent for any pets and also acts as a terrific (and CHEAP) wormer. I second the pets idea

It's a good "trots" remedy for dogs also.... never had success getting cats to eat it, no matter what I mix it in.

Behavior_Modification

It's also really yummy mixed into sugar-free pudding mix and some fat-free cool whip. There's a recipe somewhere on this site, but it's from a few years ago.

Yes! I did buy some butterscotch pudding for it yesterday.

Update: I mixed 1/2 cup of the canned pumpkin with a butterscotch pudding snack pack and some cinnamon for a mid morning snack and it is deeeeeelicious!

cmriverside

Hello my friend Diane. Please take this in the spirit in which it is intended. In love and gentle suggestion.

Any time you try to fool the body by using sugar free-but-still-sweet things like cool whip and pudding, you are sabatoging your success.

We know that sugar is bad. But if you don't train yourself to not crave that sweet flavor, then you will always be a slave to sugar. The fake sugars are bad, too. It is so much easier to just stop with the artificially sweetened items. Stick with whole foods, unsweetened and unsalted.

jamiesgotagun

feed it to your dogs if you have any, it is supposed to be really good for them!

My dog LOVES it!!!

melodyg

Pumpkin pancakes are great! I've tried this recipe:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Pumpkin-Pancakes/Detail.aspx

I've also heard of people stirring it into their oatmeal, though I haven't tried that one.

Behavior_Modification

Hello my friend Diane. Please take this in the spirit in which it is intended. In love and gentle suggestion.

Any time you try to fool the body by using sugar free-but-still-sweet things like cool whip and pudding, you are sabatoging your success.

We know that sugar is bad. But if you don't train yourself to not crave that sweet flavor, then you will always be a slave to sugar. The fake sugars are bad, too. It is so much easier to just stop with the artificially sweetened items. Stick with whole foods, unsweetened and unsalted.

I know you mean well, thank you for the reminder. On a side note, my pudding was not sugar free. 60 cals for the sugar free and 3g of fat (and in my opinion, tastes just okay) and 110 for the real deal, same amt of fat and tastes super yummy. Yes the sugar content is much different, but either way it is bad for me. So with that said I chose the tastier of the 2 evils. I know my pudding is not a healthy food item. But I hear you, I know what you're saying about the sugar/sugar subs. I do know, but I also know doing and knowing are so very different and I need to turn my education into action. However, I am happy to report that my processed food intake is extremely much less than it was a year ago and for that I feel successful. It gets better and better every month I think. I learn new recipes and substitutions that allow me to get away from the processed "junk". I have also severely decreased my sugar sub intake as well over the last year. This has been mostly from eliminating things from my diet that I don't feel the need for, like soda. Maybe that was a little long-winded for a simple "thanks for the reminder", but now you know where I'm at in that regards. I have tried to eliminate sugar completely, but that is not realistic for me. Plus I turn into a monster. Maybe in time I can re-evaluate that aspect, but for now I can't go to that extreme. I have found that when I try to go cold turkey it makes the cravings worse. I went cold turkey for 2 months once and it was horrible.

cmriverside

Sounds like me in 2008. Kicking and screaming all the way. :laugh:

smoothsue

Hi! Please Check out Hungry Girl site for Crustless Pumpkin Pie. It is gooooooooooood! My dogs (3) don't like pumpkin or carrots.

KatieM7

You have some yummy looking ideas here Diane! Re your last post on this thread. Just remember that the best way to get to your final goal is with baby steps. You are doing great!