This Kumara & Pumpkin Salad is a great recipe to have on hand for autumn and winter when you are looking for a dish that is healthy and can be served warm or cold. You can mix it up with different herbs and different dressings too. Adjust the quantities to suit your needs. 1kg pumpkin 1kg kumara (mixed colours for more interest) 2 cups walnuts Oil Seasonings: I used Tuscan Seasoning 2 big handfuls spinach or lettuce leaves Optional: 1 orange peeled and cut into small … [Read more...]
Roast Pumpkin, Barley & Walnut Salad
This Roast Pumpkin, Barley & Walnut Salad is a great salad for winter when you can serve it slightly warm for a very satisfying light meal or to accompany a main dish. I make it after I have made Lemon Barley Water Cordial and have the cooked pearl barley left over. I freeze the pearl barley in approx 1 cup quantities ready to use in salads, soups and stews. 1 cup cooked pearl barley* 400g pumpkin Olive oil Large handful of parsley 100g feta 1/3 cup walnuts Lemon Dressing 3 tbsp … [Read more...]
Spiced Pumpkin Cake Recipe
I generally think of pumpkin as a savoury vegetable but of course it is versatile enough to be used in cakes and desserts as well. This Spiced Pumpkin Cake recipe is flavoured with orange and spices and topped with cream cheese icing - delicious! 300g flour 300g brown sugar 3 tsp mixed spice 2 tsp baking powder 2 tsp baking soda 175g sultanas ½ tsp salt 4 eggs, beaten 200g butter, melted zest 1 orange 1 tbsp orange juice 500g (peeled weight) pumpkin or butternut squash flesh, … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Alfredo Pasta Sauce Recipe
Butternut Pumpkins (also known as Butternut Squash) are a reliable crop in my garden, so I'm always on the lookout for different recipes to use them in. There are lots of Pumpkin Alfredo Pasta Sauce recipes online so I thought it would be a good thing to try. Alfredo Sauce is a rich, creamy Italian pasta sauce made from butter, cream, garlic and parmesan and usually served with fettucine pasta. Using pureed pumpkin and adding spinach and parsley is a great way to make it a bit … [Read more...]
Spiced Pumpkin Soup Recipe
I successfully grew quite a few butternut pumpkin this year and have been trying out a range of different pumpkin recipes. This Spiced Pumpkin Soup recipe is delicious and has a different twist from other pumpkin soup recipes I've tried. You can also make tasty 'pumpkin fritters' to serve with it. Spiced Pumpkin Soup Recipe 1 butternut pumpkin, about 1.2 kilograms, quartered 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 onion, thinly sliced 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 teaspoon each ground ginger, cumin … [Read more...]
Stuffed Baked Pumpkin
This year I got a great harvest of 8 decent sized butternut pumpkins (also known as butternut squash), so have been on the hunt for some different recipes to make. This stuffed baked pumpkin is really tasty and you can adjust the quantities to suit. You could also just make the filling and let it cook in a covered pan. 1 pumpkin (about 1kg) 2 cloves garlic, peeled olive oil 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped 1 small handful black olives, stoned and chopped (I substituted green … [Read more...]
Tandoori Roasted Pumpkin & Chickpeas
This year I managed to grow quite a good crop of pumpkins - actually they were butternut squash but you can use them just the same as pumpkins in cooking and I find them much easier to cut. I find that I am tending to eat a lot more plant-based meals these days and pumpkins are a go-to favourite to base meals around. This Tandoori Roasted Pumpkin & Chickpeas recipe is so simple and really tasty - the chickpeas go quite crunchy and add a nice texture. The recipe I tried put them into … [Read more...]
Pumpkin & Chickpea Tagine Recipe
I made this gorgeous rich and aromatic vegetarian pumpkin & chickpea tagine recipe using my single tiny pumpkin that I managed to grow this year. I'm a bit slow in posting this recipe due to my various travels this year but I hope you will enjoy it anyway. 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp butter 1 large onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, sliced 2 tsp ground cumin 2 tsp ground coriander 1 cinnamon stick ¼ tsp dried chilli flakes ¼ tsp saffron threads, steeped in 100ml hot water 500g … [Read more...]
Growing Pumpkins or Butternut Squash
I've never grown pumpkins or butternut squash before because they take up too much precious garden space but this year I decided to plant one and see whether it could grow in amongst my other plants - with a surprising result. This worked well to start with and the plant trailed its way around, producing lots of flowers and little butternuts started forming. But it succumbed to powdery mildew very quickly and the little butternuts dropped as the leaves shrivelled up and died before I had a … [Read more...]