I LOVE this time of year Got any good seasonal or Halloween-style recipes that you're planning?

I made some nice flax crackers the other day with pumpkin. Pic and recipe at my Facebook page here:
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lisa

what is umi shiso?
pumpkin crackers....very unique!

Hi LaV, ume shiso is a seasoning, it's made from the juice of fermented plums. SO tasty! I found it in a little health food shop up in the highlands of Scotland, I haven't been able to find the same one online anywhere, the closest I've seen is Ume Plum seasoning, made by Clearspring.



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I made pumpkin juice and created a refreshing pumkin beverage:

1 quart pumpkin juice
2.5 cups fresh orange juice
1.5 cups coconut milk (I made fresh coconut milk and then blended it with 8 dates and a vanilla bean. I only used water and half of one mature coconut to make the milk, so it wasn't too fatty. I also strained it and did not use the pulp)

I shook the juices together in a 2 quart mason jar. I know better than to blend them in a blender.

Serves 2-3 people

So delicious!

The pumpkin I used was very ripe but not sweet at all. So that is why I added so many dates. The trick to this recipe is that I had hired help that day to peel the pumpkin and slice it. I don't have time for such things myself. Peeling raw pumpkin or any raw hard squash is no easy task. It is not easy on a juicer to push the peel through, so it's ideal to peel first.

Then I took the pumkin pulp from the juicer and made a raw vegan pumpkin pudding with banana, dates, sapote, persimmon, chia and coconut milk.
It was a first time recipe. It is not perfected yet, so I won't bother sharing how I did it. It was good. Everyone loved it but it has a ways to go. I want to make a raw vegan pumpkin pie without coconut oil. Can I do it? We'll see.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/23/2015 08:02PM by Tai.

lisa

okay,, sounded a little familiar.. japanese plum
i think i've seen it in stores
it is fermented

tai

maybe you could mix pulp with the pumpkin pudding to make the pie
have fun!

Well I hope no one is purposely eating those awful tasteless watery Jack-'O-Lantern pumpkins which, with good reason, not even one wild creature nibbles on even though they are scattered all over place decorating peoples lawns at this time of year.

Tai those recipes sound gorgeous!!

Suez, this little guy seems to like the Jack O Lanterns

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I guess the new breed coywolves don't mind eating Jack O' Lanterns. This pretty darn impressive looking one looks like it could be a werewolf candidate. Apparently these government sponsored pooches are even smart enough to have even learned to look both ways before crossing streets.

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