pumpkin – Health Continuum

Pumpkin Apple Soup

This is a simple soup made with basic fall ingredients: pumpkin; apple; onion; garlic; and vegetable stock or broth. You don’t need to add any cream. When blended with the pumpkin flesh, the apple gives the soup the perfect texture and taste. However, be sure to use the following ratio of apple to pumpkin flesh: […]

Creamy Pumpkin Pasta Sauce

The Hokkaido, or Kuri, Japanese pumpkin is my favourite type of pumpkin because of its nutty and mild sweet flavour. When cooked, the skin is edible and the flesh becomes rich and caramelized. It doesn’t taste as strong as the traditional Jack-O’-Lantern pumpkins with which I grew up. Hokkaido pumpkins have a bright orange, or […]

Appetizers, Condiments and Sides, Dips and spreads

Roasted pumpkin and red pepper hummus

October is the perfect time to add fresh pumpkin to your diet. Pumpkin is a highly nutritious squash, loaded with antioxidants and disease-fighting vitamins and minerals. Last year, I highlighted eight top health reasons to cook with fresh pumpkin. You can read them here. There are so many ways to include pumpkin in your […]