RECIPE: Pumpkin Pudding

I love pumpkin-flavored anything and I think it a crime that the deliciousness is really only freshly available only two tiny months out of the year, if that. So, take the pumpkin off your front stoop (take your neighbor's too) and fix yourself a nice fall treat!

ingredients:

• 2 cups milk
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup pureed pumpkin
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin-pie spice

what to do:

1) Combine the milk, sugar, and cornstarch in a large saucepan.
2) Bring them to a boil, stirring constantly for 3 minutes.
3) Beat the eggs with a whisk in a large bowl.
4) Add half the hot milk mixture (from #1) to the beaten egg bowl.
5) Pour the milk-egg mixture back into the saucepan.
6) Cook it over medium heat for another 3 minutes, or until its thick, stirring constantly.
7) Turn off the heat and stir in pumpkin, salt, and pumpkin-pie spice.
8) Let it cool and the chill in the refrigerator until it's time to eat.

The best thing about this is that its pretty low in fat and it's healthy too!

Buzzy

RECIPE: Pumpkin Cider

As the leaves begin to change, your fall coat is found in the back of the closet and shaken out, and produce prices begin to slowly creep higher, it's time to embrace autumn's favorite gourdy friend: the pumpkin!

I found the recipe for this hot drink online last year (but don't remember where) and am anxious to be able to serve it again this fall.

Ingredients:

- 2 cups puréed pumpkin

- 2 cups apple cider (fresh is obviously better)

- 1 teaspoon nutmeg

- cinnamon sticks

What To Do:

1 - mix all the ingredients together in a bowl

2 - pour bowl into a sauce pan and simmer stirring occasionally

3 - keep this up until the consistency looks like something you could drink, since that's the goal here!

Enjoy and stay warm and festive!

Buzzy