Pumpkin Plops

Pumpkin Plops

How you prepare pumpkin for dehydrating depends on what you plan to do with it.  Some recipes call for diced pumpkin. See my post on How to Prep a Pumpkin for instructions on how to do that. 

Creamy Pumpkin Polenta

Stick to Your Ribs Goodness 

I did a bit of research to find tasty pumpkin recipes that were not just variations on pumpkin cookies, pies, and desserts. My goal is to find recipes for nutritious meals.  To my delight, I found a fantastic and simple recipe.   

Three Sisters Soup

Three Sisters Soup 

Three Sisters Soup is so named because of the combination of corn, beans, and pumpkin.  Native Americans planted these three crops together.  Corn drains nutrients from the soil, legumes (the beans) put nutrients back into the soil and grow up the corn stalks, and the pumpkin vines create a ground cover, reducing the need for water and weeding.

Pumpkins the Old Fashioned Way

 

They say there’s more than one way to skin a cat, and there’s definitely more than one way to dehydrate a pumpkin! 

Linda’s Yummy Mummy Pie

 

Linda’s Yummy Mummy Pie 

I was once asked about the most unusual thing I had ever dehydrated. Promptly I replied that it had to be my Yummy Mummy Pie!   

Pie? Are you kidding? You mean you dehydrated a whole pie?

How to Prep a Pumpkin

 

Pumpkin is a wonderful food. It is simply a giant winter squash.  Native to the New World, Indians grew pumpkins long before white men came to this continent. 

Slick Squash and Pumpkin Tricks

Pumpkin Time!

OK, Fall’s upon us and pumpkins are in the field.  When you start thinking of jack-o-lanterns and such, set aside a few extra pumpkins to dehydrate.  In the past, I peeled and sliced my pumpkin, blanched or cooked it, then dehydrated it.