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PUMPKIN FEVER Recipes for the Season

Orange you glad it’s pumpkin season?

 I love the turning of the leaves to all the beautiful colors but I have to admit that I don’t relish the prospect of cooling temperatures and shorter days. Mainly because cooling temps lead to cold mornings and freezing nights and shorter days mean it will very soon be getting dark at 4:30. OK, no more negativity! Summer all year round sounds perfect to me but the best part of fall is seeing PUMPKINS everywhere!  I don’t know what it is about seeing pumpkins that makes me so happy—the ridiculously bright color or seeing giant ones piled up in huge boxes or maybe it was looking forward to seeing Charlie Brown and the Pumpkin Patch every year as a child. We do have pumpkin fever! I used to think (in my omnivorous days) that pumpkins were just for looking at and using for decoration. Now I realize how wrong that kind of narrow-minded thinking was!  If all you’re doing with pumpkins is everything BUT eating them, you’re missing out, candy-corn breath!

Pumpkin are not just smile-makers but they are extremely healthy and versatile….loaded with vitamins and fiber: potassium, iron, Vitamins A and E, beta-carotene which helps prevent heart disease, eye diseases and cancer. The seeds are a superfood:  protein, zinc, potassium and magnesium! Stock up on cans of organic pumpkin puree so that you can incorporate pumpkin into lots of your recipes.   

Vegan American Princess’ Favorite Pumpkin Recipes can be found at http://veganamericanprincess.com/favorite-recipes-ideas-for-pumpkin-fever/#sthash.RHh0OzA7.dpuf

Ellen Francis

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