Roasted Pumpkin And Sweet Potato Food

ROASTED PUMPKIN AND SWEET POTATO PILAU

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Arrange pumpkin and sweet potato in an even layer on a jelly roll pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 400 for 35 minutes or until tender and veggies just begin to brown. Stir after 18 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside.
• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium high heat. Add onion, celery and garlic; saute 3 minutes. Add broth and remaining ingredients to onion mixture, stirring to mix. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer 50 minutes until rice is done and liquid absorbed. Remove from heat, discard bay leaf. Add pumpkin mixture stir gently to combine.

ROASTED PUMPKIN AND SWEET POTATO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degrees celcius.
• Cut vegetables into bite size pieces.
• Place in baking dish and toss through remaining ingredients.
• Roast in oven approximately 40 minutes.

SWEET POTATO-PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Mash sweet potatoes well.
• In a large bowl combine and mix well pumpkin, sweet potatoes, milk, eggs, spices, vanilla, sugars, and syrup.
• Mix until thick ,creamy and well combined.
• Pour into pie crusts.
• Place on a cookie sheet.
• Bake in a preheated 425°F oven for 15 minutes.
• Then lower temperature to 350°F and bake for 45 minutes longer.
• Remove from oven cool completely.
• Serve with Cool-Whip, ice cream, and/or whip cream.
• Enjoy!

ROASTED PUMPKIN, SWEET POTATO, AND CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place carrots in a large roasting dish big enough to hold all the root vegetables. Drizzle with olive oil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, toss sweet potato with 1/4 tablespoon warm sunflower oil for 2 minutes to give it color. Add pumpkin and toss for 30 seconds. Add to carrots and roast until all vegetables are softened and the color has intensified, about 40 minutes.
• While vegetables are roasting, heat remaining 1/4 tablespoon sunflower oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook for 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 more minute. Stir in cumin, turmeric, and harissa; cook for 1 minute.
• Remove vegetables from the oven and add to the pot. Pour in vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes. Puree with an immersion blender to desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper.
• Sprinkle with cilantro to serve.

ROASTED PUMPKIN AND SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Slice pumpkin in half and remove the seeds and strings.
• Season with salt and freshly ground pepper to taste, and wrap in aluminum foil.
• Use a fork to create vent holes all around the sweet potato.
• Wrap the sweet potato in foil and place with the pumpkin on a foil-lined baking sheet.
• Roast for one hour and ten minutes, or until both the pumpkin and the sweet potato are tender enough to pierce easily with a fork.
• Remove the pumpkin and sweet potato from the oven and allow to cool.
• Remove the skin from the shallots and dice them finely.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a sautª pan over a medium flame.
• "Sweat"the shallots by covering with foil and then topping the pan with a close-fitting lid.
• After 1-2 minutes, remove the cover and foil, and add the curry powder.
• Saute for an additional minute, then remove from heat.
• Scoop the flesh from both the pumpkin and the sweet potato and place in a food processor.
• Add the curried shallots, the remaining spices, and one cup of the chicken stock.
• Puree until smooth.
• Thin with the remaining chicken stock until the desired consistency is reached.
• Serve hot, garnished with chervil, if desired.