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Think of the word pumpkin and photos of jack-o-lanterns and whipped cream covered Thanksgiving pies will almost certainly source pop into your thoughts. Pumpkin is traditionally regarded a holiday food and is a staple in our kitchen pantries and freezers in the course of that festive time of the year. However, did you know that pumpkin now heralded as one of the Super Foods?

According to Dr. Steven Pratt, author of SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Modify Your Life, Nicely, pumpkin is 1 of the most nutritionally useful foods recognized to man. Moreover, its affordable, available year round in canned form, incredibly easy to incorporate into recipes, higher in fiber, low in calories, and packs an abundance of illness fighting nutrients.

What precisely tends to make pumpkin so super? The powerful antioxidants recognized as carotenoids give this meals its super status. Carotenoids have the capacity to ward off the threat of different kinds of cancer and heart disease, along with, cataracts and macular degeneration. Dr. Pratt mentions a lot of other disease fighting super foods in his book as well, but we are most interested in pumpkin due to the fact of the year-round availability and ease of use in canned form.

How can we add this wonder meals to our diets through out the year? Take benefit of the advantages and wonderful taste of pumpkin with the following delicious Pumpkin Recipes.

Any day Pumpkin Pancakes

2-1/2 cups flour

1 cup of buttermilk

1 tsp. salt

2-1/four tsp. soda

two tsp. baking powder

1/2 cup of pumpkin

Measure flour into bowl and add dry components. Stir in buttermilk and add pumpkin. Mix Effectively. Cook on hot griddle or skillet until golden brown.

Pumpkin Spiced Muffins

1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened

1 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 cup pumpkin

1/four cup milk

two cups flour

two tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. ginger

1/four tsp. ground cloves

1/4 tsp. salt

1/four tsp. baking soda

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl cream butter with brown sugar. Beat in eggs, then

pumpkin and milk. In a little bowl combine flour, baking powder, spices, salt and baking soda. Add to the creamed mixture. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.