Pumpkin Puree

 This has been the *Summer of the Garden* 

You all.. it grew crazy - and I traded a few zucchini for PUMPKINS!!

This is my first time ever trying to make Pumpkin Puree. I use pumpkin a lot - in Stews, Chilis and... IN PIE!!!

I asked my neighbors how to do it - and!! I did it!!

First - I cut the Pumpkins in half and!! I scooped out the GOO.... I did it - the goo is gooey, and I don't like gooey - but I did it!!!

I even saved the pumpkin seeds.. more on that later!

I placed them in the over at 350F for about 40 minutes, there was a bigger pumpkin that took longer. But I got them Fork Tender, and then!!

I let them cool about 10 minutes and peeled away the skin.

One was easy, the other.... it made me work for it!!!

I had a few little burnt pieces, so I did not use those. 

I placed the pumpkin pieces in a bowl that I could use my Hand Immersion Blender in . ( affiliate link) 

I learned (on accident) that you don't want to use the immersion blenders in a metal pan.... it scraped the non stick finish ( sigh) 

Then I blended, and blended - and really - it wasn't that hard...

See???? it wasn't hard at all!!!

Then!!! I had all of this!!

I started to look at Pumpkin pie recipes and they say you need 2 cups per pie - I was going to store them in Ziploc bags... but I got a wild hair!!

Look what I found!!

You just put the pumpkin in these cubes - they are 2 CUP Cubes!!

I am so ready - you freeze them and pop them out , then put them in the bag. SO much easier when it comes time to defrost. I won't have to squeeze the bags!!

And they are pre measured - so you don't need to dirty a measuring cup as well!! WIN WIN!!!

I am so excited!!! So excited in fact, that I have 6 more pumpkins to do  - and we will have food all year. Okay - maybe not all year, but heck fire!! We will have variety in our veggies!!

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