Pumpkin Stew

  This satisfying stew can be a vegetable side dish or you can easily turn it into a meal in itself with the addition of cooked cannellini or red kidney beans and/or some sausage or bacon. 

You can also turn it into a marvelous soup by using the blender and adding some cream.

Pumpkin and Cashewnut Soup

 This creamy soup can be made with vegetable or chicken stock.  Both are equally delicious. 

Pumpkin, bacon and chicken soup

 A delicious blend of fresh ingredients.  A good appetizer for nearly any meal or serve up a larger bowl for a hearty autumn meal.  I use parsley as a garnish, but you could use a mixture of pine nuts (pinoli) and roasted pumpkin seeds or even thinly sliced chili.

Pumpkin or yellow/orange colored squash (winter squash)

Pumpkin and yellow squash love to be spiced up.  You can use the following in basically any squash recipe

Pumpkin and Cashew Nut Soup

This creamy soup can be made with vegetable or chicken stock. Both are equally delicious.