That tin of pumpkin puree that I used for
pumpkin scrolls and
chocolate pumpkin digestives was huge. I love pumpkin in savoury food so I made a simple sauce with some of the puree. I still have leftover pumpkin puree in my fridge. Here is what I did for the sauce. It is worth remembering.
The pumpkin sauce was inspired by another
pumpkin sauce. I made it on a night when I didn't have a clue what to make for dinner. I made the sauce, cooked up some quinoa and prepared some vegies. To serve I just mixed them all up. It was delicious - very savoury but lightened by the basil. A healthy dinner. I should make this sort of meal more often.
PS E says it is great on toast with mustard!
Previously on Green Gourmet Giraffe:
One year ago:
Nut Roast Lasagna
Three years ago:
The joy of mouldy soy cheese and other quirky notes
Pumpkin sauce
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 garlic clove, crushed
1/2 cup soy milk
1 tbsp nutritional yeast flakes
1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce
1/4 tsp liquid smoke
pinch pepper
1 tbsp miso
half bunch of basil, roughly chopped
Mix all the ingredients in a small mixing bowl. Roughly blend with a hand held blender so the basil is blended. Heat sauce in microwave. Suggest serving with quinoa and vegies.
On the stereo:
Tigetmilk: Belle and Sebastian
This post is part of
Vegan Month of Food October 2012. Go to
my Vegan MoFo list for more of my Vegan MoFo posts.
Looks great! Sometimes it can be hard to work through a can of pumpkin puree, but this looks like a great idea. I find that any sauce can hug some beans and veggies to make a tasty dinner. Yum! Thanks for sharing! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Janet - I finally finished my can on the weekend and I think it was just about ready to be finished by then.
DeleteI can never get enough of pumpkin so I'm LOVING the sound of this sauce!
ReplyDeleteThanks Joanne - I am with you on pumpkin (just need to convince sylvia now)
DeleteI wouldn't have thought of that!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jac - I really was trying to make something a bit like a pumpkin sauce I had made before with parmesan - I find that I need to try different flavours to make up to the cheesy flavour (not that this tasted at all cheesy but it was tasty)
DeleteOh, I've totally been making an ad-hoc pumpkin sauce with liquid smoke, braggs, ACV, and nutritional yeast over here! Teehee, I need to write things up as recipes more often like you :P
ReplyDeleteThanks Hannah - yes you should write up your pumpkin sauce - would be fun to see
DeleteThis looks lovely Johanna - and well worth writing down. These are exactly the sorts of things that need to be blogged so they aren't forgotten, because otherwise the specific ingredients and specific amounts just fade from memory (or maybe that is just me!).
ReplyDeleteThanks Kari - I like to be able to go back to such recipes and see what I did even if I don't often make them again the same way
DeleteGreat idea and I applaud your 'Love food Hate Waste' notion ;0)
ReplyDeleteThanks Chele - I've been making an effort to use up some of the food in the fridge (it still always seems full)
DeleteAwesome blog. I love to read all your work. This i would have say is your best work hands down. I look forward to your work.
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