Creative Ways to Cook With Pumpkin

My boyfriend’s mom is a great cook.  I’m a picky eater, and even I know that she’s a genius in the kitchen, so when I heard that she was going to use a pumpkin to create a feast of fall dishes, I was intrigued.  As it turns out, you can make a lot more than just pies with your jack-o-lantern guts: her 30-lb pumpkin produced 12 small loaves of pumpkin bread, a dozen pumpkin muffins, pumpkin risotto, pumpkin black bean soup plus a traditional pumpkin pie.

If you’ve been wondering what to do with the pumpkins you bought but never got around to carving before Halloween, try out one of these recipes!

Fresh Pumpkin Risotto: Serves 4

• 1 ¾ pound fresh pumpkin
• 2 cans low-salt chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons butter
• ½ cup chopped shallots (about 2 large)
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 cup Arborio rice
• ½ cup dry white wine

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