October 2006 Archives

I made the dairy-free pumpkin pie today. I changed the recipe a bit, so I'll put the revised recipe here.

• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
• 1 13.5 fl. oz. can coconut milk
• 1 15 oz. can pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie mix)
• 1/2 Tbsp. vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
• pinch of ground cloves
• 1 partially baked 10-inch pie shell or a deep 9-inch pie shell

Preheat oven to 350°F.

In bowl of electric mixer, combine eggs and brown sugar. Add the maple syrup and mix until smooth. Stir in the coconut milk, pumpkin puree, and vanilla extract. Add the salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves and mix.

Pour mixture into pie shell. Bake the pie until set. (The original recipe says 30 minutes, but I had to bake it for about an hour.) Cool the pie to room temperature. Serve.

I used a gluten-free pie crust to make this gluten-free as well as dairy-free.

Squash (I used 3 Delicata squash. Acorn (2 or 3) or Butternut (1 or 2) would work, too).
1 15 oz. can chickpeas, drained
1 13.5 oz. can coconut milk
1 cup chicken broth
salt
3 Tbsp. sweet curry powder

Peel and cube squash. Place in Dutch oven. Salt generously. Add chickpeas, coconut milk, chicken broth, and curry powder. Stir. Bring to a boil. Reduce to simmer and cover. Simmer until squash is very tender (approximately 30 minutes). Serve over rice.

This is a new recipe that I prepared this evening, and my wife told me to save this recipe so I could make it again. So here it is! :-)

I've made this pie in the past, and it is good.

Polynesian Pumpkin Pie

I leave out the rum and use vanilla instead.

Edit: I fixed the link so it goes to the pie recipe instead of the meatball recipe!

Sauerbraten Meatballs
Use plain ricemilk instead of the dairy milk. I would also use a wine vinegar instead of the distilled vinegar. Replace the breadcrumbs with gluten-free breadcrumbs and use cornstarch instead of flour for the gravy to make it gluten-free.

Meatballs
1 pound lean ground beef
1 cup fresh bread crumbs
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1 egg, beaten

Porcupine Meatballs

The Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) has a good article on gluten-free living. Click here to view the article.