4 simple and healthy dishes of pumpkin

This time Layfhaker offers pumpkin version of hummus, salty and sweet polenta and elementary smoothies.

1. Pumpkin hummus

Ingredients

• 1 cup of mashed Baked pumpkin;
• 1 cup boiled chickpea;
• 2 tablespoons olive oil;
• 2 tablespoons tahini (sesame paste), or sesame oil;
• 2 tablespoons peanut oil;
• 1 head roast is garlic;
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice;
• ¹/₂ teaspoon paprika;
• ¹/₂ teaspoon ground cumin.

preparation

First you need to bake a pumpkin and garlic. To do this, heat the oven to 200-210 ° C, clean the pumpkin from the peel and cut into small pieces. Pour onto a baking sheet, the laid paper baking. Remove the husks from garlic and add it to the pumpkin. Coat the vegetables with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and send it in the oven to bake.

Put in blender all ingredients except paprika and Peremel until smooth. If the hummus is too thick, add a little water (less than 1 teaspoon at a time) and then whisk.

When serving, sprinkle with hummus with olive oil and sprinkle with paprika. Add crunchy slices of dried lavash.

2. Salted pumpkin polenta

Ingredients

• ¹/₂ 2 cups milk;
• 2 cups of water;
• 1 cup corn flour;
• 1 cup pumpkin puree;
• 2 tablespoons cream cheese - on request;
• ¹/₄ teaspoon cinnamon;
• ¹/₄ teaspoon ground ginger;
• salt and pepper - to taste;
• ⅛ cup grated Parmesan cheese;
• pieces of baked chicken, beef, veal or Brussels sprouts, grated Parmesan or other cheese - for decoration.

preparation

Pour the milk and water in a saucepan, and bring to the boil, stirring continuously aureole vsypte cornmeal. If polenta turned too thick, add a little hot water, milk or broth.

Remove the pudding from the heat and add the cream cheese, pumpkin puree, spices, salt, pepper and parmesan. Again all mix well and serve with selected additions.

3. Sweet pumpkin polenta

Ingredients

• ¹/₂ 2 cups milk;
• 2 cups of water;
• 1 cup corn flour;
• 1 cup pumpkin puree;
• ¹/₄ teaspoon cinnamon;
• ¹/₄ teaspoon ground ginger;
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract - optional;
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar - on request;
• apple slices, chopped nuts, dried fruit and maple syrup or honey - for decoration.

preparation

Pour the milk and water in a saucepan, bring the mixture to reflux and stir to cornmeal. Remove from heat, add the pumpkin puree, sugar, vanilla and spices and mix well porridge.

When a table, add a little honey (maple syrup), chopped apple and mixtures of nuts or dried fruits.

4. Pumpkin smoothies

Ingredients:

• 450 g of pumpkin puree;
• 2 cups vegetable milk;
• 2 cups ice;
• 2 tablespoons of honey or maple syrup;
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract, vanillin or pinch;
• ¹/₄ dining cinnamon;
• ¹/₄ tablespoon ground ginger;
• ¹/₄ tablespoon ground nutmeg;
• ¹/₄ tablespoon ground cardamom.

preparation

Mix all ingredients in a blender until smooth silky mass.