I LOVE YOU PUMPKIN (AND BROCCOLI)

My two year old grandson (we call him Rello) always says "I love you Pumpkin" and his favorite food is broccoli. So, here's to pumpkin and broccoli (but not together).

From Missy: If you like pumpkin this is a really low fat low cal dessert/snack.

1 Sm can pumpkin, 1 Sm box instant fat free vanilla pudding, 1 Sm tub fat free whip topping, Pumpkin pie spice to taste. Mix and eat with low fat graham crackers or vanilla wafers.. or put it in a lite graham cracker crust.

A 15 oz can of pure pumpkiin has 150 calories and is loaded with Vitamin A.

PUMPKIN BREAD
Low Calorie Recipe
Ingredients:
2 cups unbleached flour
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1 cup pumpkin, canned
1/2 cup skim milk
2 egg whites, whipped
1/2 cup raisins
1/3 cup fat-free sour cream

Directions:
Preheat oven at 350 degrees. Prepare a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan with cooking spray and flour; set aside. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, ginger, and cloves. In another mixing bowl, combine pumpkin, skim milk, egg whites, raisins, and sour cream. Mix dry ingredients with wet ingredients just until moistened. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 60 minutes. Makes 18 servings Pumpkin Bread.

Nutritional information per serving:
Calories: 112, Fat: <1g, Protein: 3g, Carbohydrate: 28g, Cholesterol: 1mg
Sodium: 116mg

My daughter also makes a pumpkin cheesecake using the lowfat cream cheese and it's great too.

BROCCOLI CASSEROLE
2 small cans of Campbells Cream of Chicken soup (600 calories total)
Broccoli (2 big bunches w/stalks cut off down to flowerettes) = 100 calories total
4 slices of bread=400 calories
Butter ½ cube= 400 calories OR Pam Spray (0 calories)
8oz package Shredded cheese (2% low-fat= 650 calories (cut your calories in half by using Fat Free shredded Mozzarella)
Directions: Cut Broccoli into the small flowerettes and boil until tender but not mushy. Dump 2 cans of C.O.C soup into the cake pan. Sprinkle with half the package of cheese and stir. Drain broccoli and add to pan. Stir. Even out mixture in pan. Tear up the bread slices to form an even layer over the broccoli mixture. Drizzle the bread with melted butter (or butter substitute), or spray with pam. Sprinkle on the remaining cheese.
Bake on 425 for 15-20 minutes until bread crumbs are brown.

This makes a large cake pan full. You can add cooked cauliflower with very few added calories.
265 calories per cup if you use butter (can decrease calories by using substitutes for butter and using fat free cheese). 8 servings.