Pumpkin - a super food!

Think you're covered in words and pictures pumpkin jack-o-lanterns and whipped cream pie on Thanksgiving, probably pop to mind. Pumpkin is traditionally considered a holiday food and is a staple in our kitchen, pantries and freezers for this holiday season of the year. But did you know that a pumpkin today announced the "super foods"

According to Dr. Steven Pratt, author of SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods that changed his life: "Well, pumpkin is one of thenutritionally valuable foods known to man. It is also cheap, year-round in the struggle to preserve, incredibly simple recipes, rich in fiber, taking in calories and contains a large number of diseases nutrients. "

Super Food

What exactly does pumpkin so super? The powerful antioxidants such as carotenoids announce this food its great condition. Carotenoids have the ability to control the risk of various cancers and heart disease, together, cataracts and macularDegeneration. Dr. Pratt cites many other diseases super foods in his book, but there are mostly due to pumpkin availability throughout the year and the facility of interest in food cans.

Pumpkin - a super food!

How can this miracle food to our diet all year round? Take advantage of the benefits and great taste of pumpkin with these delicious pumpkin recipes.

Each day the pumpkin pancakes

2-1/2 cups flour

1 cup buttermilk

1 tsp. Salt

2-1/4 tsp.Soda

2 tsp. Baking powder

1 / 2 cup pumpkin

Measure the flour into a bowl and dry ingredients. Stir in buttermilk and add the pumpkin. Mix well. Cook on hot griddle or frying pan until golden brown.

Spiced Pumpkin Muffins

1 / 3 cup butter or margarine, soft

1 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 cup pumpkin

1 / 4 cup milk

2 cups flour

2 tsp. Baking powder

1 tsp. Cinnamon

1 / 2 tsp. Ginger

1 / 4 tsp. ground cloves

1 / 4 tsp.Salt

1 / 4 tsp. Baking powder

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Celsius in a large bowl, cream butter with brown sugar. Whisk the eggs, then
Pumpkin and milk. In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, spices, salt and yeast. Add to the mix of cream. Bake 20 to 25 minutes.

Pumpkin - a super food!