Sunday, October 19, 2008

Butternut Pudding & Fresh Baby freezer trays
with lids



Before my babies were eating solid foods I used to make them this. After it cooled I froze it in Fresh Baby freezer trays with lids. Fresh Baby trays are BP-A and phthalate-free and do not contain PVC or Plasticizer. Now that I don't freeze baby food anymore I use these trays to freeze coffee, pudding, and nut milk for smoothies and shakes. We have been using these trays for so many years now that it really surprises me to read bad reviews of them on Amazon because I absolutely love them. Just don't put the lids in the dishwasher and they wont shrink. 

This pudding can also be made with 2 cups of pumpkin, sweet potato or other squash. It's very simple and so delicious; you don't need to be a baby to think it's divine :-)

Butternut Pudding:
My favorite way to cook butternut and acorn squash is to put them on a tray in the oven, at 400 degrees, for about one hour or until they are soft. You don't poke or slice them; just put them in whole. It's so easy. 
After they are cool the skin peels right off and you can scoop out the seeds. 
Set oven to 350 degrees.
Add to blender:
2 cups of cooked butternut squash
2 tbs ghee
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/4 cup honey or agave
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1/8 tsp ginger
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 eggs
1 cup coconut milk
Puree
Pour into greased dish and bake for 50 minutes or until just set.

6 comments:

Shirley said...

Hi Kelly,

I just came over from Elana's blog after seeing your butternut pudding recipe! I have some fresh pumpkin, so I might have to make this immediately. ;-) LOL Is there any substitute for the ghee? or can it be left out? Don't have that on hand. Have everything else.

I may use your link on your sidebar for the coconut oil and flour. I have been contemplating getting some from Tropical Traditions for a long time, but have not gotten around to doing it.

I like the premise of your blog. I am gluten free (5 1/2 years) and lead a celiac/gluten intolerance support group. However, I've been dairy free and sugar free before (and would like to go more towards that direction) and I am interested in more raw.

Love the pictures of you and your family. (The visit to the pumpkin patch was great!) You all look so healthy!

Kelly said...

Hi Shirley!

I'm so flattered you like my blog :-)

I often substitute coconut oil for ghee. My husband really doesn't like the taste of ghee. I love both. It would probably also be fine without ghee or coconut oil.

I think you will be very pleased with Tropical Traditions. Another one of my readers recently ordered some and she likes it so much they have eaten almost all of it already. The code on the sidebar should get you a free book.

Thank you so much for the nice compliments! Let me know how the recipe is with your fresh pumpkin - I bet it's wonderful :-)

Cheers, Kelly

heacollins said...

This sounds good. We cooked some fresh pumpkin recently, and I ate it with some spices and raw honey swirled in. It was good. Pumpkin is so good for you. So is Butternut Squash! We just made a soup this morning with butternut squash. It is awesome. I am going to post the recipe next week. I am kind of behind right now. I have several dishes to post!

Tara said...

I'm excited to try out the butternut pudding recipe (I also found it in the comments off of Elana's pumpkin spice muffins). Have you tried freezing it? I'm excited to try out the pudding, but it will yield too much for just my husband and me to eat on our own.

Erin Wevodau said...

Hi!

This is the first time I have ever jumped on the chance to comment on a blog! I have really enjoyed perusing so far..thanks so much for all the great recipe ideas for gluten/casein/sugar free! I am just now realizing my level of intolerance to all three of these, and *trying* to avoid them. It does seem like both my own and my husband's long list of vague illness symptoms may be linked to food. Kind of scary but strangely hopeful at the same time, I guess.

I have a question for you, if you don't mind. I have a 15 month old daughter (my first) and have noticed small red bumps on her skin after introducing milk, now that we are done breastfeeding. Cow or goat, it doesn't make a difference. I would love to just NOT give her milk, knowing how my own body responds to it, but everyone I've spoken with has the same horrified reaction to the idea. For a few weeks I have tried a 50/50 goat milk and hemp milk combo. Do you have thoughts from your own experience? Didn't know if you do/did milk for your kids, but you seem like a good person to ask!

Thanks!!

Erin Wevodau said...

One more question!

Is ghee casein-free? I've got some in the back of my fridge but have been avoiding it along with all other dairy...

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