My Favorite Pumpkin Recipes

I am a HUGE fan of pumpkin recipes! I cannot get enough!

 

Even after Halloween is over I still never get tired of Pumpkin recipes.

There are so many wonderful recipes out there to get you inspired and get your creative cooking juices flowing I wanted to find some of my favorite pumpkin recipes out there are compile them in one big round-up.

From Pumpkin Muffins, to Pumpkin Spice Latte’s, from Pumpkin Pie to Roast Pumpkin Risotto. I have brought together some of my favorite pumpkin recipes from The Pretty Pintastic Party and added them to one Pinterest board for you to savor over, get inspired and get cooking!

Many of the recipes are REALLY simple, and some take a little time and skill but hopefully there is something for everyone to enjoy, savor and have a go at!

You know you have leftover, half-carved pumpkins – don’t throw them away! Use them to create delicious recipes from the list of my favorite pumpkin recipes!

To make it easy for you and to make sure you don’t miss a single recipe I posted them all on this Pinterest board which you can view here and follow! Enjoy!

Strawberry Lemonade

Until very recently I had never had Homemade Lemonade! Yes I know! How is that even possible?

Ever since I had it – I can’t get enough of it!

We had some fresh strawberries and lemons and this wonderful Strawberry Lemonade was created!

 

I was amazed at how simple homemade lemonade is to make? It took about 10 minutes (including the squeezing time) and the large pitcher we made lasted about another 10 minutes! For some reason I believed it would involve a lengthy process and the results would not really be worth the effort! How wrong I was? 

Simple, quick recipe – amazing results!

The only thing you really have to watch out for is the lemons – as all lemons are different! Some are sweeter, some are tart, some are sour. You will have to taste the lemon and strawberry mixture (before adding the water) a few times to make sure you have the right balance of sweetness!

Here’s the recipe for Strawberry Lemonade:

Ingredients:

Makes 2 Quarts/64 oz

1 C fresh lemon juice (that took 3 lemons for this recipe)

1 C fresh strawberries, hulled

1 C sugar

Water

Directions:

Squeeze the juice out of the lemons over a large cup/pitcher

Add the lemon juice to a blender and add the hulled strawberries.

Blend the mixture until the strawberries are totally crushed.

Pour mixture into a 2-quart pitcher

Add the sugar and stir well

TASTE TEST – This is the stage you need to taste the mixture. Is it too sweet? If so, add a little more lemon juice. If it is too sour, add a little more sugar but continue to taste it!

Add cold water to fill the pitcher to the 2-quart mark

You are ready to serve!

Serve over ice and garnish with slices of lemon and strawberry!

Enjoy!

 

Arabic-Style Mint Tea

In 2000, I got the privilege of spending 6 weeks in Israel living with families and teaching English.

While I was there I fell in love with Arabic-Style Mint Tea!

I absolutely love the Arabic-Style Mint Tea and it immediately brings me back to evenings sat on the patio with the Bedouin family I stayed with, in the middle of the Negev Desert!

I looked up a couple of recipes and took what I had learned and made it myself!

Arabic-Style Mint Tea is so simple to make, really refreshing and wonderfully delicious!

Here’s what you have to do:

Boil a kettle of water.

Take a handful of mint leaves (about 15) and crush them slightly in a pestle and mortar, or just rip them up a little.

Place them in a tea pot.

Add 3 1/2 tsp green tea leaves and 3 tbsp sugar pour over 32oz boiling water.

Allow to steep for about 5 minutes and pour into cups or glasses if they can withstand very hot water

Serve with couple of mint leaves for decoration and enjoy!