Monthly Archives: October 2009

Halloween Pie

Posted on 31 October 2009 | Leave a comment

The home-made pumpkin pie is finished.

Happy Halloween!

Cynthia

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Cynthia McKenna is a psychotherapist specializing in anxiety, depression and healthy living. You can learn more about her work here.

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Got crust?

Posted on 31 October 2009 | Leave a comment

The pumpkin pulp is mixed with cream, eggs, and spices and now is ready to go into the crust.

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Roasted pumpkin

Posted on 31 October 2009 | Leave a comment

These roasted sugar pumpkins smell wonderful.

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Not quite so Gourmet…

Posted on 31 October 2009 | 1 Comment

Feeling more like Little House on the Prairie as I scrape the flesh out my organic, home grown pumpkins.

I don't remember Ma having a glass of Sauvignon Blanc while she made the pumpkin pie, but I'm finding it helpful.

Cynthia

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Cynthia McKenna is a psychotherapist
specializing in anxiety, depression and healthy living. You can learn
more about her work

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Into the oven

Posted on 31 October 2009 | Leave a comment

Scooped out the seeds from the sugar pumpkins and then into the oven with a small amount of water in the pan to help them steam.

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When I grow up, I’m gonna be a pumpkin pie

Posted on 31 October 2009 | Leave a comment

I'm roasting sugar pumpkins today for a Halloween pumpkin pie for tonight's dessert. It's my first time growing sugar pumpkins – and my first time to roast them.

I'll keep you posted

Cynthia

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specializing in anxiety, depression and healthy living. You can learn
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Um…no thanks.

Posted on 3 October 2009 | Leave a comment

I bought some sodium free bouillon because I thought needed it for some soup I was making.

Just read the ingredients

sugar, potassium chloride, onion powder, maltodextrin, monoammonium glutamate, gelatin, dextrose, chicken fat, turmeric color, dehydrated parsley flavoring, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, silicon dioxide,

Finding it tough to find the right words for how much I don’t want this chemistry project in my soup or in my body. If I were home, I’d use the homemade stock I keep in the freezer. This “stuff” is going in the trash.

Want to make your own stock? Scrape up those tasty pan drippings after you roast a chicken or other piece of meat, and freeze it. Then you can cut off little bits to add to soups, beans, etc. Or you can use your crock pot and add vegetables and the meat of your choice and let it simmer while you are at work. I generally use: onion, garlic, celery, carrot, tomatoes, plus chicken or turkey.

Did I mention how grossed out I am about this stuff?

Cynthia

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Cynthia McKenna is a psychotherapist
specializing in anxiety, depression and healthy living. You can learn
more about her work here.