The Great Pumpkin Week! More Meals with Pumpkin

The pumpkin that made many meals!

Almost a week ago, I stocked up on some squash and two baking pumpkins.  On that Thursday night before Halloween as my daughter carved up her pumpkin, I boiled mine and started to make pumpkin puree. Since then, I've made a Pumpkin Cheesecake, Pumpkin Bisque, Roasted Pumpkin Seeds, Chicken and Pumpkin Chili, Pumpkin Pancakes and Pumpkin Cupcakes!

 I still have plenty of pumpkin puree left, needless to say another baking pumpkin just waiting to be carved and turned into puree.  Good thing it will store for several months because I'm pretty sure I won't be able to eat much more pumpkin!  My kids have already caught me trying to put pumpkin in everything and they are starting to revolt!  Enough with the pumpkin!

What else am I going to make....I am going to try pumpkin bread and whipped pumpkin (like mashed potatoes) and I will make another pumpkin bisque, that was just too good to not make again!

This post is focusing on the Chicken and Pumpkin Chili - which was EXCELLENT!  I loved it and the kids didn't even notice the pumpkin!

I followed a basic chili recipe and used boiled, then baked and shredded chicken.

Here is the carb count by ingredient:

1 tablespoons oil - 0 carbs

Chicken and Pumpkin Chili

1 lb. chicken breast - 0 carbs
1/4 cup chopped red onion - 4 carbs / .6 fiber
1 tsp garlic powder - 2.2 carbs / .3 fiber
1 1/2 tbsp chili powder - 6 carbs / 3.8 fiber *
1/2 tbsp paprika - 1.85 carbs /1.2 fiber
1 tsp ground cumin - .93 carbs /.2 fiber
1/2 tsp salt - 0 carbs
1/4 tsp ground pepper - .25 carbs / .1 fiber
1 cup chopped yellow pepper  - 6.9 carbs / 2. 5 fiber
14 1/2 ounces of diced tomatoes with basil and garlic - 24.5 carbs / 7 fiber
15 ounce can of kidney beans - 66.3 carbs / 27.2 fiber
1/2 cup pumpkin bisque - 2 carbs / .133 fiber
Shredded Cheese

8 servings
Carbs per serving 14.25 fiber- (lower carb version would be to skip the beans and it's only 6 carbs a serving!)  with 5.41grams of fiber.

Super good and seems to taste better second time around!

Next up...Pumpkin Pancakes!

Happy Carb Counting!