I've been looking for a tofu-free vegan pumpkin pie recipe, and when I came across this one by Bryanna Clark Grogan on www.vegsource.com, I knew I had to give it a try!
One thing she mentions is that it's important to make this pie the day before serving so that it has a chance to set really well.
My main complaint about this recipe is that it uses one and a half cans of pumpkin puree, so it really works better if you make two at once - or, preferably, use fresh pumpkin!
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Pie Crust
Pie Crust
- 1 1/4c. all purpose cups flour
- 1/3 c. non-hydrogenated vegetable shortening
- 3 T. cold water
- 2 c. solid-pack canned pumpkin (if you use home-cooked pumpkin, drain it for
- several hours hanging in a cloth bag, so it's thick like canned pumpkin)
- 1 c. non-dairy milk (preferably a rich soymilk)
- 3/4 c. brown sugar or Sucanat
- 1/4 c. cornstarch
- 1 T. molasses or blackstrap molasses
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1/2 tsp. EACH ground ginger, nutmeg and salt
- 1/4 tsp. ground allspice or cloves
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You can also try caramelizing the sugar before you put it in. It adds another layer of complexity to the flavor.
Also, try palm sugar if you can find it - usually in Asian food stores.
It's hard to eat anything that doesn't harm anyone, sad to say: Sugarcane cutters have a miserable life (humans are animals too) and sugarcane fields are what destroyed the Everglades, habitat of millions of animals; using honey is stealing from bees, etc. But I'm all for veganism.
Great recipe, btw! Go vegans!
who can claim being vegan but keep starving about fake meat (?!?!...)
some people are vegetalian (eat vegan but use some items sometimes made with intervention of animal products)
some others are vegan, but have to think a lot and try hard to keep saying they are 200% vegan....
just trying your best is enough for me to claim you're vegan....itś worth the effort....
I'm a flexitarian.....
I like meat and I like people that try the most not to spill on food and waste the land to eat....
just wanted to take part in the conversation....
CHEEEEEEEEERS.................
Being vegan does involve giving up some things, but to those who do it, it is quite worth the sacrifice.
Who benefits? My health is improved. I've lost weight. I save tons of money from eating out less and buying less processed/manufactured food. I do more cooking at home, which grants me the opportunity to spend more time with my family. Nobody has to suffer or die for the sake of my meal. The environment does not have to be damaged from the pollution and waste that go into the production of meat and related products.
In short, everyone, but honestly, I do it for myself. I've never felt better.
Obviously, we have different values, and that's okay. I'm not going to get in anyone's face and tell them what they should or shouldn't eat, just as I wouldn't want someone to do that to me. Just understand that your previous post asked a very direct question - "Is it truly possible to be a vegan?" The answer to that question is yes. It's not easy and you can't always have all the things you want, but, as I said, those who do go vegan consider it to be worthwhile.
Looks very tasty, getting me excited for Thanksgiving!
+10 to whoever gets that. ; )
Scott Pilgrim rocks!
The main reason we eat vegan dishes is because I'm allergic to casein.
Other than that, cheers for making a dairy and egg AND NUT free dish. When my BIL found out at age 11 that he was allergic to all three (well, he wasn't really, but we thought he was for about six months), Thanksgiving suddenly became MUCH harder! Almost all vegan recipes rely on nuts.
But even if the above were not so, It's relevant to note that there is absolutely NO way that you could supply all of the eggs to meet current market demand in the scenario you describe and, in fact, having a 'two-tiered' system of egg production creates a demand in those who can't afford/get those types of eggs and actually fuels the factory farm system of cheaply produced eggs.
As for waste, it's well known that chickens will eat their own unfertilized eggs; it's actually good for them (and recommended in many animal sanctuaries) as it helps them to replenish all of the nutrients (think of the calcium alone!) lost in the production of their eggs.
All in all, multiple reasons why we should simply eschew the use of eggs altogether in favour of healthier, cruelty-free, and, in the end, more affordable (both from a pocketbook and planetary standpoint) plant based sources.
2) How is taking eggs theft but taking pumpkins not? Just because you can't see where the brain is housed means it is okay to kill the offspring in one living creature but not another?
3) I don't bleeding care where 99% of the eggs come from. If MY eggs come from the chickens on MY land who are fed by the grain grown on MY land (okay, okay, my neighbor's land, to be precise), then they are happy chickens. And trust me, the little rotters are VERY happy chickens. Yes, they are cooped at night - because I'm not terribly interested in feeding the local fox, coyote, and bear populations. Given that they are almost always in their roosts and asleep before I shut the gate, I don't think they have a problem with it, either.
I'll quit there. Be kind to all living creatures, even the human ones. :)
2) This is such a silly argument to make and barely merits response but, here goes. Pumpkins do not have brains. They also lack central nervous systems. Neither do they 'belong' to someone else. In fact, being a fruit, pumpkins (and all other fruits) evolved a system of seed propagation that, for the most part, depends on other beings eating, and then excreting, their seeds. Chickens do not benefit in any way from having their eggs consumed. In fact, were it not for the reason of humyns wishing to consume both eggs and flesh of chickens, they would not have to suffer confinement (as the very least of the indignities visited upon them).
3) In the southern U.S., prior to the civil war (and in various parts of the world still today), it was also the norm for humyn slaves (both field and house) to willingly make their way to their beds or "their roosts", so to speak, without any cajoling from their 'master'. And they weren't shut in by any gate either. Should we presume from their behaviour(s) that they didn't/don't "have a problem with it"?
"Be kind to all living creatures". I concur. That's why I'm vegan. :)))
Job well done!
And Id try a graham cracker crust it has a lot more vegan friendly items so you only need to replace the butter.
* 1 1/2 cups finely ground graham cracker crumbs
* 1/3 cup white sugar
* 6 tablespoons butter, melted
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
Usually cream is used in a traditional p pie so when using soy or rice milk I'd suggest adding a bit of fat somehow to the recipe as well for that extra rich silky smooth texture.