Thanksgiving Traditions

Pumpkin Pie! Yum! Photo courtesy of TheCulinaryGeek on flikr

Everybody has different holiday traditions, from eating tamales to making pumpkin pie.  The holidays are a time for family, friends, and -in most cases- food.  My family is a little weird, for Thanksgiving, we do the normal tradtition of Turkey, but we also have dumplings and tamales. One of my aunt's is from Mexico and another is from Taiwan, on Thanksgiving, we combine all the different cultures in my family for a really interesting meal.  A traditional meal for Thanksigiving is turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and pumpkin pie.  Another family I know is from China, and they have a meal that is a mixture of traditional American Thanksgiving and a traditional Chinese dinner.  No matter what the tradition, it always leaves for a festive occasion!

Here is a simple recipe for Pumpkin Pie (that's also gluten free!):
Recipe courtesy of: Svendblad Josephine on nuttykitchen.com

Crust:
1 1/2 cups of almond flour (blanched)
1/4 cup melted unsalted pastured butter
Pinch of sea salt
Now mix together

Filling:
1 can of pure pumpkin (29 oz) nothing else added
3 "real" cage free eggs if you can get them (if they are small, add a fourth)
1 cup coconut milk
1/4 cup local honey
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp fresh ground nutmeg
Pinch of Sea Salt

Beat eggs, honey, and vanilla until they are frothy, then add all the other ingredients and carefully blend until even and smooth.  Fill pie pan with crust and bake on convection at 350 degrees for about 50 minutes.  This should be enough filling for two pies.

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-Audrey