We're delighted to share our Aunt Nettie with you. She's agreed to answer any questions you might ask about food, its preparation, and even clean-up tips. But we have to prepare you. She just might want to come right over to your house and help you fix dinner. To send any questions to Ask Aunt Nettie an/or get her cooking advice, .
As an example of Aunt Nettie's impressive, penny-pinching ability to save, she still has some depression glass dishes and bowls in the cupboard--they're the real thing and she still treasures them. In future issues of Vegetarians in Paradise, Aunt Nettie and her niece Zel will offer more money-saving recipes for the most extreme skinflints along with suggestions to help bargain-hunter foodies seek out cheap fare that still brings good cheer to the table.
Howdy there Darlin's,
Well y'all jes cain't imagine how much punkins I been a-lookin' at this month at the farmstand and even in the grocery store--why there's punkins of all shapes an' sizes an' colors. Why, there's even a punkin that's white as snow--imagine that!
Now some o' them punkins is purfect fer the young'uns to carve up an' make Jack o' Lanterns--and they's mighty good fun fer them little ones. But they's not good fer cookin'.
Then I see them l'il ole pie punkins. Now, they's mighty good fer actually makin' punkin pie. An' I'm a-plannin' ta make some punkin pie this month fer shure, but fer now I'm thinkin' 'bout some mighty good tastin' cookies with lots o' spice an' plenty o' punkin fer the little ones. I love ta see those big smiles when they pull a cookie off'n the plate.
Now I knows folks is mighty busy these days, so this here recipe is made from canned punkin. That's what makes it so much easier--not much fussin' ta git these fixin's mixed and baked up.
I hope y'all loves these punkin treats as much as I do. Now, y'all let me know how the young'uns liked 'em --ya hear.
Yer ever lovin' Aunt Nettie
If you're a long-range planner, make the cookies well ahead, place them on a parchment-lined metal tray with parchment between the layers, and freeze them until solid. Transfer them to a box lined with plastic-wrap or heavy-duty plastic bags and freeze them for up to three months.
Pumpkin Pine Nut Cookies is one of the delicious desserts featured in Vegan for the Holidays.
Yield: 2 1/2 dozen
1 1/2 cups (360 ml) whole-wheat pastry flour
1/2 cup (120 ml) pine nuts
1 1/4 cups (300 ml) cooked fresh pumpkin or canned pumpkin
Aunt Nettie grew up on the farm. She did not eat out of a can or reach into the freezer. There was no microwave to pop her food into. Everything she made was from scratch. All the food she ate was natural, without pesticides. It was grown right there on the family farm, and she had to cook to survive. At eighty-three years young she still leaps and bounds around the kitchen and can shake, rattle, and roll those pots and pans with the best of them. Nowadays, Aunt Nettie just shakes her head and complains, "Nobody cooks anymore. They have no idea about puttin' a meal together." She's on a mission. She wants to help those younguns eat better so they can grow up healthy like her own eight kids.
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