Halloween Eats
Recipe by Gretchen Price, Gretchen’s Vegan Bakery, gretchensveganbakery.com
Pumpkin Bread
Serves 8-10
This is great seasonal serve at a family breakfast or teatime, plus it can be used in lots of other recipes, too!
• 210g (7.4 oz) light brown sugar
• 1¼ tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground ginger
• ¼ tsp nutmeg
• Pinch ground cloves
• 300g (10.5 oz) pumpkin purée
• 6 tbsp coconut oil or vegetable oil
• 120ml (4 fl oz) plant milk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 260g (9.1 oz) plain flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp egg-replacer (such as The Plant Based Egg egg-replacer)
• ½ tsp salt
• Cinnamon-sugar for coating
1 Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4
2 For the pumpkin batter, combine light brown sugar with the spices and whisk to distribute evenly, then add the pumpkin, oil, plant milk and the vanilla extract and whisk smooth.
3 Next sift together the flour with baking soda, egg replacer and the salt and add it to the sugar/pumpkin mixture in the bowl. Whisk smooth.
4 Pour into a greased standard loaf pan (9” x 5”).
5 Bake for 45-55 minutes or when a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
6 Cool the bread in the pan until you can safely touch it with your hands, then un-mould it and coat it with cinnamon sugar.
7 Cool the rest of the way on a rack.
Easy Pumpkin Soup with Hidden Beans
Serves 4
This easy pumpkin soup is definitely one for the picky eaters! It’s thick, velvety and so full of flavour. Best of all, you get a nice protein kick thanks to the addition of cannellini beans, which are blended in and hidden in the creamy soup. This dish freezes beautifully too, so you can easily make a big batch and store it in the freezer for up to two months, then thaw and reheat it using your chosen method.
• 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 medium white onion, roughly chopped
• 900g (2lb) pumpkin flesh, finely cubed
• 140g (5oz) cooked cannellini beans
• 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves
• 1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
• Sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
• 960ml (1.6 pints) vegetable stock
Heat olive oil in a large pot
