Happy Pumpkin Day!!!

Food today: skim milk/cereal, apple, protein shake, grilled chicken, steamed veggies

NO HALLOWEEN CANDY
NO BROWNIES, APPLE CAKE OR PEANUT BRITTLE AT HOME GROUP!!!

Exercise: My hill at work (didn't time it--wanted to enjoy the leaves instead of concentrating on my time--it was gorgeous!!)

Here are a couple of sugar-free pumpkin recipes a sweet woman from First Place sent me. I'm going to take one or both of these to the Thanksgiving dinner at church. We have several diabetics in our church.

My son-in-law is cooking our entire Thanksgiving dinner! (Well, with Ginger's help, but he's the enthusiastic one.) I'm glad she married someone who likes to watch cooking shows and cook!


Pumpkin Chiffon
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 (4-serving) sugar free instant pudding (vanilla)
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 cup evap. skim milk
1 1/2 cups sugar-free cool whip

Combine pumpkin, pudding, pumpkin pie spice and evap. milk.
Stir well to blend.
Mix 1 cup of cool whip in pumpkin mix.
Pour into crust and chill 2 hours.
Lightly spread remaining cool whip over filling.
Sprinkle pecans on top.

Pumpkin Souffle
6 oz. Sugar free Jello Instant Pudding
16 oz canned pumpkin
1 cup lowfat milk
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup Dream Whip Topping, prepared

In a large bowl, combine pudding, pumpkin, milk, and spices.
Mix well.
Fold in whipped topping.
Divide into 8 portions.
May be frozen if desired.