Comments on: Pumpkin Pie in the Free World

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 02:57:38 +0000

Sorry about that Barbara–I’ve never thought of it as a deep dish, but I guess it is. I hope you were able to fill it up enough! Thanksgiving blessings to you and yours.

By: Barbara Kropik

Barbara Kropik — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 02:46:22 +0000

I wish I would have looked at your pie dish a little closer. I didnt realize it was a deep dish plate. After the crust baked, there wasn’t much room for the filling

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 05:59:52 +0000

Thank you for the updates, Airyfairycelt! We had a pink-gold sunset here tonight too! Lovely. Glad you are making colorful healthy food to keep you cozy through the storms. Not much poetry writing these days, but lots of drawing with the pastels. Enjoy those sunsets!

By: Airyfairycelt

Airyfairycelt — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 21:50:14 +0000

Well hello there
Bit of a time later, but, you are back! Well I hope?
I have been off the boil…. And still up and down, the cold and dark not suiting just now.
A lovely bright and shining pie is just right.
You know the little things contain the wonders of life and I read that in your words each time for I hear your looking and, actually seeing. A rare gift.
I decorate with colours too, I sprinkle so many pumpkin seeds just now for things that taste so good and heat me up are brown and oatmeal coloured so need an inviting touch as we all eat with our eyes first don’t we?
I love a sprinkle of golden turmeric too and whitish ring of sesame seeds.
How are your sunsets just now? Ours are so pink and gold and the empty branches look very beautiful as black branches arrange themselves in front and so many paintings are bubbling around in my head to ensure I remember the beauty during the cold and wet and being stuck in for weeks on end.
Have you arranged your Poetry titles and got much happening in that line at all? I know you moved and seemed happy and had relatives by you too. How lovely. Love in the house.
I shall have a wander about whilst the wi fi works as things have been wildly on and off (storms for weeks) and so some things in and others coming in at a mad rate so I am being a slowmo and just popping in and out myself.
Lovely daal with many vegetables has worked wonders today and feeling very warmed and cheery.
My chia jam looking very red and really tastes good (strawberries and raspberries). More colour too, very pleased.
Good to see you back!

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:49:22 +0000

Hi Airyfairycelt–thanks for asking about the people in my story. Yes, they are all doing well, though the couple separated, and each went on to pursue separate interestes successfully, while they continue to parent the child, who is also doing well. I hear he is quite the soccer player. 🙂 Your relationship with the birds coming to your kitchen reminds me of the line from Keats which became the title of my poetry chapbook “if a Sparrow come before my Window
I take part in its existence and pick
about the Gravel.” Thank you for all your thoughtful comments! And many blessings in the new year.

By: Airyfairycelt

Airyfairycelt — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 12:11:57 +0000

No thanksgiving here either but I think I am often thankful for this or that throughout the whole year so do you think that is a wonderful excuse for eating it as a happy pie?
I love those changes, plenty of ideas there.
How are those people now? I hope they fare well. Life can be so filled with unhappiness, problems and loss and I know many get bogged down, I do. I push on as they seem to, as you do I think. We rise up and above it and even if we cannot stay there all the time it is good to know we reach it and life looks so different from all the perspectives, doesn’t it?
Many flocks of birds were resting in various copses on the land yesterday and they flew up and away… So late this year I thought. I have so enjoyed the ones that settle here and sing and come to the door and run and jump in the kitchen until I have given them their food.
They will receive a joyous welcome in the spring on return home.

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:39:09 +0000

Welcome, Bee! You have discovered my blog! This is it. 🙂 I have many posts about what I eat every day: oats and fruits for breakfast, soups, salads and other grains and beans for lunch and dinner. No oil whole food that’s also gluten free and soy free in my particular case. This pumpkin pie post is a special event. Most of the recipe posts are simple things I eat all the time. My newest post is made from a simple one pot meal I make almost every week:https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2013/11/25/red-quinoa-brown-rice-lentil-stuffed-squash-gluten-free/

I hope you’ll look through the categories and find some things that appeal to you. Here’s a couple of breakfast posts to get you started:https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2013/07/11/old-fashioned-gluten-free-oats/
https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2013/08/21/a-progressive-plant-based-breakfast-with-massaged-breakfast-kale/
And here’s a post about how low fat I eat, with the easiest salad dressing in the world:
https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2013/07/29/how-much-is-an-ounce-and-the-easiest-avocado-dressing-in-the-world/

Happy surfing, and all best to you!! 🙂

By: Bee

Bee — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:26:42 +0000

Maria, can u go into more specifics about your daily diet? Luke u, I’msstruggling with similar issues and would love to see a sample days diet. Your story is very inspiring. Do u have a blog?

By: Carole

Carole — Sun, 05 May 2013 21:44:43 +0000

Hi Maria, this is a version of pumpkin pie that would help many people. Please do drop me a line on ca4ole@gmail.com if you are ok with me linking it to my blog (Carole’s Chatter). Cheers

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:52:11 +0000

Hi Suzy! So glad to hear you are following a similar diet and that you found my blog. It’s easy to sign up for. To the right of the post at the top there are two options to click on. One for RSS and one for being notified by e-mail. Just click and follow the steps. If you have questions or troubles, let me know at moonwatcher@fatfreevegan.com.

The date syrup I used in the pie is commercially made, a brand my co-oop carries called Date Lady. It’s expensive, but I don’t use a lot all the time so I splurge. I have also made it myself with whole medjool dates according to a recipe Chef AJ has in her book Unprocessed. The basic method is to simmer dates covered in water for about 30 minutes, then let cool at bit, then pour into a blender and blend. This makes something more like paste, but it keeps a long time in the fridge. I haven’t tried it in the pie, but I have used it in other recipes. Straightupfood blog http://www.straightupfood.com/blog/2010/05/04/orange-berry-muffins/ uses it in all her dessert recipes to good effect. Hope this helps, and welcome aboard!!

Maria