There are a million ways to use pumpkin in your meals: For instance, have you ever thought about making a pizza sauce out of puréed pumpkin, adding the flesh to cakes and muffins, or stirring it into porridges – beyond the obvious soup, roasted pumpkin in salads and risotto? When used for baking, people – especially Americans – tend to buy canned pumpkin (often also called pumpkin puree). But making your own puree is as easy as ABC – simply cut a pumpkin in halves, remove the seeds (you could use those to first dry them and then roast them in the oven, there are plenty of instructions available online), and bake the pumpkin in the oven until the flesh is soft and tender. Now scoop out the flesh from the skin, and purée it in a food processor – done! If you do not have a waffle iron, use…
