I know it’s pretty much unheard of in the blogosphere, but I’m not the biggest pumpkin fan around.
Correction: I wasn’t the biggest pumpkin fan. But, after this tasty-licious-ness (I know it looks gross, but the taste makes up for it) I’m firmly on the pumpkin bandwagon.
My grandmother (Oma in German) had a HUGE pumpkin in her garden and ended up chopping it up yesterday. We munched on some roasted pumpkin seeds for a bit, but I decided that I wanted to try some of the innards, too. So, wa-la: sauteed pumpkin mash! On a bed of lightly dressed (olive oil) lettuce for a scrumptious salad!
1) Start off with a generous layer of high-quality olive oil in a trusty cast-iron skillet. Why do all of my savory recipes seem to start out this way?
2) Add some chopped pumpkin. I didn’t really measure how much, but I’d guess it was somewhere between a 1/2 cup and a cup?
3) Simmer for 3 to 5 minutes on medium-high heat, stirring with a fork. Because you ran out of proper cookware. Or maybe that’s just me…
4) Sprinkle on some salt, pepper, ground paprika, oregano (a heavy-handed shake of the good stuff 
), and a good couple tablespoons of Nooch.
5) Simmer for another ~5 minutes, stirring. I’m not sure when it turned into mash, as I was reading a pretty gripping book while stirring. But somewhere near the end of the chapter, I glanced at the pan and there was this pumpkin mash!
Though it looks kind of like a light-colored cow patty, it tasted soooooooo good! And it was quick, easy, cheap, and converted this non-pumpkin-eater into a pumpkin fan!
YUM YUM YUM. Now I have one more thing to love about fall. 
On the side, I had a tasty toasted German rye roll (Roggenbroetchen) with butter and a glass of Oma‘s apple-raspberry juice.
What are your top three fall favorites?
Do you mind if your food looks disgusting, if it tastes delicious?
What are you up to this weekend? I have this weekend off – again! I’m actually starting to get super-psyched for next week’s weekend shift. 
Yum! I always say that the most disgusting looking food usually tastes the most delicious!
I was off this weekend, as well. So nice! So I got to head home to my parents house for a visit. Glad you got to spend some quality time with your Oma! Sounds like you guys had an awesome time. (:
I love my Oma!
I hope you had a nice weekend with your parents!
ooh i’m going to have to try this! i love pumpkin
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Do. It.
what a gnarly dish!!! i need to get me PUMPKIN!
Haha, I haven’t seen someone use gnarly in quite a while
Sounds delicious!
Sometimes my eats dont look good at all but taste SO good! I didnt do much this weekend, my family and I went out to eat and watched a movie! So that was fun
My top three Fall favorites: The Fall weather (but right now it feels like winter!), the food and decorating!
It’s gotten so cold out of nowhere! And last week was so beautiful and warm and summery! But, hey – it is October and this is Germany.
It sounds like you had a great weekend!
Haha a lot of my delicious food looks disgusting- I usually only prettify food for photographs/if I’m cooking for others!
I’m not a huge fan of pumpkin, but this looks pretty good I have to say- kind of like babaghanouj!
*Sigh,* I haven’t had babaghanouj in years – but now that you say it, there are some similarities!
Pumpkin rocks! You should try it in some plain greek yogurt and mix it with cereal & whatever else.
My 3 fall favorites in general: Haloween, Thanksgiving/My brithday, & cider mills for apple picking & haunted hayrides
My 3 fall food favorites: sweet potatoes, apple pie, & my moms homemade soup & bread
Happy birthday! Whenever it is!
yumm! i love pumpkin!
Then you should make this – and it’s lactose free!
I always take the lazy way out, and buy canned pumpkin. It sounds fun to hack it all apart yourself!
Haha, and messy
Pumpkin mashed up/pureed (sp?) is so yummy. I especially love butternut squash and pumpkin soup in the winter months. Serve with garlic bread on the side…so good!
I love roasted butternut squash!