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First of all, I want to wish everyone a happy “Pre-Thanksgiving!”
This holiday only comes once a year, so live it up!
This weeks “Soy Simple” challenge was to makeover a traditional Thanksgiving meal by using soy milk or soy meat.
Honestly, I’m not a huge fan of soy meat. I’ve had it a few times when I was out at a restaurant or something, but I don’t think I’ve ever actually prepared it at home. I love eating tofu and tempeh, but the soy meat kind of skeeves me out. I’m not a vegetarian, so I don’t see the point in eating it!
I actually love soy milk though. It’s a good source of protein and loaded with vitamins and minerals. It also comes in a variety of flavors like vanilla, chocolate, and unsweetened. Actually, I think I’ve seen a pumpkin spice flavor!
Tomorrow, we’re having a Thanksgiving pot luck at work for my department, and one of my designated dishes is “bread.”
I was going to bake a double batch of my honey whole wheat rolls, but I wasn’t sure how well those were going to go over. I don’t want to be “that guy” that brought the healthy dish. As soon as people hear the phrase “whole wheat,” they freak out!
Instead, I decided to bake some pumpkin muffins!
These are technically bread right?
They are in my book!
Pumpkin Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- 1/2 cup organic turbinado sugar
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup soy milk
- 1.5 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350*
- In a small bowl, beat together wet ingredients.
- In another bowl, mix the dry ingredients.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.
- Fold in pecans
- Fill six lined muffin cups with batter.
- Sprinkle the muffins with pumpkin seeds.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 18 minutes.
Believe it or not, but I don’t really pumpkin.
I’ll eat pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin muffins, and definitely pumpkin bread, but recipes that are primarily pumpkin just don’t do it for me.
I won’t touch that pumpkin pie, but I am all over the pecan.
By the way, these came out delicious.
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yummmm they look so fluffy, & I think you made a good choice with the muffins… its easier to disguise whole wheat when its mixed w/ pumpkin & sugar!
Those look so good! It’s been way too long since I’ve had muffins.
I’ve tried eggnog, gingerbread, and pumpkin soy milk… they’re all ok and fun to try, but definitely really sweetened and rich tasting.
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LOL you like eggnog? I didn’t know that!
LOL I never said I like it… it just sounded cool so I tried it
Haha I think I remember it being ok. I honestly don’t think I’ve ever tried non-soymilk eggnog before though!
Heather @ Health, Happiness, and Hope recently posted..What’s New?
pumpkin muffins are my favorite!! these look awesome, I may have to test out that recipe for my next daily muffin haha
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Wow, Matt! These look fantastic! I think your coworkers will like them more than bread!
I’ve never seen such amazing soy milk flavours here…I’m definitely going to keep my eyes peeled though!
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I love pumpkin muffins! My mom used to make them with chocolate chips and serve it with a cream cheese spread that I’m sure had more powdered sugar in it than I care think about.
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i just about fell out of my chair when i saw a pumpkin recipe title on your blog
they look delicious!
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LOL I made these just for you
The pumpkin-hater has seen the light?!
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Not quite. I will admit that I like pumpkin in the form of muffins
gosh those look amazing. I’ll take 5.
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So yo DO eat pumpkin!?
These look awesome. Hope the coworkers like them!
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I’m sure the co-workers will love em… who can turn down muffins?
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Those look good. I just made some homemade pumpkins too and recently blogged about it. I’ve never heard of that sugar you used for your recipe though.
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Turbinado is a form of sugar that is less processed and tastes a little like molasses. I love it in baked goods!
Yumm, anything pumpkin is awesome. These looks wonderful!
I don’t like to be the one that brings the “healthy dish” either, so usually I go full out unhealthy.
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i bought way too much pumpkin at costco so im starting to get sick of it!! although i dont think its possible as long as i keep making breads, muffins, and other sweat, carby treats. pumpkin pie thursday! mmm
sneaking whole wheat into something delicious, nice! You don’t like pumpkin pie?!
Those sound awesome! I actually haven’t had pumpkin muffins in a while, but these are really making me want some haha. I’m sure everyone at your office will enjoy them!
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Mmmmm can’t wait to try this!!!
These muffins sound wonderful! I’m totally with ya on the pecan pie! My aunt adds a drizzle of dark chocolate on top of hers–SO good!
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Mmmm. Excuse me? I’ll take 3 of those. Yes, I’ll eat them all right now.
Any ideas on how to make a vegan version? Thanks.
It’s not even close to Thanksgiving and now I’m considering buying a can of pumpkin
Does turbinado sugar have the same taste as regular?
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