Goodnight and Goodbye Garden

Ultra-moist Vegan Pumpkin Bread

With fall comes pumpkins! And with pumpkins comes yummy pumpkin treats! Here is my recipe for an ultra-moist and vegan pumpkin bread....not the ultra sweet and oily kind that dries out in two days. Please try and enjoy, you won't be dissappointed!

Vegan Pumpkin Bread- makes 2 loaves

3 Tbs ground flax
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 cup applesauce
2 cups pumpkin puree (fresh or canned)
1/2 cup canola oil
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2-3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 oats
3/4 cup turbinado sugar (refined works too)
1-2 Tbs molasses
1-2 Tbs agave nectar (maple syrup or honey works too)
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1-2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2-1 cup walnuts or raisins (optional)

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees
-Mix ground flax and water in large bowl, then add in sugar, molasses, and agave nectar as well as oil, applesauce, and pumpkin- stir
-In medium bowl mix flour, oats, spices, salt baking soda and powder
-Add dry to wet slowly
-Fold in walnuts or raisins if using
-Grease loaf pans lightly, pour in
-add a garnish of oats on top and pop in oven for about 55 min.
-let cool in pan for at least 15 min.
-serve plain or with cream cheese!

Little bit of life left...

I apologize for the long stretch of time that has gone by without showing you any attention, but actually I haven't been very present to the garden either...so don't feel that bad.

I had to go and get married and do that whole thing so I've been putting the garden on the back burner. Yesterday, however, I found myself drawn to the outdoors even more than usual and realized it was time to get back to the plot. It was a crisp, overcast day, leaves were falling and I had nothing much to do besides write hoards of thank you notes. I needed a break so I gathered some envelopes, scissors, marker, tape, camera, harvest basket and boots.

Here is what I came across:

Besides the beets and lettuce shown in the pictures, the tomatoes, peppers, squash, and basil are all still producing. I harvested seeds from the marigolds, cosmos, zinnias, and cilantro. Next will be the sunflowers and basil. I plan to let the seeds dry out and then create my own little seed library to use for next planting season! Seeds, seeds everywhere!