TMJ Recipe: Happy Halloween Pumpkin Pudding

This Happy Halloween Pumpkin Pudding recipe is perfect when you have leftover cans or aseptic boxes of prepared pumpkin! Agar-agar is vegan ingredient and is used instead of gelatin to create a gel-like consistency. This vegan gelatin substitute is produced from seaweed. The recipe is a “tad-sweet” so if you like it “sweeter” then add more maple syrup. PLANT-BASED+DAIRY

Choose organic ingredients when available:

• 1 & 1/2 cups of pumpkin puree
• 1 cup of 1% (low-fat) milk or soymilk (for vegans)
• 1 tablespoon agar-agar granules
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin spice
• 1/4 cup pure maple syrup

1. Place milk and agar-agar in a saucepan and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, whisking constantly.
2. In a blender bowl, combine all of the ingredients including the milk with the dissolved agar-agar.
3. Blend until smooth.
4. Pour mixture into 6 to 8 individual bowls.
5. Chill in fridge for at least 2 hours.
6. Serves 6 to 8.

Optional: top with additional maple syrup and whipped cream.