Pumpkin Pie Lite
I LOVE me some pumpkin pie & with the seasons turning I have been bombarded with recipe inspiration from all corners of the Internet. However, as many of you may know, pumpkin pie is notoriously fattening. Seriously, that stuff is secretly evil. It masquerades as health food, being stuffed full of pumpkin which is crazy healthy, & then you realise that the amazing creamy filling isn't just pumpkin, it's also cream or sweetened condensed milk or something equally rich & fatty. So however much I want pumpkin pie it is off limits right?
Well I decided to test that & it seems that in actually fact pumpkin pie is fine.
I started off with the best pumpkin pie recipe known to man & trimmed it down a little, replacing the refined sugar with maple syrup & honey/agave nectar & the mascarpone with non-fat Greek yogurt.
Okay, so I had to get rid of the pastry which I was sad about, but I did replace it with a crunchy topping of oats & pecans (so SO good!) which you could probably make into a crust if you really HAD to have one. I don't know, I liked it being a crunchy topping because then I could control how much was on the pie... Whatever, this is pie a delicious alternative for when you're not willing to splurge on a standard pie. In fact I know a few people who would testify that this is even better!
Okay so the recipe for my low fat 'pie'.
Well I decided to test that & it seems that in actually fact pumpkin pie is fine.
I started off with the best pumpkin pie recipe known to man & trimmed it down a little, replacing the refined sugar with maple syrup & honey/agave nectar & the mascarpone with non-fat Greek yogurt.
Okay, so I had to get rid of the pastry which I was sad about, but I did replace it with a crunchy topping of oats & pecans (so SO good!) which you could probably make into a crust if you really HAD to have one. I don't know, I liked it being a crunchy topping because then I could control how much was on the pie... Whatever, this is pie a delicious alternative for when you're not willing to splurge on a standard pie. In fact I know a few people who would testify that this is even better!
Okay so the recipe for my low fat 'pie'.