10 Totally Unexpected Ways to Cook with Pumpkin
Put down the pie and pick up the waffles: This nutritional powerhouse and quintessential fall and winter ingredient can be a star at breakfast, lunch, dinner and, yes, dessert.
Mousse with a Cookie Crunch
A pumpkin mousse flavored with maple syrup, rum, ginger, allspice, cinnamon and cloves would be delicious on its own. Add a topping of maple crème fraĆ®che and gingersnap crumbs (homemade or store-bought), and you may never go back to plain, old pumpkin pie.
Get the recipe: Pumpkin Mousse with Crunchy Gingersnaps and Maple Crème Fraiche
Get the recipe: Pumpkin Mousse with Crunchy Gingersnaps and Maple Crème Fraiche
From the October 2011 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine