“Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.” W T Purkiser
(Companion oils: Young Living Abundance™ and Gratitude™)
When it comes to celebrating Thanksgiving, both abundance and gratitude spring to mind. And as it happens, we’ve talked about them in previous Feel Good Fridays. If you could do with a boost when it comes to bringing forth those feelings, you can explore Young Living’s beautiful essential oil blends created for that purpose by clicking here for Abundance™ and here for Gratitude™.
We’ve already covered a couple of Thanksgiving oil options, so today we’re taking the food path to feeling good, powered by the most virtuous pumpkin pie I could find without trawling through recipes way past the point of my kitchen tolerance.
What do I especially love about this one? No baking and it’s served frozen ! If you’re in the southern hemisphere like me and wanting to give a nod to the tradition, this chilly version is a fun, refreshing way to do it.
True to our love of the good oils daily, we’ve included an optional inclusion of festive essential oils. Whenever we do this, we include the following caution, because we are not encouraging any willy-nilly ingestion of essential oils. Not all oils are created equal and some include constituents or sneaky additives (check out more on that here). You need to be 100% certain of the genuine purity and authenticity of the oils you use this way.
This will also connect you up with The Good Oil Team for our personal support and coaching. We'd love to help you on your journey to vibrant well-being the natural way!
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* IMPORTANT CAUTION: Young Living essential oils are the only ones we would ever consider for ingestion. And only those which state on the bottle they can be used that way. Why? Because Young Living sets the standard for purity and authenticity – essential to the safe ingestion of essential oils appropriate for such use. Young Living carefully monitors the production of its oils from beginning to end through its unique Seed to Seal® process, ensuring the purity of each essential oil and protecting nature’s living energy in every bottle.
This raw pumpkin pie recipe is lightly adapted from a great one at The Rawtarian, an excellent site if you’re keen on exploring raw food and recipes.
Frozen Raw Pumpkin Pie with Spiced Orange Oil (serves 12 small slices)
Prep: 10 mins plus freezer time at least 1 hour
Equipment: small round springform pan lined with non-stick paper, high speed blender, food processor
Crust base
- 1 ½ cups macadamias, walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts (any or all)
- ½ cup fresh organic dates, pitted
- ¼ cup dried unsweetened coconut
- A couple of hefty pinches of sea salt
In your food processor: start with the nuts, when crumbly add dates, coconut and salt. Continue to process until well blended but airy. Turn off and test if unsure. It’s right when you press it between your fingers and it sticks together. Tip into the springform pan and press together to make the crust base. Set aside.
Filling
- 2 cups raw cashews
- 1 cup loosely chopped sweet pumpkin flesh (raw)
- 1 cup loosely chopped peeled or scrubbed carrots (raw)
- ½ cup virgin cold-pressed organic coconut oil in its liquid state (no substitutes or it won’t work) – put the jar in a container of hot water if it has solidified
- ½ cup Young Living Blue Agave or honey
- ½ cup filtered water
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon and 1/8 tsp clove OR replace with the optional spiced orange oil blend: 4 drops orange + 2 drops cinnamon + 1 drop clove essential oil (orange for happiness, cinnamon for attracting wealth, clove for a sense of protection and courage)
In a high-speed blender, combine all filling ingredients and blend from low to high speed until very silky smooth. NOTE: if not blending properly, do not add more liquid to try and loosen. Stop the blender, remove the lid, slide a knife down the inside and make an air pocket, remove knife, replace lid, resume blending. When completely smooth, pour the filling over the base, smooth the top with a spatula, cover with a lid or cling wrap.
Freeze for at least 4 hours. When ready to serve, remove from freezer, allow to sit for a minute at most before slicing — just long enough to make the job easier. Return the unsliced portion to the freezer immediately. Keeps for 1 week.
This will also connect you up with The Good Oil Team for our personal support and coaching. We'd love to help you on your journey to vibrant well-being the natural way!
Any questions? Please get in touch via our Contact page.
I think this recipe would be refreshing for all kinds of summer entertaining, just be quick with getting it from the freezer to the table. Be sure to bookmark it while you’re here and feel free to Share This Post using the buttons below.
