Farewell Red October!  And welcome winter?!  I know October was coined red with the Russian Revolution, but I’m going to dare to say I deem orange more appropriate.  Lest we forget that October brings changing leaves, pumpkins, and Halloween, the birthday of my orange haired friend!   So in case it wasn’t already evident, you’re going to be on the receiving end of a multitude of recipes containing pumpkin, the first of which is already in your possession.  Don’t fight it.

 At the Office!

Pumpkin recipe #2 of the season comes as a result of a co-workers birthday which, in essence, means baking time.  While I deliberated over the many usual birthday options – cake, cupcakes, well I guess that’s about it – I resolved to make something more diabetic-friendly and went with pumpkin breakfast bread.  After some research I was more or less dissatisfied with the recipes on the many diabetic and diet sites so I took note of the necessary sugar substitutions, found my favorite recipe, and voila – a reduced sugar pumpkin masterpiece was made!


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