Sweet Braised Paleo Pumpkin

I made this to be used straight away in the next post, but this is, in fact its own recipe and can be used as a side dish.

Sweet Braised Paleo Pumpkin

Take a pie pumpkin (a small pumpkin that you would never use for carving, it is what you are supposed to use for pies), remove stem and cut in half. Using your hands, pull out all seeds and retain in a colander to dry over night (I'll show you guys how to use these to make pumpkin seeds soon too). Then, with the two halves, take a spoon and scrape out all of the stringy things. Slice the halves into cresent shapes pieces. Then, cut those into little spoon sized pieces.

Meanwhile, in a shallow pan, bring a stick of cinnamon, 4T of unsweetened apple sauce, 1c of water, a bay leaf, some cracked black pepper, and 1/2t of celery salt to a simmer. Add pumpkin and simmer until soft (this will be a matter of taste, and whether or not you cover the pumpkin. I recommend simmering until the skin is easy to chew through). Season to taste.

You can add onions, garlic, or virtually anything else you think will go with this dish while simmering. With out explicitly trying it, I bet if you added cranberries and some ground clove this would be an awsome Paloe stand alone for your upcoming Paleo Thanksgiving.