Pumpkins are the featured food item of this month's issue of Self (China) magazine. They're full of vitamins, fiber, potassium, antioxidants etc, plus they fill you up pretty well at 50 calories a cup.
So what better way to finish off the godforsaken lily bulbs of last month than to cook up them in a pumpkin?
Sweet lilies in pumpkin
1 small pumpkin (squash)
2 lily bulbs, cleaned and flaked
1 1/2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons rock sugar
3/4 cup water
1. Cut the top off the pumpkin and scoop out the seeds.
2. Steam the pumpkin for about 10 minutes until cooked.
3. In the meantime, bring water to boil in a pan and dissolve the honey and rock sugar. Add the lily bulb flakes into the sweet liquid and stir over low heat until they are cooked (about 2-3 minutes)
4. Pour liquid into the pumpkin in the steamer. Cover and let it stand for about 20 minutes before serving (or longer, I was hungry).
(Normally this is cooked with the pumpkin cut into cubes, but I wanted it to look prettier,don't judge me ><)
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