Try this recipe: Peel, then thinly slice your pumpkin into strips and place in big bowl. Sprinkle salt & pepper/paprika. Lightly Drizzle extra virgin olive oil over the pumpkin strips and mix everything well (Extra virgin olive oil is amazing for its nutrition, its not like seed oils which is what you want to avoid) Spread your strips in baking pan and bake for ~30 mins (or until soft and slightly crisp) Serve! It tastes fantastic on its own and is also a perfect side for any of your main meals ❤❤❤
Thank you for the tip about using salt when washing the vegetables (I didn't know how to ensure that the veggies from my garden are clean and germ free). I find home gardening to be therapeutic, and I also love fresh and organic food... but I'm an amateur gardener, so i learn as i go along.❤
The garden is so lush and green. Yes, potted plants needs extra watering during the hot days. Right now most of our plants and grass are dormant until Spring they start shooting through the earth, it’s like new birth. Still too cold right now to plant new crops, just doing pruning and readying the soil for planting. Love ❤️ your dress and hat. One Love ❤️❤️❤️🇯🇲🇬🇧🇺🇸
Greetings Jael. Great video. Suggestions for pumpkin: 1. Youu can collect the seeds and dry them then roast them like you would roast groundnuts. Makes for a good snack. 2. Another way to steam pumpkin while retaining nutrients not lost in water and adding flavor is to line the bottom of the saucepan with pieces of the banana stem (use the stem from the cooking bananas) and some water just to cover the stems. Then add a banana leaf or two to keep the water from getting to the pumpkin. Then put the pumpkin slices on the banana leaf or leaves (depending on how many you use and cover them with more banana leaves (you can harvest these banana leaves from your garden as I see that you have banana plants). Then cover with a lid or another pot and steam, ensuring that the water in the bottom of the saucepan does not dry out and the stems burn at the bottom of the saucepan because that will give the pumpkin a burnt-food flavor, thereby defeating the purpose. The steamed banana leaves will give the steamed pumpkin a great aroma/flavor and the pumpkin will not be so mushy from boiling in water--it will cook in steam with its own moisture. YOu can also steam mingled ugali this way to give it the steamend banana-leaf flavor, just as a variation from the way you usually cook it. Just make it ahead of time and then steam it for an hour or two in banana leaves on low heat for the flavor. Bon Appetit! 😋😋😋
I love the harvest.the village life has become the best for me,I harvested arrowroots last weekend and I got some good cash from around only.I also have some pumpkins and doing well on the farm.following your footsteps slowly
Hi Jael, how are you doing today? I love eating pumpkins too and my favourite are those has dark green colour, you can try making pumpkin mukimo with soft maize it’s tastes good too or pumpkin cake but I have never tried it just read from some magazines recipes, nice video as usual my beautiful Jael, be blessed ❤😊
You've really inspired me. My daughter was born here in America and since I have land in Kenya, I'm to build her a nice bungalow and plant trees around it. She really likes nature.
Your garden is so productive. I am looking forward to spring to start my veggie garden again and watch my perennial flowers come to life once again. Right now we are covered in snow where I live. Pumpkin is one of my favorite vegetables I plant about 4 to 5 varieties each gardening season . Then I harvest them and store them in my root cellar for the winter months. They usually last for about 6 months in there. I lay them down in boxes with straw. I enjoy watching your videos. Blessings
Jambo Jael🥰 The compound always look so green and pretty. Everything is full of life including the animals. You look so pretty in the long dress and the cute hat! Always a harvest of some type. Keep up the good work and be blessed abundantly. 💜🥰🙏🏾🫶🏾🌺🙋🏾♀️
Jael bonjour. Such a beautiful and peaceful garden. Vit.D is very important indeed. Good pumpkin harvest. Do you know pumpkin pancakes? Thanks for sharing.
Ohhh Jael, I looooove your videos, everything...Such a joy watching tour life in the countryside. You are great at capturing videos...I always look forward to watching your videos. well done to you lady ❤❤❤❤
Hi Jael, love your vlogs😍first time commenting. I’m a Sierra Leonean living in the UK. In Sierra Leone we eat the pumpkin everything! The leaves we cook as pumpkin leaves stewed with lots of onions, tomatoes, peppers and herbs, the seeds we blend and cook egusi stew or soup which is a west African palm oil soup eaten with fufu or rice, and the flowers of the pumpkin we dip in flour, egg and salt batter and fry for a light snack. Well the pumpkin we fry, we boil we steam and we stewed. Nothing goes to waste 😂 lots of love ❤️
Hi Jael. You can also remove All the seeds wish and cotton dry. (Please don't wash the seeds you want to plant next year) place in air tight container to preserve. Use little bits daily in porridge or sprinkle in soup or sources 😊❤. (Crush or grind) Very healthy. When l see you l will bring you more African varieties seeds.The orange Coated ones are European or North American. Very watery but okay for soups. OMG Jael, definitely Murder on the dance floor. The roosters 😮😮😮😢. 😅.
Make a pumpkin carrots soup. Boil and blend all the ingredients - celery, onion, garlic and ginger. It’s a creamy soup. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin seasoned rice.
Hey jael do me a favour and send me some pumpkins and those bananas i see there😊they are so organic i miss them hope one day i will visit you in your village nice weekend jael
Always pleasure watching your vlogs. Very authentic. Can I get some cutting of the white bougainvillea plant to propagate in March? They are difficult to find in Kisumu.
BTW do you eat pumpkin leaves in Kenya? If so, how do you cook them? Do you cook them with ground nuts? That is one of my favourite dishes; we cook that in Zambia and I am curious if other places know it.
Wow, bumper harvest. I planted pumpkins in my small garden. They fruited so well, unfortunately majority of them were attacked by some insects while still very tender, I only harvested 3. What do you use to avoid this. I am not sure about the type of orange pumpkin but where i grew up( nyandarua county) we used to have pumpkins that changed colour from green to some other colour that looked whitish or greyish when ready for harvesting but what we grow here in Kiambu is only the green ones like you have which i had never seen.
The vitamin D partnis correct. We, my family living in the Skandinavien take supplement for almost 7 months a year. The winters up hete are long n dark and when the summer comes, pur God given sunscreen "misbehaves" too by protecting us from the UVR.😅😅
Jael nyamin im relocating to kisumu next month from overseas that grass in yr compound where can i get it? I wanna make my compound look nice like yours ! So excited u inspired me ... when im done with my new garden I want to invite u to kisumu❤❤ for tea!
Hi? I love u dress,pliz i had earlier requested u to update ua sister bungalow,we left it at installation of mirrors,it really helped becoz I'm building,pliz if possible update pliz
Hello👋🏽Jeal , If you're into numbers having spiritual meanings, were you aware that the duration of your vlog is 11:11? Or did you do that intentionally? 1:07
Hello @jaelochanji hope my text finds you well. I honour your work and efforts,that inspires us day in day out. I am farming sweet potatoes, kindly i request your guidance in this as i know you are an expert. Looking forward to read from you, thank you in advance
@@jaelofthevillagegreetings my dear,it's Mary here,I hope you are keeping well. My dear,I have been trying to log in my account so as to reach you out but I haven't succeeded,I have issues with receiving codes they are sending, though I sent an email, meanwhile darling ,is there any other way I can reach you out ! Kindly. Thank you and have a lovely day ahead
Sister you look stunning in this long dress and hat I love it
Thank you so much my darling
Nothing like the feel of the mild morning sun 🌄 🌅 on our skin. It makes me feel so alive and energized ❤
True. Thanks for checking in
Try this recipe:
Peel, then thinly slice your pumpkin into strips and place in big bowl. Sprinkle salt & pepper/paprika. Lightly Drizzle extra virgin olive oil over the pumpkin strips and mix everything well
(Extra virgin olive oil is amazing for its nutrition, its not like seed oils which is what you want to avoid)
Spread your strips in baking pan and bake for ~30 mins (or until soft and slightly crisp)
Serve!
It tastes fantastic on its own and is also a perfect side for any of your main meals
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I love simple recipes like this one. I will try it out. Thanks,darling
Thank you for the tip about using salt when washing the vegetables (I didn't know how to ensure that the veggies from my garden are clean and germ free). I find home gardening to be therapeutic, and I also love fresh and organic food... but I'm an amateur gardener, so i learn as i go along.❤
You are so welcome! Soon you'll be a pro at it. Keep gardening
Your videos are always so therapeutic. Greetings from Botswana ..its extremely hot here as well..
Wow, thank you so much. Looks like the heat is all across Africa
Mmmmm the pumpkins looks yummy😋😋thanks sharing wonderful lifestyle with us #erokamanodada😘😘
My pleasure jaber. ❤️
Pumpkin is such a healthy delicacy... you are living well Jael.
Thanks,Betty. It is a beautiful life for sure
The garden is so lush and green. Yes, potted plants needs extra watering during the hot days. Right now most of our plants and grass are dormant until Spring they start shooting through the earth, it’s like new birth. Still too cold right now to plant new crops, just doing pruning and readying the soil for planting. Love ❤️ your dress and hat. One Love ❤️❤️❤️🇯🇲🇬🇧🇺🇸
Thanks,Carol.
Greetings Jael. Great video. Suggestions for pumpkin: 1. Youu can collect the seeds and dry them then roast them like you would roast groundnuts. Makes for a good snack.
2. Another way to steam pumpkin while retaining nutrients not lost in water and adding flavor is to line the bottom of the saucepan with pieces of the banana stem (use the stem from the cooking bananas) and some water just to cover the stems. Then add a banana leaf or two to keep the water from getting to the pumpkin. Then put the pumpkin slices on the banana leaf or leaves (depending on how many you use and cover them with more banana leaves (you can harvest these banana leaves from your garden as I see that you have banana plants). Then cover with a lid or another pot and steam, ensuring that the water in the bottom of the saucepan does not dry out and the stems burn at the bottom of the saucepan because that will give the pumpkin a burnt-food flavor, thereby defeating the purpose. The steamed banana leaves will give the steamed pumpkin a great aroma/flavor and the pumpkin will not be so mushy from boiling in water--it will cook in steam with its own moisture. YOu can also steam mingled ugali this way to give it the steamend banana-leaf flavor, just as a variation from the way you usually cook it. Just make it ahead of time and then steam it for an hour or two in banana leaves on low heat for the flavor.
Bon Appetit! 😋😋😋
Wow! Amazing cooking ideas. I will try them out.
Jael I always get so excited when you come on! Love your videos. ❤
Thank you so much,Anora. 🥰🥰
It's such a great pleasure to harvest from one's own garden. Nature always reward us when we take good care of the soil.
Couldn't agree more!
Great harvest
I love the harvest.the village life has become the best for me,I harvested arrowroots last weekend and I got some good cash from around only.I also have some pumpkins and doing well on the farm.following your footsteps slowly
Congratulations. That's amazing for a new homesteader. Go girl
@@jaelofthevillage thank you my mentor
Hi Jael, how are you doing today?
I love eating pumpkins too and my favourite are those has dark green colour, you can try making pumpkin mukimo with soft maize it’s tastes good too or pumpkin cake but I have never tried it just read from some magazines recipes, nice video as usual my beautiful Jael, be blessed ❤😊
I'm doing great,darling. Thanks for always asking. I will definitely try the pumpkin mukimo
Nice work bravo just kindly give some more love storage for your harvest not down on the floor...hugs
Thank you, I will
Love the video
Thank you,Stevo
You've really inspired me. My daughter was born here in America and since I have land in Kenya, I'm to build her a nice bungalow and plant trees around it. She really likes nature.
Oh that's really cool. I'm glad I inspired her and many others. ❤️ ❤️
What a beautiful day; blue skies like that make me feel an indescribable joy!
Jael, I want a home just like yours it is so beautiful, as are you!❤❤❤
Thank you so much,BB. Blessings and may your wishes be granted.
Your garden is so productive. I am looking forward to spring to start my veggie garden again and watch my perennial flowers come to life once again. Right now we are covered in snow where I live. Pumpkin is one of my favorite vegetables I plant about 4 to 5 varieties each gardening season . Then I harvest them and store them in my root cellar for the winter months. They usually last for about 6 months in there. I lay them down in boxes with straw. I enjoy watching your videos. Blessings
What I love about winter is it gives you a break from farm/garden work. Here there's always something to do in the farm throughout the year.
It's like you read my mind, I was wondering how you know the pumpkin is ready. Your dress is lovely.
Thank you very much,Caroline. I'm glad I came through 😁
Thanks for the tip on how to know when a pumpkin is ready. I sometimes stay at a farm and help out a little.
You are so welcome. Farming is so relaxing. Enjoy while at it
I like that chair for sitting in the sun. Nice!
Thank you
I like yr creativity
Thank you.
Jambo Jael🥰 The compound always look so green and pretty. Everything is full of life including the animals. You look so pretty in the long dress and the cute hat! Always a harvest of some type. Keep up the good work and be blessed abundantly. 💜🥰🙏🏾🫶🏾🌺🙋🏾♀️
Thanks,darling. Be blessed with good health and abundance. ❤️
You're lukin great Jael,the garden absolutely amazing,praying your mansion is coming up great.
Thanks, darling. Yes, it is. Bless you
Love this video. Your home is breathtakingly gorgeous ❤
Thank you so much,Pinky.
Jael bonjour. Such a beautiful and peaceful garden. Vit.D is very important indeed. Good pumpkin harvest. Do you know pumpkin pancakes? Thanks for sharing.
Thank you. No, I never tried them, but I'll find the recipe on YT
Ohhh Jael, I looooove your videos, everything...Such a joy watching tour life in the countryside. You are great at capturing videos...I always look forward to watching your videos. well done to you lady ❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much,darling. 🥰🥰
Yep true talk country life is very magical and beautiful and I want to have this kind of life honestly
If you dream it,I believe you can have it. May God help you fulfil that dream.
@@jaelofthevillage Amen sis
Off topic but for potted plants add green tea which helps keep it green and healthy.Beautiful homestead
Thanks for the tip! ❤️
Childhood memories, l hated eating pumpkins....but today; l know the benefit of them and I pay too much for 1 in UK and buying the seeds too.
Me too. We were actually forced to eat them. These days,I can't miss them in my garden
Love birds. They do have their meeting discussion. I feed the birds and pigeons in my area. Sometimes the birds fight so bad!
The fights sometimes result in death 😢
Hello Jael.Nice refreshing video as always ❤
Thank you,Jane
Ooooh loving ur home village well organized ,very clean❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much,Kerry
What a great pumkin harvest, surely hard work pays❤.. Lots of recipes for pumkin soup, pies or stews.. Or doing chapos..
I already did the chapos. I should try the pie. Thanks darling.
Loved your video
Thanks,darling
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I think the seeds are better when they’re sun dried and roasted like how you roast gnuts, that’s what we do here in Uganda
Yes,so good.
Hi Jael, love your vlogs😍first time commenting. I’m a Sierra Leonean living in the UK. In Sierra Leone we eat the pumpkin everything! The leaves we cook as pumpkin leaves stewed with lots of onions, tomatoes, peppers and herbs, the seeds we blend and cook egusi stew or soup which is a west African palm oil soup eaten with fufu or rice, and the flowers of the pumpkin we dip in flour, egg and salt batter and fry for a light snack. Well the pumpkin we fry, we boil we steam and we stewed. Nothing goes to waste 😂 lots of love ❤️
I used to throw away the seeds and only save a few for seeds. These days nothing goes to waste. Thanks for checking in and representing 🇸🇱
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Beautiful as always and looking Mmmwa!
What am harvesting BILLS!
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@@jaelofthevillage
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Facts!
I am harvesting Bills!
You can also blend the pumpkin seeds as a smoothie with fruits. Or blend them and use for soup.
And yes, your hat looks fabulous on you.❤
Great idea! Thank you so much 💃🥰
That's a good harvest...and you're so beautiful in that max dress and hat..
Thank you so much,Rose.
Great video Jael❤
Thanks,darling
so calm and relaxing to watch jael❤❤
Thank you,Sam.
Woow ...l love pumpkins and that one looks so yummy. Loving your content all the way from Malawi 🇲🇼
Thank you so much,Mirriam. Pumpkins are so healthy.
Hi Jael. You can also remove All the seeds wish and cotton dry. (Please don't wash the seeds you want to plant next year) place in air tight container to preserve. Use little bits daily in porridge or sprinkle in soup or sources 😊❤. (Crush or grind) Very healthy. When l see you l will bring you more African varieties seeds.The orange Coated ones are European or North American. Very watery but okay for soups. OMG Jael, definitely Murder on the dance floor. The roosters 😮😮😮😢. 😅.
😅😅😅. I'll really appreciate more varieties. Thank you so much.
Make a pumpkin carrots soup. Boil and blend all the ingredients - celery, onion, garlic and ginger. It’s a creamy soup. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin seasoned rice.
Wow! I will start with the pumpkin carrot soup since all ingredients are available. Thanks,darling. Have a lovely weekend.
@@jaelofthevillage yes, and if you ever have coconut milk and nutmeg spice, add it to this soup for an even more delicious taste.
Jael you habe no idea of how your life is such an inspiration. Keep winning 🎉
Oh darling,thank you so much. I'm so glad to be an inspiration.
Jael's face remind me of Lexi. Nice sundress ❤
Thank you so much 🥰
It looks yummy
It is! Thank you
Miss Jael everything look like a movie u make it possibility in life love ur videos always take care
Thank you Lynette. Take care girl
So smart for gardening😂I have the exact dress i bought online and i wear it only for special occassion, like, Christmas😅
🤣🤣 this one is old now. Best for gardening
I learned something new today, washing vegetables with salt.
I used baking soda sometimes
Baking soda is just okay too. Serves the same purpose. Thanks,darling
Wow 😊
First to be here waiting for your amazing video
We're on. 😍😍
You can dry the seeds in your oven, they taste much better, use them for salads too.
Thanks for the tip, darling. ❤️
You have a wonderful place. Please can I come to visit? I need many tips from you
We can plan a visit. No problem
Please keep for me the pumpkin, I am coming home soon ❤
I will. Got a bumper harvest
Oh my GOD wow it looks yummy I feel like flying to your home to come eat with you
Thanks,darling. Come, I've got plenty.
I just love the flowers wow! Where can I get a similar rocking chair.
It's custom-made. Carpenter is in Karen-Nairobi
Do you have his contact number?
@judithouma1133 I lost it but those carpenters on Ngong road can fo this
Thanks.
Hey jael do me a favour and send me some pumpkins and those bananas i see there😊they are so organic i miss them hope one day i will visit you in your village nice weekend jael
You're welcome, dear. Please come in a pick-up truck. There's plenty of organic food to carry back.
Always pleasure watching your vlogs. Very authentic. Can I get some cutting of the white bougainvillea plant to propagate in March? They are difficult to find in Kisumu.
Sure. Just let me know when you're ready. I'll send them to you
I am learning a lot thanks
Glad to hear that
Watching from South Sudan juba 🙏❤.
I appreciate that you always make your presence known. Love you girl
By the way, love your long dress.
Thanks,girl
BTW do you eat pumpkin leaves in Kenya? If so, how do you cook them? Do you cook them with ground nuts? That is one of my favourite dishes; we cook that in Zambia and I am curious if other places know it.
Yes,we do cook the leaves. We mix with okra or another slimmy vegetable I forgot the English name. We don't add groundnuts but I wanna try it.
Wow, bumper harvest. I planted pumpkins in my small garden. They fruited so well, unfortunately majority of them were attacked by some insects while still very tender, I only harvested 3. What do you use to avoid this.
I am not sure about the type of orange pumpkin but where i grew up( nyandarua county) we used to have pumpkins that changed colour from green to some other colour that looked whitish or greyish when ready for harvesting but what we grow here in Kiambu is only the green ones like you have which i had never seen.
So sorry about that. My garden is purely organic. Maybe it's the variety you planted that is prone to diseases.
@@jaelofthevillage noted. Will try to plant a different one next season
Those pumpkins am coming 😊
Karibu
The vitamin D partnis correct. We, my family living in the Skandinavien take supplement for almost 7 months a year. The winters up hete are long n dark and when the summer comes, pur God given sunscreen "misbehaves" too by protecting us from the UVR.😅😅
😅😅😅 like seriously, you're buying vitamin D 🤔. Pole sana.
Hi Jael,why don't you try wambugu apples in your compound?
Sure. I have placed an order. Expecting them soon
Please reach out for the yellow cover pumpkin seeds. I have
Oh,thank you so much. Could you please PM me on Instagram @jael_of_the_village we see how to go about it.
I feel cheated today😂😂😂 I wanna see the clip where the cow kicks you🤭🤭🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️
Saitan! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I know you're looking for a good laugh. Not today saitan. Lol
@@jaelofthevillage 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣you robbed me my daily dose of stress reliever🙆🏽♀️🙆🏽♀️
@@christineotieno2865 🤣🤣
Good to see you
Hey,Lorna. Thanks for showing up darling
Pumpkin seeds are yummy. I love to chew on them a lot. ❤
Yes they are! Just learnt to snack on them. The roasted ones are really nice.
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Love from Bangladesh ❤
Loving you more 🥰🥰. Thank you
I too hated pumpkin and cassava when I was a kid. For cassava I still do, 20+ years not eaten cassava.
You might want to change the way you cook your cassava. I fry or stew mine. 😋
That is my girl Jael love you
🥰🥰🥰 love you more.
How's your masionette construction?
You haven't updated us 😊
I will give an update in the coming weeks.
Baking soda is also use to kill bacteria on vegetables, fruits and a lot of other things
Yes. Thank you
Jael nyamin im relocating to kisumu next month from overseas that grass in yr compound where can i get it? I wanna make my compound look nice like yours ! So excited u inspired me ... when im done with my new garden I want to invite u to kisumu❤❤ for tea!
It is sold in kisumu around lake basin mall. Ask for buffalo grass
@@jaelofthevillage thank you❤❤❤❤
You can spray paint the kettle
Good idea
The orange skin pumpkins are in carre four in kisumu
Oh really? I shop at carrefour. Maybe I haven't been keen. I'll buy some next week
The heat is crazy. It's hit 30° in Nairobi
We had a high of 32°C
Hi? I love u dress,pliz i had earlier requested u to update ua sister bungalow,we left it at installation of mirrors,it really helped becoz I'm building,pliz if possible update pliz
Thank you. The paint work was done. Nothing much going on now. Will update when there's activity
I still hate pumpkins :)
🤣🤣 sasa budho ilikukosea nini?
Hello👋🏽Jeal , If you're into numbers having spiritual meanings, were you aware that the duration of your vlog is 11:11? Or did you do that intentionally? 1:07
You just told me. I didn't realise the duration is 11.11 What does that mean?
Sorry for the cow unpleasant incident 😢
It is well. I didn't sustain any serious injuries. Thanks,darling
Watu wangu kindly nipitieni kwangu pia please 🙏
Bake a pumpkin cake
I should. Never tried that
It’s very delicious
Hello @jaelochanji hope my text finds you well. I honour your work and efforts,that inspires us day in day out. I am farming sweet potatoes, kindly i request your guidance in this as i know you are an expert. Looking forward to read from you, thank you in advance
I'm doing great,darling. Thanks for asking. Kindly Dm me on Instagram @ jael_of_the_village
@@jaelofthevillage thank you very much for your response Queen
@@jaelofthevillagegreetings my dear,it's Mary here,I hope you are keeping well. My dear,I have been trying to log in my account so as to reach you out but I haven't succeeded,I have issues with receiving codes they are sending, though I sent an email, meanwhile darling ,is there any other way I can reach you out ! Kindly. Thank you and have a lovely day ahead
Thank you so very much, you are a blessing in deed