Give your guests a little pumpkin to talk about with our Mini Farmer Cheese Pumpkin Board. This festive food board features adorable pumpkin pastries made with Lifeway Farmer Cheese, adding a playful touch to your seasonal gatherings. But they’re more than cute. This delightful mixture of pumpkin butter with our soft cheese makes for the perfect combo of pumpkin-y flavor plus probiotics. Add your favorite fruits and nuts, and prepare for the smiles and compliments as your guests enjoy these delicious bites!
The Benefits of Cultured Dairy for Better Health:
Research continues to show the importance of eating healthy foods, including cultured dairy such as kefir, for better gut health, a strong immune system, and to support the microbiome. Fermented foods like kefir hold important value in this line of research due to the link between the gut-brain axis and overall health. Specifically, kefir has been shown to help diversify the microbiome, improve digestion, reduce inflammation, support healthier blood sugar levels, and improve satiety since the bioavailable protein it triggers the release of GLP-1.
Lifeway Kefir also contains a variety of nutrients that are vital for healthy bones and overall health: vitamin D3, K, calcium, and vitamin B12. Along with our kefir, we also offer our artisan-made Farmer Cheese, a creamy high-protein cheese made with live and active cultures to support a healthy microbiome that’s easy to spread and contains no added salt for optimal heart-health benefits.
Prep Time: 5-10 min Servings: 2-4Ingredients
- For Pumpkins:
- 1 sheet of puff pastry
- 1/2 cup pumpkin butter
- 1 cup Farmer Cheese
- 1 egg
- string for creating pumpkin shape
- cinnamon sticks to add to the top of the pumpkin
- For Board:
- Strawberries
- Raspberries
- Walnuts
- Crackers
Directions
- Lay out the puff pastry and cut into squares to create about 9 squares.
- In each square, add 1 tsp of pumpkin butter and about 2 tbsp Lifeway Farmer Cheese.
- Roll in a ball and tie strings around to create a pumpkin shape.
- Bake for 12 minutes on 425 degrees.
- Once done, cut off the strings and add a cinnamon stick to the top to create a pumpkin stem.
- Add to a charcuterie board with fruit, nuts, and crackers. Enjoy!
