I just made this to take as an appetizer for Thanksgiving. I am very disappointed in this recipe. Like some of the other reviews, I agree that it taste a little like unbaked pumpkin pie and still has the bitter pumpkin taste. I have had pumpkin dip in the past that I loved. I believe this recipe would be better by cutting the amount of pumpkin in half and adding a tablespoon of Maple syrup in place of the orange juice. I’ll try it that way next time. I’m going to use someone else recommendation and bake this in a graham crust and hope for pumpkin cheesecake.

Reviewed On: Nov. 26, 2008

Great recipe and so easy to prepare. Like others, we didn't use garlic cheese. We also left out the tomatoes. We used frozen shrimp, so there was extra "juice" in the pan. We used some of that juice (about a cup) to cook the grits. Tasted great!

Reviewed On: Oct. 19, 2008