Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2011

I was a bit disappointed with this. I think it has potential though. I adapted things a bit: I used fresh tomatoes (skins removed) instead of canned, fresh pumpkin instead of canned. I used butter beans because i couldn't find fava beans. I thought the pumpkin pie spice was too strong. I was going to omit the meatless crumbles but decided to add them in hopes of taming the pie spice and salvage it. Unfortunately I anticipated loving this and double it to freeze. It is very healthy so i gave it 4 stars.

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melissa

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 12, 2011

This was pretty good! The only change I made was using butter beans instead of fava beans, & it worked out well! I didn't think they pumpkin pie spice was overpowering at all, & in my opinion, it could have used more. I also had to salt & pepper it more at the end. I wish this had more reviews; it's a good & easy dish!

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fivetwo84

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Living In: Schererville, Indiana, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 9, 2011

I prepared this for my friends annual Chili Cookoff. We did not win, but I'm still very proud of my creation. Infact, this maybe my very first creation--ever. So, yes it was that simple. And I even strayed from the recipe--another first! We added a can of corn, a can of black beans, nutmeg and cinnamon. It had amazing texture, and a great combination of sweet/spicy! Definitely making this again!

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Momofoto

Reviewed: Jan. 25, 2011

I made this exactly as written and found it to be quite good. I didn't think the pie spice was overwhelming, but you can definitely taste the pumpkin which I love. It's not something I would make on a regular basis, but if you want something a little different and extremely healthy, this is a great recipe.

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jenny101076

Reviewed: Nov. 17, 2010

This could be an awesome dish with a few tweaks. I had trouble mixing the ingredients because there simply wasn't enough liquid - I ended up adding 8 cups of water just to get the ingredients to mix. I couldn't find fava beans in my area so I substituted butter beans. I didn't have pumpkin pie spice in the house so I made my own from nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger and clove, making sure to use only 1 TBS of my spice mixture. I added double the chili powder. In the end, the dish was terribly underflavored. Adding salt at the table helped but wasn't enough. Next time I make this I will quadruple the chili powder, double the black pepper and add a bit of cayenne. I will also probably quadruple the amount of vegetable juice and add vegetable broth as well. Additionally I will add more spinach - we like spinach.

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Jennifer

Reviewed: Nov. 1, 2010

I had a lot of pumpkin puree, so I looked for some recipes. I love how you can place everything in the crock pot and then forget about it. It has a very different taste, and plenty of spice. We couldn't find fava beans, so I used garbanzo beans, and they tasted really good! I couldn't even taste the veggie meat, but it's healthy and was definitely in there! This tastes good on a cool fall or winter night.

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Tashi123

Reviewed: Oct. 23, 2010

Not bad. Definitely something that can be tweaked (and probably should). The best part was the smell of the house! Most of the vegetables can be swapped based on your tastes. The one change I would definitely make for next time is to reduce to 1 tbsp pumpkin spice. I found it fairly overwhelming and by the end of the dish I felt quite saturated by spice. My wife seemed to enjoy it more than I did so I may make it again in the future (though she agreed...too spicy).

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Garygok

Reviewed: Oct. 13, 2010

This was very easy to make and turns out wonderful. I omitted the vegetarian crumbles and okra. Added everything else, and I even made a mistake by adding the spinach in at the start of cooking, and it turned out just fine. Will definitely be making this one again in the future!

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Ageer88

Reviewed: Oct. 3, 2010

Yummy!!! Didn't have Broccoli or spinach and after it had simmered decided to just leave the vegetarian ground beef crumbles out cause we loved the flavor already!!! Will make again and try it with broc & spinach!

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