Holistic Instincts

I know I rarely post holiday-ish recipes but since Thanksgiving is right around the corner (literally!), I thought I would post my version of this holiday staple. The original recipe for this pie called for sweetened condensed milk, but since we cannot all tolerate dairy well in my house, I use the sweetened condensed coconut milk by Nature's Charm  and it works super well!  This condensed milk is very thick and creamy, with only a slight coconut taste (to my taste buds).  The coconut flavor does NOT interfere with the taste of the pumpkin pie.  Please note that evaporated milk, coconut or otherwise, cannot be used instead of the coconut sweetened condensed milk here. As time permits, I do make my own crust and really love the Copy Cat crust by Brittany Angell.  Her gluten-free crust works very well anywhere you need a pie shell and can be easily doubled for pies that need both a top and bottom.  However, I have been known to buy premade pie shells and have found that the