"I really loved the idea of this recipe and was so intrigued to make it. I did it a little different. I had a left over carving pumpkin and even though he said not to, I used it. I'm definitely going to search for a baking pumpkin next time. Nothing wrong with the carving pumpkin, but there really is no pumpkin flavor. I added chopped celery and carrots in the beginning and chopped chicken breast in the end. I also changed out the thyme for rosemary because that is what I had. Last, I did not puree the mixture with a blender and left everything whole. Since we had this for dinner, leaving it chunky was great.