Fall Slow Living Activities Everyone Can Do

The coming cold, the beautiful colors of the forest, and the darkness slowly taking over: Fall is a truly wonderful time of the year. Perfect for slowing down life and winding down. In this video, I share with you some of my favorite slow-living activities for fall, including baking a plant-based pumpkin pie, making awesome spiced tea and coffee, spending time in nature for a digital detox, and more!

Maybe you will find something new to explore for yourself. Also, feel free to share your best tips for the colder months in order to slow down and feel your best! :)

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro: Fall has arrived
00:50 - Baking pumpkin pie
02:19 - Digital / Online Detox
03:43 - Going on extra long walks
04:33 - Preparing garden for winter
05:18 - Preparing warm beverages
06:15 - Outro: Fall in the countryside

Pumpkin pie recipe:
Ingredients:
1kg / 2.2 pounds Butternut Squash
150g / 3/4 cup brown sugar
1 can coconut cream
3 Tbsp Corn starch
2 Tbsp Cinnamon
1 Tbsp Cardamom
1 Tbsp Ground ginger
1 Tsp Ground clove
0.5 Tsp Ground nutmeg
pinch of salt
1 Tbsp neutral oil (like coconut oil)

250g / 1.5 Cups Flour
50g / 1/4 cup sugar
120g 1/2 cup cold margarine
4 Tbsp Water
pinch of salt

Recipe (Inspired by Fooby):
Mix the flour, sugar and salt in a bowl. Add the margarine and rub together by hand to form an even, crumbly mixture. Pour in the water and mix quickly to form a soft dough; do not knead. Flatten the dough, cover and chill for approx. 20 mins. On baking paper, roll out the dough into a circle (approx. 28 cm in diameter), place in the prepared tin. Prick firmly with a fork.

Blind bake
Cover the dough with baking paper, weigh down with dried beans. Bake for approx. 15 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 180 °C. Remove from the oven, leave to cool slightly, remove the baking paper and beans.

Filling
Cut pumkin, cover with neutral oil and roast in the oven until fork tender.
Mix the pumpkin with all the other ingredients until smooth. Spread the filling over the pastry base, smooth down.

Bake
Approx. 1½ hrs. in the centre of an oven preheated to 150 °C /300 F. Remove the pie, leave to cool, cover and chill for approx. 8 hrs. or overnight.