Start with a fresh pumpkin, cutting tools (I like to use standard pumpkin carving tools - they work really well!) and a covered dish to cook the pumpkin in.
Cut open the pumpkin.
Using this tool, take out the seeds and clean them off.
Once the seeds are clean salt them. Then you can put them in the oven to toast them to eat at a later time. Yum!
A clean pumpkin looks like this:
Cut the the pumpkin into pieces that will fit inside a bowl that will fit into your microwave, add about 1/2 cup of so of water. The steam from the water helps soften the pumpkin.
Cover the dish and put it in the microwave for 15 minutes to start. Check it after 15 minutes, but be careful, it's H*O*T!! You may need to cook it longer depending on how much you put in the dish and how your microwave temperature runs.
Once the pumpkin is ready it should just fall off the skin, again, its HOT so be careful you don't burn yourself.
Once its cooked make sure you peel it from the skin, put the pumpkin meat into a bowl and use a hand mixer to puree it.
I usually cook a few pumpkins and put them in a 2 cup container and store them in the freezer. This way I have "fresh" pumpkin all year long and it's so much cheaper (and tastes better) than store bought canned pumpkin.
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