Are you looking to have a head-start for the fall season? Below are pumpkin-flavoured recipes you should try!
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‘Tis the pumpkin season so prepare to be indulged in the warmth of pumpkin spice everything!
Spiced Chocolate-Pumpkin Cake With Pumpkin Glaze
Recipe from: Snacking Cakes by Yossy Arefi
This chocolate and pumpkin flavoured cake is packed with spices commonly found in Mexican chocolate. It is recommended to use a couple of pinches of cayenne pepper for additional warmth. This cake is topped with pumpkin glaze spiced with cinnamon, clove and cayenne.
Chinese-Style Pumpkin Omelette
Recipe from: Spice The Plate
This easy, brunch-friendly recipe will only take 20 minutes of your time. This omelette is made with 3 eggs, 2 cups of diced pumpkin, chives and seasoned with sesame seeds and cooking wine. You can even dip the omelette in soy sauce to bring out the sweetness of the pumpkin!
Pumpkin, Beef and Black Bean Chili
Recipe from: Country Living
What’s fall without hearty meals? This recipe uses 1 and a quarter pound of ground beef, 3 cups of pumpkin, a can of black beans and several spices and aromatics.
In a large dutch oven, start by cooking the ground beef until it’s no longer pink, then strain it and saute the rest of your vegetables and aromatics in the beef drippings. Add your pumpkin, beans, and broth and bring it all to a boil. Once boiling, add the cooked ground beef back and reduce the heat and simmer the chili for approximately 20 minutes or until the pumpkin is tender. Serve it with chipotle sour cream with lime zest and juice.
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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
If you are going to carve jack-o’-lanterns this season, why not cook those discarded pumpkin seeds? This basic recipe from Delish is a good introduction to roasting your own pumpkin seeds. Pumpkin seeds are nutritious snacks that can be modified however you want! It can be sweet like this Cinnamon-Brown Sugar Pumpkin Seeds recipe from Food & Wine, or this Honey Roasted Pumpkin Seeds recipe from Bless This Mess. Of course, it can also be savoury like this Garlic Parmesan Pumpkin Seeds one from Food Network, or this Tamari Roasted Pepitas (pepitas are the alternative term for pumpkin seeds).
Vegan Pumpkin Smoothie
Early September is still considerably warm for fall, so to fight the late heatwave, try this vegan pumpkin pie smoothie! It’s healthy, low-carb and easy to make! All you need is pumpkin puree, avocado, your choice of non-dairy milk, maple syrup, vanilla and pumpkin pie spice! Blend it all with ice (or freeze the avocados beforehand if you don’t want to use ice) and serve with whipped coconut cream.
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Ginger Pumpkin Bourbon Fizz with Cinnamon Sugar
It’s Friday night and you want to get into the fall mood? Try this fizzy cocktail drink made with pumpkin beer, bourbon and ginger simple syrup. Go ahead and make it just a tad bit extra by rimming your glass with cinnamon sugar! This right here is the ideal autumn cocktail.
Pumpkin-Flavoured Beer
It’s Friday night and you want to get into the fall mood but you don’t want to make your own cocktail? Say no more! Pumpkin-flavoured beers might just become your new favourite drink! Ontario is the home to many craft microbreweries, so take advantage of it by trying out their seasonal beers like this Pumpkin Porter from Big Rig Brewery, or this Pumpkin Ale by Great Lakes Brewery, or Flying Monkey’s Paranormal Imperial Pumpkin Ale.
Published by HOLR Magazine.