Dietary pumpkin dishes: 15 delicious and simple recipes

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The uniqueness of the orange vegetable lies in the variety of options for dishes used during weight loss. Pumpkin dishes, properly prepared according to recipes, allow you to preserve the beneficial characteristics of the product. A small calorie content will bring the desired effect in losing weight. If you include the vegetable in your diet in its raw form, the benefits to the body will increase significantly. There is a menu option scheduled for one day, which will be a fasting meal. All dishes on the menu contain healthy products. The use of pumpkin oil in the diet will bring benefits.

Porridge with pumpkin and rice

This tasty porridge can be cooked from the following ingredients:

• pumpkin pulp – 600 g;
• clean water – 125 ml;
• pasteurized milk – 375 ml;
• salt – 3 g;
• sugar – 42 g;
• small rice – 125 g;
• butter to taste.

For cooking, take a 3 liter saucepan. It can be enameled or non-stick coated. Pre-peeled pumpkin from skin and seeds should be cut into medium squares.

Place the pumpkin at the bottom of the dish, and sprinkle the rice in an even layer on top and do not mix. Then pour in water, milk and close the lid. Place the pan over medium heat and cook the contents for 30 minutes. As a result, the pumpkin pieces will become soft and can be easily mashed with a spoon.

Pour sugar into the finished dish, add oil and mix again.

Pancakes

Pancakes are easy and quick to prepare, making them the perfect carbohydrate breakfast. They will require:

• oat bran - 30 g;
• pumpkin - 120 g;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• olive oil - 5 ml;
• baking soda - 5 g;
• cinnamon - ¼ tsp;
• water - 80 ml;
• cow's milk 1% - 50 ml;
• low-fat kefir 1% - 150 ml;
• additives - raisins, nuts, honey.

The cooking process includes the following steps:

1. Peeled and seeded pumpkin is cut into pieces and placed in a saucepan. Add milk and water.
2. Place the dishes on the fire and cook for 10 minutes.
3. The pulp is turned into puree.
4. Oat bran is ground into flour.
5. Add ground bran, kefir, egg, soda, and cinnamon to the pumpkin puree. The thickness of the dough should resemble a viscous porridge.
6. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
7. Grease a baking tray with vegetable oil, lay out the dough in portions and bake.

Before serving, the pancakes are sprinkled with raisins, nuts, and honey.

Baked pumpkin side dish

If you cook pumpkin unsweetened, it will be a good side dish for meat or fish. For this you will need:

• 1.5 kg pumpkin pulp;
• 40 ml olive oil;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• a mixture of peppers, dried herbs and salt - to taste.

Clean and peeled vegetables are chopped into small pieces. Combine spices, spices, salt and garlic in a bowl. The resulting mixture must be seasoned with the pieces, mixed thoroughly and placed in a baking dish.

Pour some water into the bottom and bake it at 180˚C for 30 minutes.

Bread without yeast

Pumpkin is such a versatile vegetable that you can even bake PP bread from it. For one loaf you will need:

• pumpkin pulp - 250 g;
• oat flour (you can grind the flakes in a coffee grinder) - 100 g;
• corn flour - 175 g;
• baking powder - 1 tbsp. l.;
• salt - ½ tsp;
• chicken egg - 2 pcs.;
• skim milk - 200 ml;
• olive oil - 4 tbsp. l.

Bread is baked like this:

1. Mix flour, salt, baking powder.
2. Add pumpkin pulp, previously crushed on a fine grater.
3. Pour in milk, stirring constantly, vegetable oil, beat out eggs.
4. Mix thoroughly.
5. Grease the mold with oil and lay out the dough.
6. Bake the bread in the oven at 200 °C for about 30 minutes.

Pumpkin baked with apples in the oven

This dish can be a great addition to a fall breakfast.

1. Wash and peel 500 grams of pumpkin. Cut it into thin slices. Then wash 300 grams of apples and remove the core. Also chop it into small pieces.
2. Place the resulting pieces on a baking sheet, alternating layers in random order.
3. Next, dilute 200 grams of honey in 100 ml of water and pour this mixture over the pumpkin and apples.
4. Bake at minimum temperature for one and a half to 2 hours.
5. Before serving, the dish must be sprinkled with cinnamon.

Pumpkin puree soup

This delicate, creamy soup can be served for dinner; for this you need to prepare:

• 700 g pumpkin puree;
• 10 grams of chopped fresh parsley;
• 200 grams of chopped onion;
• ½ small spoon of thyme;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• 5 pcs black peppercorns;
• ½ cup whipped cream.

Heat the puree, salt, onion, thyme, garlic and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 30 minutes. Then puree the soup in small batches (1 cup at a time) using a food processor or blender.

Then return everything to the pan and bring to a boil again. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes, uncovered. Stir in whipped cream, pour soup into bowls and garnish with parsley.

Each serving of soup contains only 114 kcal.

Baked pumpkin with meat

This dish is made from the following ingredients:

• meat (veal, beef) – 400 g;
• pumpkin – 600 gr;
• ground paprika - ½ small spoon;
• ground coriander - a pinch;
• olive oil – 50 ml;
• water – 150 ml.

Vegetables and meat should be cut into medium-sized cubes. The pumpkin is fried a little in oil and transferred to a container, then the meat should be fried in the same oil.

In one bowl, mix both products and season with spices. Transfer the entire mixture into a fireproof dish, pour hot water into the bottom and cover tightly with foil.

Place in the oven for 50 minutes at 180˚C.

Lenten pumpkin cutlets

These cutlets are suitable for breakfast or as an evening snack.

First of all, they are very easy to prepare, for this you will need:

• 550 g pumpkin,
• 350 grams of potatoes,
• 1 piece of onion,
• 2 cloves of garlic,
• a bunch of greenery,
• ground black pepper and salt as desired.

You should also prepare 150 grams of breadcrumbs and oat or wheat flour (as needed).

Grate the pumpkin and potatoes on the finest grater, salt and leave for 10 minutes so that the vegetables release their juice.

Subsequently, all the liquid should be drained and the mass of vegetables should be slightly squeezed out of excess juice. This must be done so that you do not have to add a large amount of flour.

Next, add spices and garlic to the minced meat. It can be paprika, suneli hops or any others, according to your own taste. While thoroughly mixing the mixture, you need to add flour so that the mixture acquires sufficient viscosity.

Form small cutlets, roll them in breadcrumbs and fry for 2 minutes in a frying pan.

Place the resulting cutlets in a heat-resistant form and cook at 200˚ for about 20 minutes.

Pumpkin stuffed with shrimp

An exquisite dish that can surprise any guest.

You will need : 1 pumpkin, 0.5 kg of shrimp, 1 onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 hot pepper, 4 tomatoes, a bunch of cilantro, 150 g of cream cheese, vegetable oil, salt and pepper to taste.

Cooking . Cut off the top of the pumpkin, remove the seeds, wrap it in foil and bake in an oven preheated to 180°C for 40-50 minutes, placing it on a baking sheet with the cut side down. Heat oil in a frying pan, fry chopped onion, add salt. Add the pressed garlic, hot pepper and fry for another 3-4 minutes. Add peeled shrimp and fry for a minute. Then add chopped tomatoes, salt and pepper. Simmer, stirring, for about 5 minutes, then remove the pan from the heat, sprinkle with chopped cilantro and stir. Place the cream cheese into the baked pumpkins, spreading it along the sides, fill with the vegetable mixture and shrimp and bake for another 20 minutes.

Chicken salad with pumpkin

1. To prepare it, you need to take 1 piece of chicken fillet, rinse it, and place it in a pan with water. Boil for 20 minutes with bay leaf and allspice (3 pcs). Cut the finished fillet into cubes.
2. Take an onion, peel it and cut it first into 4 parts, and then each slice in half. Place it on a baking sheet, pour 5 grams of olive oil and place a sprig of rosemary on top.
3. Now take the pumpkin, peel and chop into 1 cm thick squares, also place on a baking sheet. Sprinkle it with fennel seeds, paprika and chopped garlic (1 piece).
4. Place the baking sheet in the oven, preheated to 180˚, for half an hour.
5. This salad should be seasoned with a special sauce, which can be made by mixing olive oil (35 ml), soy sauce (20 ml) and a small spoon of lemon juice.
6. Next, take 2 tomatoes and cut them into thin slices.
7. Add chicken fillet, pumpkin and onion, which is previously separated into petals.
8. Pour the dressing over the salad and sprinkle with pine nuts (15 g) and finely chopped parsley (20 g).

Hearty pumpkin soups

Lenten pumpkin soup

For a liter of broth, take 1 onion with 1 stalk of celery. Lower the vegetables when the salted water boils.

While the broth is cooking, fry 1 chopped onion in olive oil, then, here, 2 carrots cut into large cubes. After 5 min. add pumpkin cubes (400 g), fry, then simmer covered for 15 minutes.

Grind the vegetables that have become soft in a blender, add salt, broth and flavor with cream. Warm slightly without boiling and you're done. For decoration, prepare pumpkin chips.

Combined soup with pumpkin

Cut 1 kg of pumpkin into small pieces, mix in olive oil, adding thyme, and bake at 200 degrees. At this time, pour olive oil into a pan, heat and simmer for 5 minutes. chopped leeks, then add salt, nutmeg and paprika.

After 1 min. pour in hot chicken broth (6 cups) and wait until it boils. Place the pumpkin pieces here, cook for 10 minutes, then grind into a puree. Season with corn kernels (100 g), crab meat (300 g), ground black pepper and cook for another 6 minutes.

Fry peeled boiled or raw shrimp (150 g) in olive oil, where the hot pepper was previously fried, and add to the soup.

Creamy pumpkin soup with chickpeas (lamb peas)

For the soup, one glass of peas is enough, which is soaked overnight in 4 glasses of water. In the morning, the chickpeas are washed and boiled for an hour and a half in 3 liters of water. Cut the pumpkin (50-100 g) and put it in a pan with chickpeas. Place cubes of 4 potatoes, 1 onion and 3 carrots there. When the vegetables are soft, puree and add salt, pepper and olive oil. In 10 minutes. Cook the cream soup is ready.

Pumpkin-curd casserole

Preparing the casserole will require 400 grams of baked pumpkin and 300 grams of cottage cheese.

1. Both ingredients must be ground and combined into one whole.
2. Add 2 eggs, 2 grams of baking powder, 100 grams of corn flour and 10 grams of vanilla sugar.
3. Mix the mixture well, add 2 grams of turmeric, ground nutmeg, cardamom and cinnamon, and then 150 grams of sugar.
4. Mix everything again and place in a special baking dish.
5. The casserole should be cooked for 30 minutes at 200˚C.

Cheese balls

Dietary pumpkin recipes allow you to use fermented milk products. If you can afford to eat hard cheese, make delicious balls. They perfectly satisfy hunger. This dish is prepared in a double boiler. Coarsely grate one hundred grams of pumpkin pulp and the same amount of hard cheese. Beat in the egg and mix. Add two tablespoons of flour, salt and spices. We achieve homogeneity of the dough. Then we divide it into balls the size of a nut. Cook them in a double boiler for a quarter of an hour. If the pumpkin is picked late in the fall, the time needs to be increased. Summer vegetables cook faster.

Pumpkin fritters

Required Products:

• 1 cup flour;
• 2 teaspoons baking powder;
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda;
• 5 g cinnamon;
• ¼ small spoon of ground ginger;
• 3 g salt;
• ½ cup cooked pureed pumpkin;
• 2 eggs;
• 1 glass of milk;
• 50 grams of soft butter;
• 30 g maple syrup + for serving;
• vegetable oil for making pancakes.

Start by combining flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt in a bowl. In a large bowl, combine pumpkin and oil.

Pour in the milk, maple syrup and eggs, then add the flour mixture. Beat the mixture until smooth; if the dough is too thick, add another 1-2 large spoons of milk.

Fry the pancakes in a large preheated frying pan with a small amount of vegetable oil. Serve maple syrup pancakes hot.

What to cook from pumpkin quickly and tasty

You will rarely meet a person who has not heard anything about tender and fragrant pumpkin pancakes . You can easily make them for dinner after work. It's elementary. The dough is prepared from grated pumpkin, milk, eggs, flour, and salt to taste. All ingredients are mixed in a blender, and then the pancakes are baked in a frying pan as usual.

Recently I can’t imagine life without pumpkin soup . My husband and child, who don’t really like soups, also eat it with pleasure. The most important thing is that you can prepare the soup completely without meat. It will be light and rich in vitamins and fiber. There are several favorite recipes. For example, I like autumn soup made from pumpkin pulp, onions, milk, herbs, white bread croutons, seasonings, and butter.

There is another great soup option for every day . It is prepared from pumpkin, potatoes, onions, garlic, carrots, leeks, salt, pepper, seasonings, vegetable oil, fish broth.

For speed, I cook the soup in a slow cooker. It turns out to be very light and dietary - ideal for those who are watching their weight and health.

My child never liked porridge until I dug up a recipe with pumpkin. Everything is prepared simply: from pumpkin, milk, millet, sugar, raisins, water, butter. The porridge turns out tasty, sweet and nutritious - an exemplary children's dish.

You can quickly and deliciously prepare pumpkin dishes in the oven . And instead of candy, my child and I love pumpkin dessert. It is healthy and no less sweet. Prepared from pumpkin, honey, dates, apples, raisins, walnuts, melted butter.

You can make a variety of pies with pumpkin. The dough will consist of regular flour, eggs, sugar, sour cream, baking powder. Pumpkin pulp is grated or crushed in a blender.

Pumpkin pie

You can make a quick pumpkin pie using this recipe:

• mix sifted flour (1.5 cups) with oatmeal or rye flour (30 g), 80 g sugar, 3 g salt, a pinch of ground ginger and the same amount of cinnamon. Add 0.5 small spoon of soda slaked with vinegar, 1 egg and 20 grams of vegetable oil;
• add 200 grams of pumpkin puree to the dough and stir well;
• Place the dough in the mold and bake for 20 minutes at 200˚C, and then leave in the oven to cool for the same amount of time.

Pumpkin cheesecake in pumpkin

Try making this delicious dessert at least once!

You will need : 4 small pumpkins, 220 g cream cheese, 65 g sugar, 2 eggs, 80 g pumpkin puree, 1 tsp. vanillin, 0.5 tsp. ground cinnamon, 0.5 tsp. ground cloves, whipped cream and cookies for decoration.

Cooking . Cut off the top of the pumpkins, remove seeds, fibers and some pulp. In a bowl, mix cheese, sugar, egg and egg yolk from another egg. Add pumpkin puree, vanilla, cinnamon and cloves and stir. Fill the pumpkins with the mixture, place them on a greased baking sheet and bake in an oven preheated to 175 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Cool the finished cheesecakes and decorate with cookie crumbs and whipped cream.

Mannik with pumpkin and orange

Main components:

• semolina – 175 g;
• orange – 1 piece;
• water – 150 g;
• sugar – 115 g;
• vanilla sugar – 10 g;
• salt - a pinch;
• peeled pumpkin – 500 g;
• flour – 60 g;
• soda – 5 g;
• vegetable oil – 60 gr.

Cut the pumpkin into large pieces and bake in the oven, then mash with a fork.

Then, in a separate bowl, combine water, semolina, orange juice and zest. Add sugar, vanilla and salt there. Mix everything and leave for 30 minutes.

Add pumpkin puree to the resulting mixture and mix everything again.

Now you need to add flour, soda and vegetable oil and knead the dough.

The resulting mixture should be poured into the prepared baking dish and placed in the oven (170˚C) for 45 minutes.

Pumpkin bread

Recipes for dietary pumpkin dishes for weight loss do not exclude baking.

Pumpkin is one of the few vegetables that can be used for desserts.

To reduce the calories in pumpkin baked goods and increase their health benefits, use yogurt instead of butter and replace white flour with unbleached whole wheat flour.

To make pumpkin bread you need:

• 1 cup of sugar;
• 2 egg whites;
• a third of a glass of low-fat yogurt or kefir;
• 1.3 cups chopped pumpkin;
• a quarter cup of vegetable oil;
• 1 cup wheat flour;
• 3/4 cup whole wheat flour;
• half tsp baking powder;
• 1 tsp. cinnamon;
• half a tsp. soda and salt.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Grease a rectangular baking pan and sprinkle with flour. In a large bowl, beat the sugar and egg whites. Add yogurt, pumpkin, oil. Separately, mix flour with baking powder, soda, salt and cinnamon. Slowly stir this mixture into the pumpkin-egg mixture. Bake for 45 minutes, check with a dry wooden stick for doneness.

A 2cm thick slice of pumpkin bread contains 167 calories.

Candied pumpkin

You need to prepare 2 kg of pumpkin, 500 grams of sugar, 1 lemon and 1 orange.

1. The pumpkin is peeled and cut into small slices (10 - 20 mm).
2. Add sugar and add lemon and orange slices. They are cut straight with the zest.
3. All ingredients are left to soak for 12 hours.
4. Then the mixture should be brought to a boil and set aside again for 12 hours.
5. Repeat the process one more time, then drain the juice and place the candied fruits on a baking sheet in the dryer or oven with the door open (100˚C - 160˚C).
6. You can simply drink the remaining juice by diluting it with water.

Paste

PP sweets are not prohibited if they are prepared correctly. For healthy marshmallows you need to take:

• pumpkin pulp - 2 kg;
• apple - 2 pieces;
• honey - 300 g;
• cinnamon - 1 tsp;
• vanilla;
• grated ginger - 1 tsp;
• olive oil - 3 tsp.

The dessert is prepared quickly:

1. Peeled and cored apples and pumpkin pulp are ground in a blender or meat grinder to a puree.
2. The mixture is placed in an enamel pan, honey, cinnamon, vanilla, ginger are added and mixed thoroughly.
3. The baking sheet is covered with parchment and greased with olive oil.
4. Pour a thin layer of puree and spread it in a thin layer - the smaller it is, the sooner the delicacy will be ready.

But they dry the puree in the sun for three days. The baking sheet is placed in a well-ventilated place, and the dishes are covered with gauze on top. If this is not possible, then use an oven preheated to 60 °C. Drying lasts 6 hours with the door slightly open.

When the plate dries, it is cut into pieces and rolled into tubes. Store the pastille in a closed container.

Oatmeal pumpkin cookies

Cookies can be not only tasty, but also healthy if you prepare them according to the following recipe:

• take a separate bowl and combine in it 100 grams of pumpkin puree, 130 grams of sugar, 60 ml of vegetable oil, half a small spoon of cinnamon, the same amount of ginger, a pinch of salt and 1 egg. Mix everything until smooth;
• Add 200 grams of oatmeal, 5 grams of baking powder and 170 grams of flour to the resulting composition. Mix everything again and leave the dough. This time is necessary for the flakes to swell;
• Take a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and spoon out small portions, forming future cookies. Place the pan in the oven for 20 minutes at 180˚.

For those who love homemade baking, take note of 8 healthy oatmeal cookie recipes.

What are the benefits of pumpkin?

During the period of weight loss, it is necessary to obtain the nutrients necessary for the body at this time from dishes prepared according to special recipes. Pumpkin has a rich set of vitamins and beneficial microelements combined with low calorie content.

The presence of a small amount of calories per 100 product in a healthy vegetable will be beneficial in losing weight due to the large amount of water it contains. Proper preparation of dishes containing the product helps preserve the substance, which accelerates metabolism in the body. The benefits of accelerating the process will manifest itself in burning excess weight and preventing the appearance of new fat deposits.

Pumpkin contains substances and vitamins that benefit the body:

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• potassium;
• calcium;
• pectin;
• magnesium;
• iron;
• zinc;
• useful acids;
• vitamins A, B, C, E, D, K, PP, T.

The beneficial components of the fruit help the body resist harmful environmental influences. The benefits of consuming the product during weight loss are manifested in an increase in the defense mechanism and restoration of strength.

An important advantage of the dishes, in addition to their taste, is that they help cleanse the body of toxins through the fiber contained in the vegetable. Pumpkin has a positive effect on the digestive system.

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Not only the pulp brings benefits, but also the seeds, which are rich in:

• vegetable protein;
• healthy oil;
• Omega 3, 6 fatty acids.

Useful properties are used in diets for cancer and heart problems.

Pumpkin pancakes

Everything you need to make pancakes:

• 1 cup flour;
• 200 ml kefir;
• 1.5 glasses of water;
• 2 eggs;
• 200 g pumpkin;
• 20 ml vegetable oil;
• a pinch of salt;
• 3 large spoons of sugar.

Beat the eggs into a deep bowl and pour in the kefir and butter. Using a whisk, stir everything until the mixture is homogeneous. Then add flour (rye, corn, buckwheat or oatmeal) and knead the dough.

After this, you can add water until the dough structure reaches the desired consistency.

Grate the pumpkin on a fine grater and add to the general mixture, stir and fry until golden brown on both sides.

Pumpkin with sweet dried fruit filling

Filled with spicy dried fruits, pumpkin is a great light and healthy dessert.

You will need : 1 pumpkin, 2 cups of dried fruits and nuts (dried cranberries, raisins, dried apricots, walnuts), 45 g of sugar, 180 ml of apple juice, 2 tbsp. butter, 2 cinnamon sticks, 0.5 tsp. ground nutmeg, 4 buds of cloves.

Cooking . In a deep bowl, combine dried fruits, nuts, sugar, butter and spices. Cut off the top of the pumpkin, remove seeds and fibers. Fill the prepared pumpkin with the filling, add apple juice, cover with the cut top and place in an oven preheated to 180°C for 2 hours. The pumpkin is ready when it becomes soft.