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It’s fall – crisp air, colored leaves, jackets, ice hockey, and — yes, pumpkin.
Not sure what it is but all of us who like to bake (and eat) really seem to gravitate towards recipes that highlight this wonderful squash.
Well, for all of you pumpkin lovers out there, do I have a roundup of wonderful, whole foods recipes from all around the internet — for you!
Of course, pumpkin tastes great, but if you’ve been hanging out on my Facebook page, you might recall that I highlighted the Health Benefits of Pumpkin recently. If you aren’t a Facebook fan, you should head over there now and become one. I really just have so much good stuff I like to share with you all and I just don’t have time to post daily – so Facebook gives me the opportunity to connect and share so much more 
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What are the Health Benefits of Pumpkin?
Pumpkin is high in:
- carotenoids
- protein (the pumpkin seeds are, so if you are using the whole pumpkin, save those seeds . We even make pumpkin seed butter regularly. It’s high in zinc as well.)
- EFA’s (essential fatty acids)
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin C
- Magnesium
- Potassium
- Zinc
- Fiber
Health Benefits Include:
- Prostate Cancer
- Anti-Inflammatory Effect
- Great on Your Skin
- Prevents Kidney Stones
- Depression
- Treatment of Parasites
- Diuretics
(source)
Now that you feel good about eating pumpkin, here are some great recipes to keep you healthy and full throughout the fall!
I am so glad to introduce you to this great culinary genius from around the blogosphere .
Healthy Pumpkin Recipes
Instant GAPS Pumpkin Pudding – Empowered Sustenance
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bars – Chocolate Covered Katie
Pumpkin Pie Smoothie – The Prairie Homestead
Pumpkin Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake – Sweetly Raw
Pumpkin Fudge – The Coconut Mama
Yum! Use my Homemade Coconut Butter for these!
Chocolate Pumpkin Digestives - Green Gourmet Giraffe
Pumpkin Gingersnap Chia Breakfast Parfaits – Healthful Pursuit
Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Warm Caramel Sauce - Diet, Dessert, and Dogs
Ricki is a genius at candida-friendly cooking. This recipe, I think, could easily be adapted to be fine if you use my DIY Condensed Dairy Free Milk!
Chocolate Pumpkin Whoopie Pies - also from Diet, Dessert, and Dogs
This is a totally candida-friendly post, typical of Ricki’s genius. OK – have I told you enough how much I love her creations ?
Pumpkin Pie Cookies - The Detoxinista
Pumpkin Cranberry Smoothie – Tessa the Domestic Diva
Pumpkin Kiss Cookies - Cavegirl Cuisine
I would try to sub something for the dates in these – but had to share them!
White Chocolate Pumpkin Butter Cups - Almonds & Avocados
5 Ingredient Pumpkin Fudge - Oatmeal with a Fork
Pumpkin Cake Bars – This Chick Cooks
Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls – Real Sustenance
Pumpkin Pie Bites with Maple Coconut Whipped Cream - The Tasty Alternative
Pumpkin Mousse Cake - Veggie Nook
And here are some Pumpkin Creations from my blog. (I hope to have 1-2 more coming soon !)
Soft Pumpkin Cookies
We think these taste like Enjoy Life Brand Cookies – and they’re super easy!
Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
One of our family’s favorites!
Well, I think that should be plenty to have you ready for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and all the pumpkin baking that your heart might desire.
Which recipe(s) is/are your favorite?
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This quite a roundup of TOO many tempting things! I would make pretty much every single one of these recipes!! Thanks Adrienne!
That’s how I felt as I saw these over the past few weeks….you all are just too talented
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Great roundup, Adrienne–and thanks so much for including my recipe! I would love to try all of these if I could.
I’m going to try to revamp that pumpkin bread pudding to be ACD friendly. In the meantime, I’ve got pumpkin-shaped whoopie pies I can eat on my blog this week. 
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You know, I did see those pies- I’ll try to put a link in for you
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Twitter: rickiheller
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You’re too sweet (in an ACD-friendly way, of course!!).
Thanks for adding the pies. xo
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Very funny. You are so welcome. My son thinks your pies are adorable and is now begging me to make them
. How did you get that interesting pattern inside of the cakes?
Twitter: rickiheller
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I had to go look again to see what you meant! That’s just the natural shape of the mini bundt pans–they’re sort of like fluted donuts, so the center is just where the frosting went into the donut “hole”.
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Neat! I’ll have to look for something like that – what fun!!
Thanks for doing the research for these, always looking for new things to make, pinned for the future.
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great round up – have just been following up some of the recipes and love the ideas – thanks for including mine in the group – pleased to see the digestives in such good company
Thanks for including my flourless cake bars, Adrienne. Have a good one!
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Impresive list – can’t wait to try some of these – just polished off the last of my frozen pumpkin from last year… Those things really produce!
Blessings
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Really? You can grow pumpkins? You seriously need to come and help me garden
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I can’t wait to try some of these. SOoo delicious.I needed motivation to make some yummy treats with pumpkin! This should do the trick!
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Thanks for including my coconut pie bites, Adrienne. I am LOVING all these great fall round-ups. I am always so inspired to bake and cook when the weather cools down. Finally feels like fall here in my neck of the woods!
Hugs,
–Amber
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Wow! And I have four pumpkins sitting in my kitchen just waiting to be used. This looks like a wonderful list. I think I will enlist my children in helping me pick.
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What a fabulous round up! I adore pumpkin this time of year. Thank you for sharing this post with us
I am getting ready to make some pumpkin cookies with my 3 kiddos and was looking for a healhty recipe. Looks like I came to the right place!
Thanks so much for sharing!
Yum! Thanks for all the great ideas!
My family likes Pumpkin Cornbread.
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Stopping by from Titus 2sday…what a great recipe resource! I bought some extra pumpkins to turn into puree, so I can’t wait to make some of these! Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks for compiling this great list…I see quite a few that I need to check out. Bless you
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Thanks for pulling together all these great recipes!
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Thanks for sharing this! Great round up!
What a great round-up
I can’t even start to choose what to make first
What a fabulous collection of recipes, I want to try them all! Hope you are having a great fall weekend and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
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Hi Adrienne!
I thought you may be interested in another pumpkin dessert. I made this a few weeks ago and it was incredible! A must try
have a great day!
Http://www.bullfrogsandbulldogs.com/pumpkin-parfait/
That looks amazing! I’ll try to remember to share on my FB page later – yum!!!
Oh wow, I just love the flavor of pumpkin!
I love pumpkin, so I can’t wait to check some of these out!