Seasonal Sundays (Week 44) Pumpkin Heaven

Happy Halloween circa 2020, all! To celebrate, I've pulled together an entire patch of pumpkin recipes. (Can one ever have too many?) Here's the chance to turn your own kitchen into pumpkin heaven ...

~ Skip Straight to the Good Stuff ~

Welcome to Seasonal Sundays ...

Broken record here ...

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PICK ONE

Pick One is for those of us overwhelmed by life's unending choices. If that resonates, then check out this one recipe and then call it a day. It's one that I think could make the most difference, the one I hope will become a regular in your kitchen, as it is in mine.

• THE RECIPE Perfect Whole Wheat Pumpkin Muffins So healthy! So adaptable! Stays fresh for days too.
• ANOTHER TAKE Gingerbread Muffins Low-fat and low-calorie molasses-y muffins with a moist and delicate crumb.

Something for Supper

• THE RECIPE Fall Stew Baked in a Whole Pumpkin A whole pumpkin filled with a tomatillo-hominy stew.
• ANOTHER TAKE Winter Stew A master recipe, cook with confidence, no recipe required.

• THE RECIPE Supper Casserole with Pumpkin & Green Chile Cornbread Topping
• ANOTHER TAKE Hamburger Casserole Weeknight comfort food lightened up.

Something for the Slow Cooker

• THE RECIPE Slow Cooker Sweet Potato (or Pumpkin or Butternut Squash) Grits My healthy substitute for mac 'n' cheese.
• ANOTHER TAKE Microwave Green Chili Cheese Grits Two quick 'n' easy secrets for creamy grits.

Back-Pocket Recipe

We all keep certain recipes in our virtual back pockets, right? We might not need them right this minute but recognize their usefulness in our recipe repertoires.

• THE RECIPE Pumpkin Cheesecake A five-star dessert, full-size or mini.
• ANOTHER TAKE Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars So pretty on a plate!

Fun for Kids & Loved by Grownups

• THE RECIPE Baked Pumpkin Donuts & Donut Holes
• ANOTHER TAKE Pumpkin Pancakes

Meal Prep

• THE RECIPE Sweet Pumpkin Seed Crumbles Crunchy clumps of honey-sweetened oats and pumpkin seeds, more nut brittle than granola.
• ANOTHER TAKE Pumpkin Granola Lightly sweetened, gently spiced with our favorite fall spices.

Fall Classics

• THE RECIPE Honey Pumpkin Pie Sweetened with honey, not processed sugar.
• ANOTHER TAKE No-Bake Pumpkin Cream Pie Part pie, part cheesecake in a gingersnap crust.

Something New to You? A Challenge!

It's one thing to know what we like. It's another to get caught in a rut of repetition. Every so often, I may offer a challenge to try something that just might be new. The challenge is yours to accept – or y'know, not – but I hope to pique your palate!

• THE RECIPE Homemade Kabocha Squash "Pumpkin" Purée How and why to make pumpkin purée not from pumpkin from kabocha squash.
• ANOTHER TAKE Slow Cooker Caramelized Onions Extra-special with a little brown sugar and a little sherry.

Simple Sweets

• THE RECIPE Autumn Pumpkin Bread My forever recipe, forever and ever.
• ANOTHER TAKE Shhh Banana Bread Delicious, low-fat banana bread.

• THE RECIPE Zucchini Bread with Pumpkin A season-crossing quick bread with a healthy makeover.
• ANOTHER TAKE Zucchini Bread with Carrot & Candied Ginger A classic quick bread, streaked with carrot and studded with candied ginger.

• THE RECIPE Pumpkin Bars Quick and easy, filled with fall spices.
• ANOTHER TAKE Snickerdoodle Bars Snickerdoodle flavors with the firm, chewy texture of blondies.

Trending

My Top 10 Recipes are predictable, hello Ripe Bananas for Baking: How Ripe Should Bananas Be? and How to Roast a Whole Butternut Squash. But every week, seasonal recipes catch the internet's attention and start to trend.

• THE RECIPE How to Roast a Whole Pumpkin
• ANOTHER TAKE How to Roast a Whole Butternut Squash

• THE RECIPE Roasted Butternut Squash & Apple Unexpected layers of flavor and color, a very pretty dish.
• ANOTHER TAKE Steamed Butternut Squash in a Collapsible Steamer Basket

• THE RECIPE Whole Pumpkin Baked with Custard
• ANOTHER TAKE Stuffed Pumpkin with Apple & Cranberry

What's New?!

• THE RECIPE Potato Soup Lightened with cauliflower.
• ANOTHER TAKE Quick Cauliflower Soup or Quick Broccoli Soup Healthful veggie soups on the table in minutes.

• THE RECIPE Baked Apples Fall's best apples baked in a warm apple-flavored browns-sugar sauce.
• ANOTHER TAKE Cinnamon Apples Festive color for the holiday table.

Just Updated!

• THE RECIPE How to Cook Sweet Potatoes in a Slow Cooker
• ANOTHER TAKE Baked Sweet Potatoes
• AND ONE MORE Delicious Microwave Sweet Potato

• THE RECIPE Asian Carrot & Sesame Salad
• ANOTHER TAKE Carrot & Daikon Refrigerator Pickle

Text Me Back!

I'd love to hear from you. Comment, send me a quick e-mail via recipes@kitchen-parade.com, dot-dash in Morse code, build a fire for smoke signals, launch a message in a bottle, send a Christmas letter, get the dog to yip, toss me a note wrapped in a rubberband, write a message in the sky, scratch a note in the sand, listen to a seashell, whatever.

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Kitchen Parade is written by second-generation food columnist Alanna Kellogg and features fresh, seasonal dishes for every-day healthful eating and occasional indulgences. Quick Suppers are Kitchen Parade favorites and feature recipes easy on the budget, the clock, the waistline and the dishwasher. Do you have a favorite recipe that other Kitchen Parade readers might like? Just send me a quick e-mail via recipes@kitchen-parade.com. How to print a Kitchen Parade recipe. Never miss a recipe! If you like this recipe, sign up for a free e-mail subscription. If you like Kitchen Parade, you're sure to like my food blog about vegetable recipes, too, A Veggie Venture. If you make this recipe, I'd love to know your results! Just leave a comment below.

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