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Five Perfect Pumpkin Recipes and #CookBlogShare week 40

By Jacqui Bellefontaine 12 Comments

There is no denying it. Autumn has well and truly arrived and with autumn comes pumpkins so this week’s #CookBlogShare roundup includes 5 perfect pumpkin recipes.#CookBlogShare collage

I don’t know about you, but I do love the Autumn. Perhaps it is because I was an Autumn baby but I think its more to do with the fact that I love Autumn foods. Cosy and comforting, but still lighter than the full on dishes of winter. A nod towards colder, leaner days ahead but still not fully letting go of summer.  Each sunny day of autumn is all the more valued for the fact we know there are not so many of them ahead and the light at this time of year always seems to have a special quality. Yes, I am happy to embrace Autumn and of course, it also means even more baking which, in my mind, is never a bad thing.

Pumpkin has always played a big part in Autumn foods in the States but now we Brits too seem to be fully embracing pumpkin as part of our Autumn menus.  Just a few years back when I wrote my recipe for Pumpkin soup which is one of my early Recipes Made Easy Posts (excuse the dodgy iphone photos), I quoted how much pumpkin was thrown away each year when Jack o lantern are made. What a waste!  Well, there’s no need for that anymore as there are plenty of pumpkin recipes on the web and last week we had no less than 5 pumpkin recipes linked up to #CookBlogShare. I’m also delighted to see that each year we are gradually seeing more and more different varieties of pumpkin and squashes available, many of which are really delicious.  If you are not yet convinced try one of these delicious pumpkin recipes. I’m sure you will soon change your mind.

Five Perfect Pumpkin Recipes

Kicking off, Lost in Food shared their  Spicy Pumpkin soup and some fabulous pictures of pumpkins and squashes in all sorts of shapes and sizes. As a result I now find myself wanting to dive into a bowl of steaming pumpkin soup as right now I’m feeling a little chilly.

spicy pumpkin soup garnished with chilli

Next,  for  a main dish we have a Pumpkin Stew with Chick Peas and Morrocan Spices from Searching for Spice. This vegan stew is full of flavour and warmly spiced.  A great vegetarian one-pot meal that freezes well and is easy to prepare. Sounds good to me.

bowl of pumpkin and chick pea stew

On the sweet side we have these  Gluten Free Pumpkin Pasties With Butterbeer Frosting from Domestic Deadline. Inspired by the Harry potter movies these pumpkin shaped pasties are filled with a mixture of pumpkin puree and cream cheese.

plate of pumpkin pasties

Or if its cake you are after, why not try this Healthy Pumpkin Cake with Dark Chocolate Drizzle from Everyday Healthy Recipes. “There is more pumpkin in this recipe than flour and certainly more than fat and sugar put together.  This means that the cake is high in fibre and vitamins A and C, as well as potassium (all thanks to the pumpkin). Pumpkin is also very low in calories.” I don’t know about you but I’m sold!

slice of pumpkin cake on plate

And finally, if you have a spoonful or so of pumpkin puree left over from other recipes, you could make a warming Homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte from Something Sweet, Something Savoury and you will be saving money too as its much cheaper than buying it from a coffee shop chain.glass of pumpkin spice latte with ingredients behind

Linking up this week?

A little reminder that we have a new #CookBlogShare badge (code below). The #CookBlogShare team would love it if you can take the time to make sure you are using the new badge.

#COOKBLOGSHARE WEEK 40

And now to this week Linky

Non-bloggers – skip to the bottom of the page and click on the thumbnails that catch your eye to take you to the website where the recipe can be found. Remember they will be added to as the week goes on so don’t forget to pop back and take a look again later.

Bloggers –  I will make sure I find the time to visit every post linked up this week, pin the recipes to our #CookBlogShare group board and tweet the recipes. If you wish, you can tweet me a link to your recipe  @jacdotbee as well as (if you have room on the tweet!) my co-hosts  Eb @easypeasyfoodie and Monika @MonikasRecipes, using the #CookBlogShare hashtag and we will retweet them.

I will also comment on as many recipes as possible. Even if I do not have the time to comment on your post please rest assured, I really appreciate you taking the time to link your recipes and share others, we love having you as part of our fabulous #CookBlogShare community.

You can link up any foodie posts you have. Both old and new posts are welcome as long as they have not been linked to #CookBlogShare before. All you need to do is:

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  • Plus comment on either this post or one of the posts labelled HOST in the linky.

 

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I can’t wait to see what you’ve all been cooking!

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Next week (9th October) # CookBlogShare will be on Everyday Healthy Recipes to see where to find #CookBlogShare after that click here we have two guests hosts coming up so do make sure to visit them.

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  1. Michelle Frank | Flipped-Out Food says

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    OMG, so funny: I’m writing one of my cornerstone content posts (thanks, Productive Blogging!) and it’s just full of “dodgy iPhone shots”. LOL! I also adore autumn and all the comfort food that comes with it. I’m not a rah-rah pumpkin spice everything fan, but I do love recipes with in-season pumpkin and squash. And the fact that there’s a pumpkin spice latte recipe in this post makes me giggle: I’ll have to try it, because I’m sure it’s 50x more fab than the offering from that establishment that seems to populate every other street corner in every developed nation in the world. 😛

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    • Jacqui Bellefontaine says

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      I’m sure you are right about the latte. Pumpkin spice is not really such a thing here the nearest we have is mixed spice but thanks to the net and multinational companies its becoming more of a thing

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  2. Mandy says

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    I’m loving all the pumpkin recipes out there at the moment – so much inspiration!

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    • Jacqui Bellefontaine says

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      me too

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  3. Corina Blum says

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    Thanks so much for featuring my pumpkin stew Jacqui! I have to admit that until a few years ago I’d never cooked anything with pumpkin either but now I love using it at this time of year.

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    • Jacqui Bellefontaine says

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      It looked delicous

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  4. Cat | Curly's Cooking says

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    I love pumpkin recipes so I can see why you chose these for your round up!

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    • Jacqui Bellefontaine says

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      i know they all looked so tasty it was an easy decision

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  5. Monika Dabrowski says

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    Thank you so much for including me in the roundup! This season would be so dreary if it wasn’t for pumpkin. I am planning another pumpkin recipe soon.

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    • Jacqui Bellefontaine says

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      I love pumpkin so I look forward to seeing your next recipe Monika

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  6. Jo Allison / Jo's Kitchen Larder says

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    I’m so with you Jacqui! Autumn, especially on sunny days and with all the colours, must be the most beautiful season and the food is just fantastic. Pumpkin is so great and versatile in both sweet and savoury dishes and the collection of recipes in your round up looks very tasty indeed! 🙂

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    • Jacqui Bellefontaine says

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      Thanks Jo

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