PUMPKIN EVERYTHING! 60-179 calorie recipes.

RachaelStJ

I'm on a crazy pumpkin kick (who isn't this time of year) and I went and found some delicious pumpkin recipes! I made pumpkin cake bars last night, as well as pumpkin cookies (although they taste more like little loaves of pumpkin bread, still delicious!) Tonight, I'm making 70 calorie protein bars pumpkin protein bites. Here they all are! Let me know how yours turn out, if you make any. :drinker:
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Pumpkin Cookies (That taste like little loaves of pumpkin bread!)
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 15-18 minutes
Yields: About 32 cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup of whole wheat flour
1 cup of all purpose flour
1 cup of white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice
1/8 teaspoon of sea salt
1/2 cup of unsweetened apple sauce
1 teaspoon of almond extract (you can use vanilla if you prefer)
1 cup of canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
Cooking spray
Directions:

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a cookie sheet with cooking spray.
Cream sugars, applesauce, pumpkin and almond extract together.
In another bowl, mix flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spice. Once mixed, add to the wet stff. (Yep, that’s what she said).
Form little blobs and bake for 15 – 18 minutes, or until browned.
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Pumpkin Protein Bars
I calculated it out to 65 calories, 9 grams of protein and 2 grams of sugar!

Ingredients:
1 cup pumpkin puree
6 egg whites
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 scoops vanilla protein powder (approx 100 cals and 20 grams of protein per scoop, I use Bioplex)
4 Tbsp coconut flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ginger
1-2 tsp powdered stevia (such as Nu Naturals)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix wet ingredients (egg whites, pumpkin and vanilla); set aside.
In another bowl, combine dry ingredients. Whisk dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Mix with an electric mixer.
Pour mixture into a greased 8x8 baking dish. Bake at 20-30 minutes.
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Oatmeal Pumpkin Protein Bites

Ingredients:
1.5 cups Rolled Oats
1/4 cup nut butter
1/4 cup local honey
1/2 cup pureed pumpkin
1/2 cup pureed apples
1/2 mashed ripe banana
3 scoops vanilla protein powder (Again, I use Bioplex!)
2 Tbsp pumpkin spice
1 tsp Cinnamon
**Optional - raisins, nuts, date, chocolate chips

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Toast oats for 10 minutes as you mix rest of ingredients.
Mix wet ingredients. Add dry ingredients in, one at a time.
Spread mix into greased 8x8 baking dish.
Bake for 20-25 minutes.
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Low-Fat Pumpkin Cake Bars
Yields: About 16 cake bars

Ingredients:

For the cake:
•1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
•2/3 cup low-fat Greek yogurt
•1 teaspoon vanilla extract
•4 egg whites
•1 teaspoon baking soda
•1 cup white sugar
•3 teaspoons baking powder
•2 cups all-purpose flour
•1/2 teaspoon of salt
•2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
•Cooking spray

For the frosting:
•5 ounces light cream cheese
•1 cup powdered sugar
•1 teaspoon vanilla
•1/4 cup toasted almonds, chopped

Directions:
1.To make the cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8 x 8-inch glass cake plate with cooking spray.
2.Mix pumpkin, yogurt, vanilla, egg whites and sugar well in a large mixing bowl. Once combined, add in baking soda, baking powder, flour, salt and pumpkin pie spice until fully mixed.
3.Bake for about 30 minutes, or until cake comes out dry when inserted with a toothpick.
4.To make the frosting: Mix cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla together. Once cake has cooled, frost and garnish with toasted almonds.

LauraBalyk

YUM! ! ! ! !

Thanks for posting now I want pumpkin everything too haha

Rosieannaxo

I'm totally making those cake bars tomorrow

kelly_c_77

Bump!!!!!

FixIngMe13

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JilloftheDead

Pumpkin coffee syrup.. it is yum!
http://thehappyhealthfreak.com/2013/09/18/homemade-pumpkin-coffee-syrup-and-so-the-obsession-continues/

zumbalinda22

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DudeistPriest

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FoxyLifter

thanks!! :drinker:

la8ydi

Oooooh yum!

IndigoFlowers

YUM

massdiet

Has anyone tried Trader Joes Pumpkin soup. Low in calories and low salt because I am getting tired of miso soup.

Txnurse97

bump so I can come back to it later!

JilloftheDead

Roasted pumpkin seeds

I have some currently soaking that I'll dry out overnight and bake tomorrow

BeckyLF05

Just ran out of Pumpkin Muffins! I love me some pumpkin this time of year! Thanks for sharing!:flowerforyou:

jerber160

I'm kinda ticked off. I was at my local specialty grocery store this morning and they didn't have any cooking pumpkins. Plenty to carve, none to eat. I guess I should ask youns. can I roast a 'carving pumpkin' sprinkle some salt on it and eat it??? I mean I know I CAN but is it as yummy as 'pie' pumpkins?

jerber160

Has anyone tried Trader Joes Pumpkin soup. Low in calories and low salt because I am getting tired of miso soup.

I have a recipe for Antiguan pumpkin soup from a bar called Hemingway's that is KILLER.. no pre-fab TJ's for me..

Contrarian

I'm kinda ticked off. I was at my local specialty grocery store this morning and they didn't have any cooking pumpkins. Plenty to carve, none to eat. I guess I should ask youns. can I roast a 'carving pumpkin' sprinkle some salt on it and eat it??? I mean I know I CAN but is it as yummy as 'pie' pumpkins?

No. Sorry.

GiddyupTim

Has anyone even eaten baked 'sugar' pumpkin, mashed, like squash? (It's gotta be a sugar pumpkin. Sometimes also called a pie pumpkin.)
It is absolutely amazing. They eat it in Africa a lot.
Cut the pumpkin in half and discard the stem part and the seeds.
Place the halves face down on a baking sheet and cover with aluminum foil.
Bake in a 375 degree F oven for about an hour and a half.
Scrape the soft flesh out of the skin and mash it, with a bit of butter and brown sugar. Or, just mash it plain.
It is absolutely amazing.
In Alexander McCall Smith's The Number One Lady Detective's Agency, the story's protagonist, Mma Precious Ramotswe, eats pumpkin a lot. I was curious about that. I am an American, and so I know that the pumpkin is indigenous to North America. When I read the book, and read the part about the pumpkin, I figured that was their word for some kind of African squash. So, I emailed the author. He responded. No, he said. It is the American pumpkin. The pumpkin is a common staple in many parts of southern Africa, he said.
We think it is limited to pies, and that the only edible pumpkin you can find comes in cans.
Not true. It is delish.

Lwillis1234

bump!

melfitnesspal13

bump - love pumpkin!

I sauté 1 tsp of olive oil, add 4 cloves of finely chopped garlic and cook until golden, add some fresh cilantro not chopped (to remove later if you don't like it)then I add 2-3 cups of diced peeled pumpkin. cook the pumpkin down a bit on low-med heat, season with salt, add about a half cup of water to keep the consistency creamy, continue to cook on low heat and cover for about 15 mins. It will be creamy but with consistency when done. Delicious as a side dish to poultry or fish. Also nice to mix with any type of pasta, which my favorite right now is the Barilla Pumpkin Pasta (dry). Enjoy!

xoeva

I'm kinda ticked off. I was at my local specialty grocery store this morning and they didn't have any cooking pumpkins. Plenty to carve, none to eat. I guess I should ask youns. can I roast a 'carving pumpkin' sprinkle some salt on it and eat it??? I mean I know I CAN but is it as yummy as 'pie' pumpkins?

Yes...we eat the same pumpkin we carve... cook it, peel it, freeze it, eat it or bake with it, cook it, make it into soup, etc... give it a try... they say the smaller the pumpkin the sweeter it is...but not always in my experience.

2bePhantasticallyfit

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TropicalFlowerz

yummy!

Chelz2013

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shartran

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aleishakrause

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipe/pumpkin-pie-smoothie

Pumpkin pie smoothie. DELICIOUS!!! Modify it to lower calories. 160 calories per serving.

INxFOCUSx2013

I'm on a crazy pumpkin kick (who isn't this time of year) and I went and found some delicious pumpkin recipes! I made pumpkin cake bars last night, as well as pumpkin cookies (although they taste more like little loaves of pumpkin bread, still delicious!) Tonight, I'm making 70 calorie protein bars pumpkin protein bites. Here they all are! Let me know how yours turn out, if you make any. :drinker:
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Pumpkin Cookies (That taste like little loaves of pumpkin bread!)
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 15-18 minutes
Yields: About 32 cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup of whole wheat flour
1 cup of all purpose flour
1 cup of white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice
1/8 teaspoon of sea salt
1/2 cup of unsweetened apple sauce
1 teaspoon of almond extract (you can use vanilla if you prefer)
1 cup of canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
Cooking spray
Directions:

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a cookie sheet with cooking spray.
Cream sugars, applesauce, pumpkin and almond extract together.
In another bowl, mix flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spice. Once mixed, add to the wet stff. (Yep, that’s what she said).
Form little blobs and bake for 15 – 18 minutes, or until browned.
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Pumpkin Protein Bars
I calculated it out to 65 calories, 9 grams of protein and 2 grams of sugar!

Ingredients:
1 cup pumpkin puree
6 egg whites
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 scoops vanilla protein powder (approx 100 cals and 20 grams of protein per scoop, I use Bioplex)
4 Tbsp coconut flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ginger
1-2 tsp powdered stevia (such as Nu Naturals)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix wet ingredients (egg whites, pumpkin and vanilla); set aside.
In another bowl, combine dry ingredients. Whisk dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Mix with an electric mixer.
Pour mixture into a greased 8x8 baking dish. Bake at 20-30 minutes.
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Oatmeal Pumpkin Protein Bites

Ingredients:
1.5 cups Rolled Oats
1/4 cup nut butter
1/4 cup local honey
1/2 cup pureed pumpkin
1/2 cup pureed apples
1/2 mashed ripe banana
3 scoops vanilla protein powder (Again, I use Bioplex!)
2 Tbsp pumpkin spice
1 tsp Cinnamon
**Optional - raisins, nuts, date, chocolate chips

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Toast oats for 10 minutes as you mix rest of ingredients.
Mix wet ingredients. Add dry ingredients in, one at a time.
Spread mix into greased 8x8 baking dish.
Bake for 20-25 minutes.
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Low-Fat Pumpkin Cake Bars
Yields: About 16 cake bars

Ingredients:

For the cake:
•1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
•2/3 cup low-fat Greek yogurt
•1 teaspoon vanilla extract
•4 egg whites
•1 teaspoon baking soda
•1 cup white sugar
•3 teaspoons baking powder
•2 cups all-purpose flour
•1/2 teaspoon of salt
•2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
•Cooking spray

For the frosting:
•5 ounces light cream cheese
•1 cup powdered sugar
•1 teaspoon vanilla
•1/4 cup toasted almonds, chopped

Directions:
1.To make the cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8 x 8-inch glass cake plate with cooking spray.
2.Mix pumpkin, yogurt, vanilla, egg whites and sugar well in a large mixing bowl. Once combined, add in baking soda, baking powder, flour, salt and pumpkin pie spice until fully mixed.
3.Bake for about 30 minutes, or until cake comes out dry when inserted with a toothpick.
4.To make the frosting: Mix cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla together. Once cake has cooled, frost and garnish with toasted almonds.

Sounds Awesome! must try :bigsmile: BUMP!

cuppycake22

Bump!

tinavflynn

Does anyone have a good pumpkin cheesecake recipe???

Ideabaker

I am SO going to make those pumpkin protein bars... brilliant idea! Thank you so much for posting these recipes!