You can roast pumpkins (or mash sweet potatoes) or choose tinned pureed pumpkin. Pumpkins are fruits (not vegetables) related to cucumbers and tomatoes. Every part is edible, choose small sugar pumpkins for best flavour. The ‘pumpkin capital’ of the world is in Illinois. USA. To make a nice smoothie, just blend pureed flesh with nut butter, plant milk, ginger and cinnamon, with grated carrots and medjool dates for a sweet drink.
Vegan macaroni cheese with pumpkin (Rainbow Plant Life) can be subbed with roasted butternut squash alongside mustard, cheesy-tasting nutritional yeast and salty paste miso (pasteurised for pregnancy/nursing or omit). Cooked in a sauce of soaked cashews and coconut milk. You can now buy pastas in plastic-free packaging. Serve with plant-based Parmesan (conventional Parmesan is not even vegetarian, as it contains calf rennet).
Pumpkins are safe for most people to eat. Keep these recipes away from pets due to nutmeg, nuts and other unsafe ingredients. Read more on keeping people & pets safe in the kitchen.
a simple recipe for vegan pumpkin cheesecake
This vegan pumpkin cheesecake (Rainbow Nourishments) comes together in one bowl and is really easy to make, with simple affordable ingredients. It features warming spices, a crunchy ginger cookie crust and caramel pecan top.
an American-style pumpkin pie recipe
Vegan Pumpkin Pie (Love & Lemons) uses a 4-ingredient homemade pie crust and fills with leftover cans of pumpkin puree, then serves the pie with a dollop of coconut whip.