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Here’s a list of how to use canned pumpkin, pumpkin spice & pumpkin seeds in cooking.
Canned Pumpkin
Mix 1 cup with 1/2 a cup of whipped cream cheese for a pasta sauce (or pizza sauce!!)
Use in baking – muffins, cookies, pumpkin bread, banana bread, pie, donuts, blondies, mug cakes, the works!
Mix 1 cup with 2 eggs to make the easiest pancakes!
Add to your overnight oats or even add a little to your oatmeal
Add to mac & cheese in place of some of the cheese
Add to meatballs
Use in smoothies & shakes
Add to chili
Cover pretzels with it & freeze them on parchment paper
Mix it with vanilla pudding mix & have as a dip for fruit
Add some to hummus
Combine with Alfredo or even add to a red sauce for your pasta
Use in soups
Add a little canned pumpkin with peanut butter to your yogurt
Make a quick sauce with canned pumpkin, garlic, onion, and spinach
Mix with cool whip as a party dip!
Mix with whole milk & heat as a coffee creamer
Bonus: settles dogs’ and puppies’ stomachs!
Pumpkin Spice
Add to coffee grinds before brewing your coffee or add to coffee after it’s brewed
Top oatmeal with it & some roasted, salted nuts
“Bake” a sweet potato in the microwave, then top with 2 Tbsp peanut butter & pumpkin spice
Add it to ice cream!
Top yogurt with it
Add it to smoothies & protein shakes
Chop an apple & microwave it – top it with pumpkin spice
Mix it into pancake mix
Sprinkle on apple slices with some peanut butter
Mix almond milk & a little honey with a dash of pumpkin spice
Add it to baking – cookies, muffins, etc.
Add it to popcorn
