In this Fareway Cooking Segment, learn how to incorporate more pumpkin into your diet this fall

Cedar Rapids, Iowa – Naturally, one autumnal favorite is pumpkin! It’s fall! On this week’s Fareway Cooking Segment, we examine all the wonderful advantages that pumpkin may offer you.

Although pumpkin is a delightful ingredient, particularly this time of year, it lacks flavor. We usually think of cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and those cozy, earthy spices when we think of pumpkin. Because canned pumpkin has a somewhat bland flavor, we can do a lot with it even though we can easily add those spices to it to create those amazing pumpkin pie-type flavors.

What would make adding pumpkin desirable? More than 200% of the daily requirement for vitamin A, 36% for vitamin K, 25% for fiber, and 22% for vitamin E may be found in only one cup of canned pumpkin. Thus, we are receiving a lot of fiber and nutrients.

You can add a cup of pumpkin to anything with a sauce, including mac & cheese, casseroles, and really anything else, and most people won’t even notice. I’ve even made a turkey pumpkin chili with it included.

It goes well with baked items and pancakes. It’s really simple to add pumpkin to batters. This pumpkin spice batter is one of the simplest recipes to make:

Two eggs, one can of pumpkin, and a box of spice cake mix. These are the only ingredients needed, so disregard the directions on the back. You may bake this in a loaf pan, a cake pan, or muffin pans. 350 degrees, about 15 to 20 minutes.

You can always find us at fareway.com if you’re looking for more recipes or nutrition information about pumpkins.