Unsure what to do with a pile of pumpkins on sale at your favorite market? Try low-carb pumpkin recipes.
This vegetable is versatile, perfect for sweet and savory recipes. The fresh and creamy flavor makes pumpkin a satisfying ingredient for various dishes.
Try these 20 recipes anytime there are pumpkins on sale.
Pumpkin muffins are great to start the day, especially if they are keto-friendly. This keto pumpkin muffin recipe uses a practical canned pumpkin, elevated with pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, walnuts, and nutmegs. Use almond flour instead of regular all-purpose one.
Spice pumpkin cake is common, but what if the frosting is also spiced? With almond flour and sweetener instead of sugar, this cake is a healthy holiday recipe. You can use the spice frosting recipe to make a layer cake.
Welcome the fall with delicious pumpkin spice latte. Instead of wasting money at coffee shops, make pumpkin spice creamer at home. This recipe is healthy because it uses pumpkin puree, unsweetened coconut cream, nondairy milk, and sugar substitute.
Sweet potato and pumpkin fritters become keto-friendly with coconut flour. Adding cardamom, cinnamon, and ginger makes these fritters more delicious. Use avocado or coconut oil for healthier results.
This pumpkin custard is moist and keto-friendly, like a delicious pumpkin pie filling. You can enjoy it for breakfast or as a dessert. The recipe uses fine almond flour, pumpkin pie spice, stevia, and canned pumpkin puree.
This recipe gives you the delight of pumpkin pie without the carbs and calories. The pumpkin pie jar consists of cream cheese mousse, crust, and pie filling. You can use a gluten-free baking blend to make the crust layer. Place it in a Mason jar and bring it to the office as a great snack.
Feta cheese and rocket are great for light keto pumpkin recipes. This salad is a perfect dish for summer and fall. Adding feta cheese, walnut, lemon juice, and Dijon mustard makes this salad more flavorful. You can use butternut squashes, Hokkaido pumpkins, yellow pumpkins, or any other gourd vegetables you like.
Another great custard recipe, this pumpkin custard uses coconut milk as the base ingredient. You can use vegan gelatin, canned pumpkin, and sugar substitute to create a healthy, moist dessert. Enjoy the custard with fresh fruits or crushed nuts for the toppings. The recipe is also great for a paleo diet.
These low-carb pumpkin pancakes are fluffy and healthy, with gluten-free ingredients. The recipe uses almond flour, pumpkin puree, heavy cream, oat fiber, and avocado oil to create a fluffy batter. You can replace avocado oil with coconut oil or ghee.
Have a nice, healthy dinner with low-carb crockpot chili. Mixing pumpkin puree, chicken, beans, and tomatoes create a delightful comfort food. Add pumpkin pie spice, jalapeno, cinnamon, paprika, and chili powder for a satisfying spiciness.
This recipe is quick but warm and fulfilling. Mixing pumpkin with curry powder results in creamy, savory comfort food. Adding sour cream, onions, chicken broth, and red pepper creates a richer flavor profile.
If you never try pumpkin mousse before, this recipe will blow your mind. The mousse uses pumpkin puree, cream cheese, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger. The result is a soft, moist dessert perfect for a keto diet.
Cauliflower is the new healthy food contender after kale, and it is great for risotto. Adding pumpkin cuts, cheese, and onion creates a delicious but healthy combination. Replace chicken stock with vegetable stock for the vegetarian variation
This pumpkin spice cookie dough will make you feel less guilty. The recipe uses almond flour, canned pumpkin, coconut butter, and sugar-free syrup to create a great variation of the traditional cookie dough. Use dark chocolate chips for the best parts.
Low-carb pumpkin pie is a healthy variation you can try for the holidays (or anytime you want to eat a nice pie). Almond flour is the keto-friendly alternative for the crust, but you can try coconut flour. Pumpkin puree, eggs, and pumpkin pie spice are simple ingredients, but the result is amazing.
This pumpkin soup is vegan and keto-friendly, perfect for rainy days. The savory, nutty, and slightly sweet flavor comes from coconut milk, ginger, various spices, and vegetable broth. Butternut pumpkins add to the delicious creamy texture.
Your pressure cooker is a great appliance for making healthy desserts. This pumpkin pie pudding is moist and delightful, but with low carbs. The ingredients are simple, such as eggs, pumpkin puree, vanilla extract, and sugar substitute. This is one of those desserts that you can “dump and leave” in the cooker.
It's hard to eat low carb with bread, but not with this pumpkin bread recipe. Almond flour and coconut flour replace regular flour. You can use a sugar substitute such as erythritol instead of regular sugar. Soften cream cheese before mixing it to the dough and create a richer flavor for this perfect breakfast item.
This pumpkin soup is quick and delicious. You can whip it up in less than 30 minutes, perfect for a rainy day. Mixing pumpkins, coconut milk, vegetable stock, cinnamon, nutmeg, and pepper create a soft, creamy, and delicious soup. You can experiment by adding tomatoes or crushed nuts.
Low-carb pumpkin cheesecake pancakes give you indulgence without making you feel guilty. With cream cheese, eggs, baking powder, and canned pumpkin puree as the main ingredients, all you need to do are blending and skillet-cooking. Add some whipped cream, maple syrup, or fresh fruits on top.
These low-carb pumpkin recipes are great for any seasons, not just summer and fall. Get creative and use all those bargain pumpkins for delicious, nutritious recipes.