I have never had anything but pumpkin pie so I can't wait to try one of these ideas out.

I've never had pumpkins in my life..! :'| ...

Another great way to enjoy pumpkin is slicing it sorta thin, and sauteeing it with butter, cinnamon, garlic--and throw a few roasted seeds in! Yum. Pickled pumpkin is great on sandwiches too.

Microwave the seeds for a minute, peel the outer cover and have the inner delicious seed. It's healthy & serves as a great snack!

Don't cut the pumpkin up before you cook it! It is so much easier to simply place the pumpkin whole into the oven and cook until it is soft. Let it cool and the peels will almost slide off. No more struggle. Then proceed as normal. Get the seeds out,and puree the pumpkin. You won't even need a machine.

I do a curried pumpkin bake. I peel and cube the pumpkins in 1" cubes. Saute some onions and peppers in a pan in oil. Then throw some tomatoes chopped up, curry powder, garlic minced and salt and pepper on top and mix it together. Then I bake it for about an hour at 375 degrees.

In Australia they eat pumpkin just like we eat mashed potatos. You can cut it up and use it together with boiled potatos. You can roast up pieces with onions, carrots,green or red peppers, garlic pieces, etc with a bit of olive oil drizzeled over & some seasoning and bake for twenty minutes to a half hour at 450 when done mix with 2 tbls balsamic vineger and half cup Parmesan cheese.

I take the pumpkin and wash it and cut it up and steam it untl your fork goes straight thru the pumpkin and skin. Once cooled I take a puree knife and filet it away from the skin putting the rest in the food processor, I put 2 cups per bag and vacuum seal it and freeze it. I make enough for a year. Try it its qiuck and easy. If you do not have a steamer than put just enough water in your large stock pot and place a metal collandar in it and fill. I use the steamer and the stock pot method at the same time. It eliminates wasted time in the kitchen.

I use a can of pumpkin in my beef stew to not only thicken it but adds vitamins etc.

Pumpkin Stew

So easy to make, second only to mashed pumpkin. Just throw some cooked and pureed pumpkin into a pot along with any veggies and meat you prefer.

I made one last Halloween full of carrots, squash, onions, peppers and venison. This year I made a bigger-simpler one, I watered it down so the fiber content wasn't so excruciating. I made it with kielbasa, hot peppers and onions. You can do anything with it, experiment.

"sea salt" is no different than other salt, except in the cost. Mined salt is old sea salt, some sea salt is from the polluted ponds at the end of San Francisco Bay. Mostly for cattle, but purified for hippies, etc.

I don't peel the pumpkin after steaming 'til fork tender. I put it all in the Cuisine Art and leave on until the puree is smooth. If you use 'Sweetie Pie' pumpkins this works very well, just cut off the bumpy brown skin scars and you have even more color, vitamins and fiber from the skin. The pumpkin puree is mixed with cinnamon, ginger, allspice and clove to taste let sit in fridge for 2-3 days to develop flavor then bake in your pies. Spicy, but we like it that way...never any left at the end of our meal.

Pumpkin comes in many varieties here in Australia.
They make a savoury pie here with no sugar. Roast lamb, garlic, onion, pumpkin, potato drizzle olive oil an a little salt pepper.
Pumpkin soup can be made by chunks of pumpkin after removing skin, sauteed onion added with even potato and veggie or chicken stock and or some water with salt to taste and pepper, cooked until soft and just whisk it or puree add little cream or milk or yoghurt at the end. Special occasions only for cream.

The Japanese Temple cooking cuts the pumpkin into triangular shape leaving on the skin. Then it is steamed in a small quantity of water and rice vinegar, skin turned downwards into pot until tender.
Serve with pointy ends up, with brown rice. 2 cups brown rice cooked absorption method with a tablespoon of grated ginger, half a cup of dried chopped shitake mushrooms, 2 tablespoon soy sauce and sprinkled ground sesame seeds. The rice shaped into a cup and turned onto the plate sprinkle sesame on top. Serve with oriental greens.

Peel Pumpkin, cut to small pieces.
Shallow fry in skillet with oil, finely sliced anion, cummin seed, bit of salt, and pinch of any spice combination one chooses. Best eaten with Arabic bread, Falafel, Baked or fried Indian bread.
SWEET taste and YUM.....

Pumpkin Extract for Diabetes?
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Pumpkins could help put an end to diabetics' daily insulin injections.

A new study from China reveals pumpkin extract regenerates damaged pancreatic cells in diabetic rats, which boosts levels of insulin-producing beta cells and insulin in the blood. The diabetic rats had only 5 percent less plasma insulin and 8 percent fewer insulin-positive beta cells compared to normal healthy rats.

Researchers say pumpkin extract could benefit both pre-diabetics and patients who already have the disease. They note diabetics will probably always need insulin injections, but the extract could drastically reduce the amount of insulin they need.

"This research is very exciting," David Bender, sub-dean at the Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, was quoted as saying. "The main finding is that feeding pumpkin extract prevents the progressive destruction of pancreatic beta-cells… but it is impossible to say whether pumpkin extract would promote regeneneration in humans. I think the exciting thing is that this may be a source of a medication that could be taken by mouth."

Pumpkin extract is thought to have a protective effect because of antioxidants and D-chiro-inositol -- a molecule that mediates insulin activity. Boosting insulin levels has the effect of lowering blood sugar levels. This reduces levels of oxidative oxygen species that damage beta-cell membranes, which prevents further damage and allows for some regeneration.

The rats used in the study represented type 1 diabetes, but researchers believe pumpkin extract could also help patients with type 2 diabetes.

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thank you!I know that pumpkin is really helpful for reducing cholesterol and good for blood pressure because of the potassium. it is very good idea if you teach different food by pumpkin!

Pumpkin works very well in smoothies, as well...one of my favorite is half a can of pumpkin, a banana, half an apple and some cinnamon...a little milk can be added too to make it thicker.

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I am already fan of pumpkins and i know different sweet dishes with pumpkins they are tasty to eat but now as you provide information about health benefits then now i must use it properly just after my 350-001 CCIE Routing and Switching certification exam about which I'm confident to pass in first attempt as i have pass my 640-802 for Cisco Certified Network Associate certifications exam in first attempt along with 642-901 exam for Cisco Certified Network Professional with proper guideline, these things are on one side but i must try to involve pumpkins in my menu.