Got a pumpkin and no plans for it? Here are 5 delicious ideas.

Bought a pumpkin in the last grocery shop and not sure what to do with it? There’s so many options, you can turn it into something savoury or sweet, blitz it into soup or roast it into salads. We’ve gathered five of the most delicious recipes to feed the family, and they all involve… you guessed it… pumpkins!

Creamy Coconut Pumpkin Soup

Everyone loves a pumpkin soup, right? Well this recipe gives it a fun twist with coconut milk. It’s packed full of flavour, and freezes well too.

Creamy-Coconut-Pumpkin-Soup

Roasted Pumpkin and Kale Salad

This salad looks like it would do wonders for your insides! Serve as a main or as a side dish, it’s packed with loads of delicious flavour.

Roast-Pumpkin-and-Kale-Salad

Stuffed Pumpkin with Feta and Couscous

How impressive does this look? Filled with so many delicious flavours and textures, this recipe by our MoM Member will impress family and friends.

Pumpkin-Couscous-Recipe

Pom Pom Pumpkin Muffins

Savoury muffins make a great grab-and-go breakfast for families on the go. These pumpkin muffins are filled with goodies, like maple syrup and bacon. So good!

Pumpkin-Muffins-Recipe

Pumpkin Macaroni and Cheese

Switch up the old family favourite Mac ‘n Cheese for this take on it by MoM Member, Grace. With the delicious and healthy addition of pumpkin, it’s the perfect wintery family meal.

Pumpkin-Macaroni-and-Cheese-Recipe

What’s your favourite dish to make with pumpkin? Share in the comments below.

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51 Comments

- - ChiWren said
  - 03 Nov 2023
    9:42 pm
Yes, yes, yes to the pumpkin kale salad. What a fresh, healthy and different way to use pumpkin. With the hot weather sticking around I’ll definitely be making this for a healthy, tasty lunch.

- - mom461384 said
  - 20 Aug 2022
    3:32 pm
Pumpkin Mac and cheese sounds delicious. And I am also very excited to try this new stuffed pumpkin idea!

- - Zmijka86 said
  - 31 Jul 2022
    7:06 pm
Great ideas. I have few pumpkins so will try it.

- - mom485263 said
  - 06 Jul 2022
    4:35 pm
Great recipes, thanks for sharing

- - mom485125 said
  - 06 Jul 2022
    2:45 pm
Just the post i needed, I have a whole pumpkin and was looking for family friendly dinners and snacks to make. Now i know whats on the menu tonight!

- - rovermum said
  - 04 Jul 2022
    2:22 pm
I just had a whole pumpkin that we used for sweet potato and pumpkin soup — my favourite.

- - mum1 said
  - 04 Jul 2022
    11:35 am
Love the idea of adding coconut to a humble pumpkin soup. Great for something different and to jazz it up!

- - Frankiielot said
  - 03 Jul 2022
    9:10 pm
AwWww Yayeee! Thank you for putting one of the recipes I shared in this article!
Will have to definitely try all of the others as well as we all love pumpkin – the pumpkin and kale salad looks amazing like something out of a Cafe menu.

- - ~Loui~ said
  - 03 Jul 2022
    12:25 am
My kids love roasted pumpkin. I slice it up and drizzle olive oil on it, then sprinkle with rosemary. It’s best when it goes all caramelly around the edges. Yum

- - mom101628 said
  - 02 Jul 2022
    12:48 am
Lobely recipes for this cold winter. Thanks so much for sharing

- - mom459320 said
  - 01 Jul 2022
    8:57 pm
Mmmm I’m in love with pumpkin and every recipe that contains pumpkin

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 01 Jul 2022
    8:50 pm
The Mac n cheese sounds great! I love pumpkin, but my kids will generally only eat it as soup.

- - Motherhoodmama said
  - 01 Jul 2022
    8:45 pm
Wow interesting ideas! All look very delicious

- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 30 Nov 2021
    4:40 pm
Great ideas to use pumpkin thanks for this informative article and for the recipes

- - mom268263 said
  - 30 Sep 2021
    8:10 pm
Just so hard to cut pumpkins, but great recipe ideas.