Popular in the United States, the Halloween Party (or Halloween) has been gaining more and more fans in Brazil. For those who want to enjoy tasty treats in this celebration, but without committing dietary lapses, it is worth preparing recipes with pumpkin, an important ingredient for the date. Check it out:

Benefits of pumpkin

Pumpkin is present from soup to candy. In addition, a lot of nutritious It contains more vitamin A than cabbage, more potassium than banana and more fiber than quinoa.

One serving of this vegetable concentrates only 30 calories, generous doses of vitamin C Also known as jerimum, it can be eaten in its shell, so its seeds can be used to enhance salads or to form a delicious homemade granola .

There are several varieties of this vegetable, but in Brazil the most consumed species are the moranga and the Japanese pumpkin or cabotian. menu :

• Source of fiber: Thus, such a component improves intestinal transit, promotes satiety It helps stabilize your blood sugar and keeps you energetic throughout the day;
• It is cardioprotective: Pumpkin is full of minerals that regulate the blood pressure such as potassium, magnesium, and iron;
• Improves immunity: The vegetable is a source of beta-carotene (an important antioxidant), as well as vitamins C and E, also important for repairing the body's cells from damage;
• Pumpkin seed: It is rich in fiber, protein and unsaturated fat for the most part.

Read also: Pumpkin seed: Benefits and how to include in the diet

Recipes with pumpkin

• Pumpkin bread with chia

• Pumpkin bruschetta with chia

• Beef jerked beef in moranga

• Quibbeh of pumpkin, ricotta and quinoa

• Pumpkin soup

• Pumpkin puree

• Pumpkin gnocchi in spinach sauce

• Pumpkin spice scones

• Quibebe de moranga

• Homemade pumpkin jam

• Pumpkin bread with chocolate

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