Recipe Roundup

25 Delicious Pumpkin Seed Recipes

Layer into a pie. Blitz into pesto. This pantry must-have is good for so much more than just snacking.

October 26, 2018

Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Nathaniel James, Food Styling by Anna Hampton
1/25
Pumpkin and Cookie-Butter Sheet Cake With Toasted Meringue
Speculoos cookies in "butter" form add a spicy complexity to pumpkin purée for a new spin on the classic fall dessert.
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Photo by Bobbi Lin
2/25
Winter Slaw With Red Pears and Pumpkin Seeds
Trimming a generous amount of the stem from the Brussels sprouts makes it quite a bit easier to tease apart the leaves for this winter slaw recipe.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Olivia Mack Anderson
3/25
Monkey Bread
It’s impossible to hate monkey bread, especially this version ribboned with spiced pecans and gooey caramel sauce.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Olivia Mack Anderson
4/25
Papadzules
In this classic dish, native to the Yucatàn peninsula, warm corn tortillas are dunked into a pumpkin seed salsa, rolled up with crumbled hard-boiled eggs, and topped with a duo of sauces: more pumpkin seed and tomato salsa to boot.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Anna Surbatovich, Food Styling by Katherine Sacks
5/25
Spiced Pavlova With Pumpkin Mousse
Pumpkin mousse, whipped cream, and pretty pomegranate syrup give this elegant spin on pumpkin pie a jewel-like presentation that's both stunning and delicious.
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Photo by Alex Lau
6/25
Winter Squash and Short-Rib Enchiladas
Enchiladas stuffed with richly spiced slow-cooked beef are the ultimate weekend cooking project.
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Photo by Alex Lau
7/25
Mango Toast with Hazelnut-Pepita Butter
Savory fruit toast is the new avocado toast. Other combinations we’re crushing on: lemony yogurt with cucumbers, almond butter and pears.
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Photo by Alex Lau
8/25
Yellow Chicken Adobo
This Filipino-style chicken stew is bright with vinegar, rich with coconut milk, and redolent with the aromas of turmeric, ginger, and bay leaves.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Ali Nardi
9/25
Sheet-Pan Crispy Fish Tacos with Chili-Roasted Corn
"Oven-fried" fish fingers, coated in panko and pumpkin seeds, are the perfect taco filling.
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Photo by Iain Bagwell
10/25
Pumpkin Pie With Salty Roasted Pepitas
This version is quite simply the best. Why? It has a cornmeal crust and salty, crunchy pumpkin seeds on top. And without those elements, there's just no match.
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Photo by Nicole Franzen
11/25
Cauliflower With Pumpkin Seeds, Brown Butter, and Lime
Drizzled with brown butter and lime juice and tossed with cilantro and toasted pumpkin seeds, roasted cauliflower is utterly irresistible.
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photo by Alex Farnum
12/25
Butternut Squash, Kale, and Crunchy Pepitas Taco
Sweet with squash, earthy and nutty with kale, and crunchy with fried pumpkin seeds, this non-traditional taco is—shhhhh—vegan.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Anna Hampton
13/25
Butternut Squash–Kale Salad With Roasted Garlic Vinaigrette
Cooking pumpkin seeds in oil (warning: don't turn your back on them!) gives them a toasty flavor that's great as a finishing touch in this chopped kale salad.
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Photo by Quentin Bacon
14/25
Pumpkin Muffins
Reviewers have spoken! Top these pumpkin muffins with toasty pumpkin seeds instead of sunflower seeds for extra autumnal delightfulness. It's a no-brainer.
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