Pumpkin is a surprisingly healthy vegetable that can be used to prepare both sweet and savory dishes. From pumpkin you can cook a lot of culinary masterpieces: from desserts to soups. Of course, there are original and complex recipes. But if you do not have time, but you still want to cook something wholesome and tasty, choose simple pumpkin recipes.

Simple recipes from healthy vegetables

Bright vegetable contains vitamins A, C, E, T, PP, group B, chlorine, calcium, phosphorus, iron, sulfur, magnesium, potassium, sodium, pectins, flavonoids, organic acids, proteins, dietary fiber, enzymes, carbohydrates, fatty acid. Due to this composition, pumpkin is useful for immunity, liver and kidney, heart.

Pumpkin is recommended to use under stress, after serious diseases, with poor eyesight, diseases of the urogenital system, constipation, gallstone disease, pyelonephritis, gout, problems with potency.

How best to eat a pumpkin? Of course, fresh, baked and boiled. You can also extinguish the pumpkin, but it is not recommended to fry.

What recipes will be useful for   health? Various soups, stews, casseroles, salads. Here are some simple recipes.

Pumpkin soup

Randomly cut 500 g of pumpkin, three bell peppers, an onion, two carrots and five cloves of garlic. Pour all the water so that the vegetables are lightly covered with it, and cook until ready. Beat the soup with an immersion blender, add salt, thyme and oregano, heat and eat.

Pumpkin Meat Patties

From meatless ground beef, garlic and a small amount of soaked white bread make burgers. They should be small in size. Two onions cut into half rings, 300 g pumpkin cut into not very thick slices. Put onion and pumpkin on a baking sheet, sprinkle with vinegar and sprinkle with a little sugar, put the cutlets on top. Bake in the oven until cooked.

Pumpkin with apples in pots

Dice seven apples and a kilo of pumpkin. Put in pots, alternating. Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, add a little water and a little butter. Bake for about an hour. Serve, sprinkled with nuts and watering with liquid honey.

Pumpkin with cheese

400 g pumpkin cut into cubes, grate 60 g of cheese. Pumpkin sprinkle with salt and red pepper. Bake in the oven for 25 minutes, then sprinkle with cheese, add pine nuts and bake for the same amount.

Warm salad

300 g pumpkin cut into cubes, brush with a mixture of peppers and vegetable oil, bake in the oven. Chop 500 g of chicken liver, sprinkle with thyme and bake in the oven too. Put lettuce and pumpkin on lettuce leaves, a few grapes, sprinkle with lemon juice and sprinkle with sesame.

Recipes, as you can see, are simple. But it is very tasty and healthy.

What to cook pumpkin for weight loss?

Pumpkin contains very few calories, which is already valuable for losing weight. In addition, it improves metabolism, regulates the bowels, removes excess water, helps digest heavy food. Therefore, if you are going to lose weight, pumpkin is the ideal vegetable for this purpose.

Of course,   recipes   for weight loss, you must choose low-calorie. You can cook porridge, soups, stews and even desserts (but with a small amount of sugar). Weight loss will be more effective if you follow a special diet on a pumpkin, during which it is recommended to eat salads, soups, and pumpkin-beef cutlets. But you can just eat right by including more pumpkin dishes in the menu.

Ragu

Cut 500 g of pumpkin into cubes, cut two carrots into slices, cut onion into small cubes, and two sweet peppers into straws. Pass the onions, add the remaining vegetables and stew until almost done. Five minutes before the end add three sliced ​​tomatoes and two cloves of garlic, spices and salt to taste.

Fish Baked with Vegetables

Cut into cubes kilogram of cod fillet. A pound of pumpkin cut into slices, salt and sprinkle with nutmeg. Put fish in the form, pumpkin on top, sprinkle with chopped green onions. Pour over a mixture of low-fat kefir and eggs. Cook in the oven for forty minutes.

Mushroom soup

Grate two potatoes and 300 g of pumpkin. Chop the onion, cut 200 g of white mushrooms into slices. Onions and mushrooms put out. Put vegetables in boiling water and cook for seven minutes, add mushrooms with onions, salt, spices and cook until ready. When serving, you can sprinkle shredded Adyghe cheese.

Dessert

700 g pumpkin cut into cubes, peel the lemon and finely chop. All mix, sprinkle with sugar (half a glass is enough, you can and less), cover with foil and bake for about half an hour.

Weight loss with pumpkin is very effective. In addition, the use of pumpkin has few contraindications, and dietary dishes can be prepared a lot. Therefore lose weight with pleasure.

Quick recipes for health, beauty and immunity

Pumpkin helps to strengthen immunity, improves the complexion, so the dishes from this vegetable should be included in your diet. Want to quickly cook something healthy and tasty? Choose quick recipes. Dishes for such recipes are also very interesting.

It can be omelets, pancakes, salads, smoothies, desserts. Here are some quick pumpkin recipes.

Salad

Grate two apples and 300 g of sweet pumpkin. Sprinkle with lemon and orange juice, sprinkle with chopped walnuts. You can add cinnamon.

Omelette

A small piece of pumpkin baked in the microwave for five minutes. Knead the pumpkin in mashed potatoes, add salt, beaten eggs, milk, a little flour and bake under the lid closed until done. Serve with cheese.

Pumpkin with cheese and tomatoes

Boil a small pumpkin until half cooked, cut into cubes. 200 g of cheese chopped. Put a layer of pumpkin, cheese in the baking sheet, repeat the layers again. The last lay out a layer of sliced ​​tomatoes and a couple of slices of butter. Bake until done. Salt, pepper and add different spices to taste.

Pancakes

Grate 200 g of sweet pumpkin on an average grater, add egg, cinnamon, a couple of spoons of milk, salt and flour. The dough should work out like pancakes. If desired, add some sugar. Bake fritters on both sides.

Smoothies

Slice pumpkin, banana and two apricots cut. In a blender, put all the ingredients, add a glass of low-fat yogurt. Whip everything, sprinkle with cinnamon.

And more complex, and simple fast   dish recipes   Pumpkin has a wonderful aroma and unique taste. If you add to this great benefit, it becomes clear: the pumpkin must be on the menu.