Fall Favorites: 19 Sweetpotato and Pumpkin Recipes

As the air turns cooler and clothes become cozier, your meals can follow suit. Warming spices blend wonderfully with delicious—and nutritious—fall produce, creating perfectly comforting dishes. Among my favorites for this season are the humble sweetpotato and pumpkin. Remarkably versatile, they absorb nearly any flavor and pair beautifully with all those delightful fall spices. Searching for fantastic ways to use this orange duo? These 19 recipes from fellow registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) are sure to make you fall for fall! 

Sweetpotato Recipes

Because folks think it’s a type of potato, the North Carolina Sweet Potato Board is looking to change the spelling of sweet potatoes into one word: sweetpotato. The one-word spelling was officially adopted by the National Sweetpotato Collaborators back in 1989 in order to recognize the sweetpotato as a unique and distinct entity from the (white) potato, which is an entirely different crop and botanical species.

 

Sweet Recipes

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Enjoy these sweeter sweetpotato recipes below

• Sweet Potato Toast with Almonds and Blueberries from Toby Amidor Nutrition
• Baked Sweet Potato with Yogurt and Cinnamon from Toby Amidor Nutrition 

 

Savory Recipes

Photo Courtesy of Anne Danahay, RD

These savory sweetpotato recipe range from appetizers to sides to main dishes.

• Japanese sweet potato air fryer (murasaki) from Cindy Chou, RDN, of The Sound of Cooking®
• Melt-in-Your Mouth Sweet Potato Cornbread from Anne Danahay, RD
• Warming Sweet Potato and Ricotta Bowls from Toby Amidor Nutrition
• Sweet Potato and White Bean Soup with Rainbow Chard from Toby Amidor Nutrition 

 

Pumpkin Recipes

This fall veggies is a fabulous source of beta-carotene, an antioxidant that can help improve skin health, and help support immune and eye health. The pumpkin seeds also provide nutrients like unsaturated fat, potassium, magnesium, and calcium and can lend a satisfying sweet, spicy, salty or savory crunch.

 

Sweet Recipes

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One of my favorite ways to use pumpkins and pumpkin seeds are in cookies, muffins, and bites. You’ll find 7 sweet ways to use them below.

• Pumpkin Energy Bites with Chocolate Chips from Vahista Ussery, MS, MBA, RDN, and chef at To Taste
• Pumpkin Spice Protein Balls from Anne Danahay, RD
• Healthy Pumpkin Biscotti Recipe from Kiran Campbell, RDN
• Pumpkin Pie Dessert Hummus from Kiran Campbell, RDN
• Kidney-Friendly Pumpkin Chip Cookies (5 Ingredients!) from Beverly Garden, RD, LDN
• Pumpkin Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies from Toby Amidor Nutrition 
• Pear-Pumpkin Seed Muffins from Toby Amidor Nutrition

 

Savory Recipes

Photo Courtesy of Alex Evink, MS, RD

Pumpkins also work well in savory dishes and help add important nutrients and flavor to these 6 dishes below.

• Easy Cottage Cheese Pumpkin Toast from Alex Evink, MS, RD
• Pumpkin Protein Baked Oatmeal from Sarah Alsing, MS, RD, owner of Delightfully Fueled
• Healthy Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal with Cranberries from Christina Iaboni, RD
• Baked Brie with Pumpkin Butter and Walnuts from Jenny Shea Rawn MS, MPH, RD at JennySheaRawn.com
• Healthy Pumpkin Smoothie from Alyssa Pacheco, RD
• Pumpkin Vinaigrette from Melissa Altman-Traub MS, RDN, LDN

 

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