Diet pumpkin dishes with proper preparation will not only help to get rid of excess weight, but also enrich the body with various useful substances.

Diet pumpkin dishes on the stove

For weight loss, it is recommended to heat the product on the stove, in a slow cooker or in the oven. In no case do not fry the vegetable - this way will deprive him of all the vitamins.

Pumpkin stewed in tomato sauce

Essential Ingredients:

  • garlic, spices and herbs - to your taste;
  • about 400 grams of pumpkin;
  • one small bell pepper;
  • 200 grams of tomato;
  • a large spoon of olive oil.

Cooking process:

  1. Pour oil into a heated pan, and then garlic, chopped into small pieces. We hold for a minute so that the teeth give away their aroma.
  2. Cut the pepper and pumpkin into cubes, send to the garlic and simmer for about five minutes on low heat, not forgetting to constantly interfere with the composition.
  3. We turn the tomatoes into cubes, add to the pumpkin, attach the spices. Mix everything well, bring to readiness for 15 minutes. It is advisable to cover the dishes.

Pumpkin soup

Essential Ingredients:

  • onions, carrots - one each;
  • spices, herbs and garlic - to your taste;
  • two tomatoes;
  • about 250 grams of pumpkin;
  • a spoonful of olive oil;
  • two tablespoons of milk.

Cooking process:

  1. We free the pumpkin from the peel, cut into small portioned portions and, together with the olive oil, send it to the pan.
  2. Stew on a quiet fire for about 25 minutes, then pour water.
  3. There we put pieces of garlic and onion, cook another 7 minutes.
  4. After this time, add chopped tomatoes, herbs and grated carrots. Do not forget to season the dish with spices.
  5. Cook for another 15 minutes, remove, interrupt the products with a blender, make the composition more saturated, adding milk.

Step-by-step recipes for a multicooker

Pumpkin in a slow cooker is even easier to cook than on a stove. At the same time, the vegetable retains its inherent properties to the maximum and fully reveals the taste.

Millet porridge with pumpkin

For the dish you will need:

  • 150 grams of millet;
  • spices according to your preferences;
  • 0.4 liters of milk or filtered water;
  • 300 grams of pumpkin.

Cooking process:

  1. We rinse the grits, grind the pumpkin on a grater, put everything in the multicooker bowl.
  2. Add the remaining components indicated in the recipe list. Mix everything, turn on the device in the "Milk Porridge" mode for 40 minutes.
  3. After the end of the selected program, let the dish stand for another 20 minutes, then serve.

Pumpkin with chicken

Required Products:

  • one onion;
  • half a glass of water;
  • 200 grams of chicken;
  • seasonings to your taste;
  • 500 grams of pumpkin.

Cooking process:

  1. Grind chicken, pumpkin and onions into small cubes, put them in a multicooker bowl.
  2. We season the dish with the selected spices, pour in the water, turn on the "Stew" mode. Usually the whole process takes about 60-80 minutes.

Cooking in the oven

In the oven you can get a lot of delicious dishes with pumpkin. We suggest you familiarize yourself with the most popular of them.

Baked Pumpkin

Essential Ingredients:

  • about 700 grams of pumpkin;
  • 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil;
  • spices to your taste, such as Provence herbs.

Cooking process:

  1. We wash the vegetable well, remove the peel, remove the seeds. Cut the pumpkin into small portions, about 3 cm on each side.
  2. We spread the workpiece on a baking sheet, bake in the oven for 15 minutes at 180 degrees. Then we get the product, pour olive oil, season with spices and remove to cook for another 10 minutes.

Pumpkin casserole with cottage cheese

Required Products:

  • one egg;
  • 200 grams of cottage cheese and as much pumpkin;
  • two tablespoons of semolina;
  • two tablespoons of sugar;
  • 0.2 liters of milk;
  • a spoonful of butter;
  • dried fruits - to your taste.

Cooking process:

  1. Pour semolina into milk and boil, after which we put some sugar there, let cool.
  2. Grind the pumpkin into small squares, boil until soft for 20 minutes.
  3. Put crushed cottage cheese and butter in semolina, mix well the composition.
  4. When the pumpkin has cooled, interrupt it in a blender, add the selected dried fruits.
  5. Half of the indicated sugar is combined with the egg. Beat the mass with a fork or mixer, divide into two parts: put one on the semolina, the other on the pumpkin.
  6. We transfer both compositions to the form, alternating layers. Bring the dish to readiness at 200 degrees for 35 minutes.

Slimming Pumpkin Dishes

Pumpkin and Apple Salad

Products for the dish:

  • 300 grams of pumpkin;
  • one green apple;
  • juice of half a lemon or 50 grams of low-fat yogurt.

Cooking process:

  1. We free the apple and pumpkin from the peel and seeds, chop on a grater and mix thoroughly.
  2. For dressing, we use lemon juice or low-fat yogurt.

Pumpkin Smoothie

For a drink you will need:

  • one lemon;
  • 400 grams of pumpkin;
  • small grapefruit;
  • a spoon of honey;
  • cinnamon to your taste.

Cooking process:

  1. Free the lemon, pumpkin and grapefruit from the peel, cut into small cubes. We shift the products into a blender, bring to a homogeneous state.
  2. Season the dish with honey and cinnamon.

With gastritis and pancreatitis

It turns out that with pancreatitis and gastritis, pumpkin can significantly alleviate the condition: relieve heartburn and remove unpleasant sensations. But note that for this it can only be cooked, stewed or baked.

Pumpkin porridge

Required Products:

  • a glass of rice;
  • 200 grams of pumpkin;
  • a spoonful of butter;
  • salt - just a little bit;
  • 30 milliliters of milk.

Cooking process:

  1. Boil the rice until soft, add the pumpkin, cut into pieces.
  2. Season the composition with a small amount of salt, pour milk. We cook for another 10 minutes, before serving, we season the delicious dish with oil.

Pumpkin and carrot puree

For the dish you will need:

  • 0.1 kg of carrots;
  • 0.3 kg of pumpkin;
  • some spices, but not during the period of exacerbation of the disease.

Cooking process:

  1. We clean the vegetables, cut, send to a pot of boiling water, cook until soft.
  2. We remove the excess liquid, interrupt in mashed potatoes and serve.

From frozen pumpkin

Frozen Pumpkin Cream Soup

Required Products:

  • one onion and carrot;
  • any spices to your taste;
  • a pound of frozen pumpkin;
  • three potatoes;
  • 0.2 liters of milk.

Cooking process:

  1. Grind all the vegetables from the list, send to the pan. We spread the pumpkin there. It is not necessary to defrost it, the main thing is that it be pieces.
  2. Fill everything with water, completely covering the placed ingredients. Cook over low heat until the vegetables are tender.
  3. We drain the excess liquid, season the dish with spices. Using a blender, bring the mass to a puree condition, pour in the heated milk.

Pumpkin is really a unique vegetable, which is recognized as one of the most useful, so do not deny yourself the pleasure and be sure to cook something from it at least once.

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