Saturday, October 26, 2024 is National Pumpkin Day when people across the nation celebrate pumpkins in different ways.
National Pumpkin Day comes just a few days before Halloween on October 31. Therefore, Virginians use pumpkins for Halloween decorations. However, the list of ideas for foods is longer, especially since Virginia is a foodie state.
Pumpkin foods
While some people think of only pumpkin pie, many foods are ideal to celebrate National Pumpkin Day.
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Celebrate the day with these pumpkin foods that can be eaten throughout the day:
- Pumpkin Noosa yogurt: A seasonal yogurt made with pumpkin puree and spices
- Pumpkin spice Cheerios: A cereal made with whole grain oats, pumpkin flavor, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves
- Pumpkin bread: A moist, quick bread that can be made with cooked and softened pumpkin
- Pumpkin-blue cheese biscuits: A fall treat made with pumpkin and blue cheese
- Pumpkin spice pancakes: A delicious breakfast food made with pumpkin
- Pumpkin and apricot cinnamon rolls: A treat made with pumpkin and apricots
- Pumpkin Dutch baby pancakes: A fall treat made with pumpkin
- Vegan pumpkin bread: A bread made with pumpkin
- Honey walnut pumpkin bread: A fall treat made with pumpkin and walnuts
- Pumpkin and millet muffins: A fall treat made with pumpkin and millet
- Pumpkin cornmeal muffins: A fall treat made with pumpkin and cornmeal
- Whole wheat pumpkin-yogurt muffins: A food made with pumpkin and yogurt
- Pumpkin hummus: A pumpkin-based hummus
- Pumpkin chile con queso: A pumpkin-based chile con queso
- Pumpkin pie: A classic fall dessert
- Pumpkin cheesecake: A creamy dessert made with pumpkin, cream cheese, and pumpkin pie spices