What to cook with pumpkin: a diet dinner recipe

16.03.2023 16:33
Updated: 14.04.2023 17:08

In terms of its beneficial properties, pumpkin is not inferior to any other vegetable growing in the garden.

At the same time, it goes well with fruits, which makes it a valuable ingredient in salads. Here is a recipe for a wonderful pumpkin and apple dish for a light dietary dinner.

This recipe will appeal to anyone who, with the approach of spring, feels a little worried about their figure, but at the same time does not like to go to bed hungry.

To prepare you will need:

  • 500 g pumpkin;
  • 4 medium apples;
  • 1-1.5 carrots;
  • 1 lemon;
  • 3 tbsp. honey;
  • 3 tbsp crushed walnut kernels;
  • green.

How to cook

What's great about pumpkin is its versatility. You can stew it, boil it, eat it raw, and even bake meat in it.

This recipe requires raw pumpkin. It needs to be peeled, seeded and ribbed, then sliced and grated.

Pumpkin
Photo: © Belnovosti

The nuts need to be peeled, dried or fried (to taste), and then chopped.

Peel and cut the carrots into small strips or grate them on a Korean carrot machine.

Squeeze the lemon juice into a glass, grate the zest. Cut the apples into strips or grate them.

Then mix the vegetables, fruits and nuts in a bowl, sprinkle with lemon zest, mix the lemon juice with honey and, after the honey has dissolved, pour this syrup over the salad.

Bon appetit!

Author: Igor Zur Internet resource editor

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